Stone is experiencing a renaissance as a constructive material. The strength of this material lies in its natural refinement. Similar to wood, stone doesn’t undergo various CO2-emitting processes to become a new material. That is why we want to explore how steel and concrete could be replaced by stone and wood as the primary materials in a new environmentally conscious urban development.

The quarries in Fauske (approximately 50 km from Bodø city center) provide the perfect foundation for envisioning a future where Bodø is built using its local stone. Could Bodø be built using stone from Fauske? In terms of cost, it is potentially cheaper than both steel and concrete. This is the debate that the sculpture is calling for.

Furthermore, stone is often sold as sheet material in standardized thicknesses, lengths, and widths. Beyond this, the sheets are commodities in the sense that they are sold with specific specifications regarding color and surface treatment. This results in significant portions of the quarry not being used because the stone surface is not entirely blue, pink, white, etc. It is these parts of the quarry, along with other leftovers that are not “perfect” enough to be sold as commodities, that we want to use to build the sculpture. We do this to encourage a new use of stone, where it’s not just the most valuable stone in the quarry that matters, but also the stone that is not typically used at all or is crushed into gravel.