10 Years Retrospective Review : Ice Hotel, Sweden

10 years ago, Ian Douglas-Jones and collaborator Ben Rousseau travelled to Jukkasjavi in the high arctic circle to contribute to the very first and only Ice hotel in Sweden.

10年前 Ian Douglas-Jones 和合作伙伴 Ben Rousseau 到高纬度北极圈内的Jukkasjavi，制造了瑞典国内第一也是唯一一家冰雕酒店。

The Ice Hotel itself is carved from the harvested frozen waters of the Thorne River, each year the transient building simply melts flowing back as water into the river, back to nature. 

Each season the hotel invites architects, artists, sculptors to the hotel to spend two weeks creating a hotel room from ice and snow. 200km into the Arctic circle Jukkasjavi is close to Kiruna the famed iron ore mining town, whose mining exploits have undermined the towns very foundations and is currently on the move to a new location. 

酒店本身是用从索恩河获取的冰冻水雕刻而成的，每年这座临时性的建筑最终都会融化成水流回河流中，回归大自然。

每个季节酒店都会邀请建筑师，艺术家，雕塑家到酒店来在两周的时间用冰和雪建造一个酒店房间。北极圈200公里之处，Jukkasjavi靠近著名的铁矿石开采小镇Kiruna，铁矿开采破坏了城镇的地基，目前正转移到新的地点。

The Ice Hotel brings creatives from all walks and backgrounds and is as much about community as it is about creating each room in frozen water. With techniques of ice carving shared from veterans to the new cohort, meal times were particularly good with interesting stories shared from the various backgrounds, the cold and bitter conditions a shared bond to build future freindships. The short days and long nights (daylight only for a few hours 10:00 - 13:00), together with -30 degree temperatures further added to the sense of camaraderie.

冰雕酒店带来了来自各行各业的创意者，因为是在冰冻水里创建每个房间，更多的是对社群的考虑。退伍军人与新成员共同分享冰雕技术，在不同背景下分享有趣的故事时也让用餐时间显得特别愉快。寒冷和艰苦的恶劣条件让大家紧密相连。短暂的白天和漫长的黑夜（白天只有10:00-13:00的几个小时），加上零下30摄氏度的低温，更进一步增进了彼此之间的友情。

The rooms design was inspired by the then forthcoming re-release of Disney’s 1980’s classic ‘Tron’, Ian and Ben were supported by Disney UK and Oakley to create the futuristic room that seemed on stark contrast to the immediate context, but that’s the point; escapism, illusion and the unexpected.

房间的设计灵感来源于即将重新放映的1980年代迪士尼的经典作品《Tron》，Ian和Ben得到了迪士尼英国公司和Oakley的支持，来创造一个与当前环境形成鲜明对比的未来主义房间，但这才是重点——逃离现实，错觉，和出人意料。

The room was an opportunity to trial some new lighting technology; A risky proposition as threading electrified electroluminescent cable lighting through frozen water would be a challenge, particularly as the organic based Sulphur in the lighting degrades upon exposure to water.

The build was about experimentation, with time needed to perfect how to move, handle and work with the ice.  At over 100KG per each slab of ice it was hard physical work for 14 hours a day at -8 degrees inside the snow room. Learn how to cut with electric chainsaws, routers, ice chisels and bear saws as wellas custom tooling to assist moving and shaping the blocks. Some days it was so cold that ice blocks would have to be handled carefully or risk them shattering due to being so brittle.

设计这个房间是一个尝试新灯光技术的机会，但也是一个冒险的提议，因为将带电的电致发光灯带穿过冻冰是一个挑战，尤其是照明中的有机硫磺暴露在水中后会降解。

所以建造需要不断的实验，来完善如何移动，处理和使用冰块。每块冰板超过100KG，我们每日14个小时在零下8摄氏度冰雪覆盖的房间内劳作。终于了解了如何使用电锯、刨机、冰凿和熊锯以及定制工具来切割冰板，并协助搬运和塑形冰块，达到想要的结果。有时候天气非常寒冷，冰块太脆容易碎裂，更要小心地处理它们。

It was a humbling experience being in this far northern part of the world, to see the northern lights, be at the mercy of Mother Nature,  be in awe of the surroundings and witness the effects of the seasons.  At the time of our visit the climate crisis was becoming prescient, with global warming the descriptor at the time. Now ten years later the Ice Hotel's existence and all that it stands for with respect to Mother Nature and her seasons now seems even more precarious and fragile, I would hope that now in its 30th year the Ice Hotel can continue to inspire through artistry and creativity, raising awareness for the current climate emergency.

在世界遥远的北部地区，看见北极光，感受大自然的怜悯，对周围的环境和季节的影响心存敬畏，感到谦卑。在我们访问之时，当时已经有人在讨论全球气候变暖的问题，气候危机已有预兆。 如今十年过去了，冰雕酒店及其所代表的尊重大自然和季节的存在似乎更加不稳定和脆弱，我希望冰雕酒店在其成立30年后的今天，能继续通过艺术性和创造力来启发众人，帮助提升人们对当前气候紧急情况的认识。