This thesis begins with the premise that darkness offered by the landscape of the boreal north opens up new potential narratives and different languaging of the built environment. If sensitivity is nurtured towards this landscape, it may provoke the emergence of new methods of engagements that reconnects the self to the exterior challenging existing preconceptions. The study also recognises the fact as given, that in present times, this relation of self with darkness is endangered and not valued. Thus the thesis aspires to open up this question -- what is the value of darkness in such a landscape and what kind of architecture may emerge if an alternate discourse that values this darkness might exist.