Norður

The best future is always built starting from the past, neither copying nor ignoring it.

Thomas Allocca, from the book Norður

Norður

N O R W A Y S W E D E N D E N M A R K I C E L A N D

Started in June 2026, Norður is an international research project by MWA aimed at exploring the archetypes and symbolism of proto-Norse and Norse wooden architecture, and the Pagan-Christian syncretism that followed the Christianization of medieval Scandinavia.

The research will be a book within October 2026.

I N C O L L A B O R A T I O N W I T H

Directorate for Cultural Heritage | Norway

National Museum of Iceland | Iceland

BOARCH Arkitekter | Norway

The Norse people were extraordinary land and sea explorers, but also mighty explorers of life and spirit, with a deep and sacred concept of honor, loyalty, and nobility.

They were warriors whose legendary bravery was not religious conditioning to better serve their gods, but a spiritual attitude from which their mythological gods were born. They were spiritual warriors before being warriors of swords. And so was their architecture.