A 100 Years Playbook offers a long-term strategy to guide the evolution of Europe’s largest rare earth element (REE) discovery – socially, ecologically, and spatially. 

How can we rethink mining in a time of ecological urgency, spatial fragility, and shifting global economies? The challenge posed by the Nome Green Mineral Park is not only one of industrial functionality, but of designing an evolving ecosystem – where natural and artificial elements, extractive and regenerative processes, and human and non-human needs must co-exist.

Instead of a fixed masterplan, the Playbook illustrates guiding principles, design strategies, tools and visions that adapt across decades: from the first phase of extraction and construction, to the realisation of the polyactor campus, to potential futures of reuse, rewilding, and civic renewal. Trough the three temporal scales the mining park is treated not as a static facility, but as a living ecosystem shaped by collaboration, care, circularity and long-term territorial care.

The playbook is a great tool to help the municipality and stakeholders to guide decision-making across changing conditions. It uses tools and principles that support resilience, circularity, and long-term territorial care, while remaining open-ended and not tied to a single design outcome.

TYPE: Strategic Visioning, Urban Planning
LOCATION: Nome, Norway
CLIENT: Nome Municipality, Norway
YEAR: 2025
TEAM: Alberto Roncelli, Nicole Vettore
AWARDS : Awarded at Europan 18 Re-Sourcing, Special Mention