Farming wetland? Yes!

Sun-Reoritation landscape10.3.2014

My thinking process

Final planning plain

Planning road outline

Reserach deeply trace for people who really interested

Structures

Sami part

Information office

Education part

Recreation part

Sami part shows what wetland provide for Sami people, the materials for Sami traditional handscraft- Duodji. The birch root in the swamp area is perfect material for Tæger. And the ‘senna grass’ in the wetland has been used to fill the Sami footwear for thousands of years. What’more the wetland provide Sami people fresh water in winter and kids can do ice-fishing on the ice in the winter.

Information office connects the four parts of whole farm, Sami part, education part, and recreation part. After part their car in parking area near information center, people go to information part to get some information about the wetland farm, and figure out which part is their interest-ed, and how to go there.

Education part enable Kautokeino Sami college and Kau-tokeino Sami reindeer and secondary school students to learn wetland rare species and the importance of wetland habitat. There is a constructed wetland showing the powerful purify ability for rural wastewater, and the constructed wetland is designed to function in a manner similar to that of natural wetland in terms of their biologi-cal, physical and chemical charateristics.

Recreation part restory some plants harvested in wetland, like Rhododendron Tomentosum which is rich in etheric oils, used as food and drink, medicine and insect repellent in the part by both Norwegian people and Sami in the past, but at present now some uses are not used at all, only old people know about it and still use it, so this part restore these precious uses for people, and visualize the old value of R.tomentosum in a new way. The other plant is Hierochloë odorata-the sweet grass for perfume.

Develop area for future Sami staff living

Develop area for future tourist living

Develop area for future Parking area

gravel road

Duodji museumCabin for staff

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1.Tæger making workshop Material: birch root in soft soil near wetland2.Wetland winter use for Sami people Material: ice, fish and birch tree 3.Tin thread embroidery and Nahppi Material: birch tree , water and grass4.’Senna grass’ for footwear Material: Carex aquatilis wahlenb

Sami part have four workshop operating some Duodji making process, which ena-ble people to know deeper about Duodji, also visualize the importance of wetland for Sami Duodji materials proveding.

Sami part

Education centerCabin for tourist

Gravel road

Boardwalk

Education part

Education part can be use by local education, encourage students to research wetland. The experient field enable researcher to cultivate some rare wetland plants, then guide kids to learn these plants to keep wetland sustability in the future. The constructed wetland reflects the powerful purify ability for rural waste water. So collect the waste water from Sami part, education part, aslo the tourist cabin area, and treat then in the constructed wetland, then researcher showing the result of wetland purify ability to people. in this way, people will be more easy and obvious to understand the wetland value, which courage people to face wetland facing challenges issue and figure out some ways to protect wetland.

Harvest materials from wetlandin summer, and then dry them on the birch branch shelf. Here materials are Rhododendron Tomentosum and Hierochloë odorata. The large heather Rhododendron tomento-sum (formerly called Ledum palustre) is common on mires in interior Finnmark, and easily located due to its strong, turpentine-like smell (and the most common North Sámi name, guohcarássi or “evil-smell-ing plant” reflects this property). It has been frequently used in Sámi folk medicine, as decoctions to treat cold, rheumatism etc. Hiero-chloë odorata is a grass formerly harvested as perfume, for storing with clothes (insect-repellant), now perhaps mainly for decorative purposes. There are several different North Sámi names for such grasses, but frequently encountered vernacular names are háissas-uoidni(“smelling grass”) and njálgasuoidni “sweet grass” or “pleas-ant grass”.After harversted, Hierochloë odorata is braided to bundle, like

woman’s braid, and then can be put surround neck to keep pleasant smelling for long time and also to repel insects. In the past people wear the grass braid when they go to church. And now perhaps mainly for decorative purposes.

This cabin shows that Rhododendron tomentosum is used as beverage, also as decoctions to treat peo-ple who get cold and symmptoms, coughing, also for high blood pressure and diphtheria in old use. Treat way: two or three cups of R.tomentosum ‘tea’

This cabin shows that Rhododendron tomentosum is used to treat latter complanit. Treat way: . tomen-tosum boiled in water and people sit or lie over the vapour covered by a black blanket. Better to sitting with their underbelly above it.

This cabin shows that Rhododendron tomentosum is used to treat rheumatism. Treat way: Boiled it and use it as a bath and as compresses. Compresses means boiled the leaves and bark then place in tow-els.

The designed wetland’s connection with whole Kautokeino area

Sami part

Education part

Recreation part

Kautokeino town center

A sample wetland farm, to value the value of the whole Kautokeino area.