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MIMICRY
NATURAL HABITAT

HIBERNATION

RUCTURAL

ADAPTATION

PROTECTIVE

COLORATION

VERNACULAR

ARCHITECTURE
Icelandic architecture changed in many ways in the more than 1,000 years the turf houses were
being constructed. The first evolutionary step happened in the 14th century, when the Viking
style longhouses were gradually abandoned and replaced with many small and specialized
interconnected buildings. Then in the late 18th century a new style started to gain momentum, BEHAVIOUR
the burstabær, with its wooden ends or gaflar. This is the most commonly depicted version of
the Icelandic turf houses and many such survived well into the 20th century. This style was then
slowly replaced with the urban building style of wooden house clothed in corrugated iron, which in ADAPTATION
turn was replaced with the earthquake-resistant reinforced concrete building.

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
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