NJORD

WIND PAVILION

A2M + Produktif + Omtre + ARaymond + WOW (Ney & Partners)

Copenhagen/DK | 2025

Performance-driven pavilion shaped by wind

Njord is a climate-responsive pavilion created for the 2025 Copenhagen Architecture Festival by an international team (Produktif, A2M, Omtre, ARaymond and WOW/Ney & Partners). Set on historic Gammel Strand, the structure embodies “ecomythology,” inviting visitors to slow down and listen to the wind while reconnecting myth, memory and material. Named after the Norse god of wind and sea, its flowing timber shell is generated from overlapping datasets of pedestrian movement and CFD wind simulations; a Perlin-noise algorithm modulates panel spacing so the pavilion literally takes the shape of Copenhagen’s summer breeze.

Harnessing the Venturi effect, Njord accelerates airflow through narrow channels to drop the Universal Thermal Climate Index from ~30 °C to a comfortable 25 °C—anticipating the city’s projected Mediterranean-like climate in 2080. Every decision serves circularity: reclaimed barn timber and glulam beams, tool-free “click / un-click” fasteners, and parametric nesting minimize waste and allow the whole structure to be flat-packed, reassembled and re-used as a mobile material bank. By fusing data-driven form-finding with regenerative construction, Njord stands as a prototype for adaptable urban microclimates and a tangible narrative of designing with the elements rather than against them.