**2.11 Experience of housing in North Europa (Scandinavia)**

The Longhouse is the traditional primary habitat in the Scandinavian region, dating back to the Iron Age, 2000 BC. This study examines the influence of climate on the conformation of habitats. Climate had a substantial impact on the conceptions of habitat form and internal space [62]. The climate′s role in the conformation of the vernacular houses of the Scandinavian region was notable and can be observed clearly in the urban texture in the following:


The walls of habitats in vast areas of Scandinavia define the edge between public spaces and private spaces and physically and perceptually explain the public roads and squares, the spaces in which communal life occurs (see **Figure 20**) [40].

**Figure 20.** *Environmental answer to vernacular habitat conformation from Scandinavia.*
