Old Norse Mihrab

The primary objective of the mihrab is to direct the worshipper to prayer, remembrance and mindfulness. The mihrab also has to seamlessly assimilate into the structural and aesthetic dictates of the building’s measurements and proportions as well as the material and symbolic language of its ornamentations. Underlying the decisions behind the design are my intentions of expressing both islamic- and Scandinavian aesthetics. I wanted to tap into both the old norse tradition and the later soberer church portals of that area as well as the muslim aesthetics so that it resonates with many different people and that it is not foreign nor alien to its context.