The
design for the National Museum in Oslo, Norway draws its inspiration
from the unique geological and seasonal conditions of Norway: The
Fjordscape where land and sea meet
and where land meets the sky with
great drama, and the Northern daylight that is at once
diffuse and
subdued but at times ever present
in the sky. These strong sources, one
of landscape and earth and the other of light and sky are abundant and
wholly unique to Norway’s geological and seasonal conditions. They
embody an immovable constant that has deep roots in the cultural DNA,
having shaped and marked the past, but also one that is in fact dynamic
and forever in motion with energy and clues
for the future.