Iceland as a Landscape Investigation Pattern

Abstract

Nowadays Icelanders continue an ancient dialogue. Nature is part of their soul and they take with them bits of their terrestrial landscape when they move to the elsewhere. When they move out in the sea they often name their ships or boats after natural spots (waterfalls, mountains, etc.), Moving to the town, architects build monuments inspired by wild nature like Hallgrimskirkja (inspired by Hraundrangar and the columnar basalt) or Perlan (inspired by the Geysir and the geothermal water). This is the way Icelanders compensate and take care of their perennial landscape nostalgia.

Keywords

• Architecture
• geography
• Iceland
• landscape
• nostalgia