Røros has been preserved for 100 years - with the consequence being that preservation work it-self has made a considerable impact on the built environment. A preservation practice running in a feedback loop - only reproducing and pushing the same architectural motif on every build-ing - regardless of scale, program, and context. The prevailing system is slowly contaminating every building it touches, old and new, which could gradually leave Røros with a generic Scandi-navian town aesthetic, unable to absorb the needs of a contemporary town, and jeopardizing its unique characteristics.