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Urban development company Atrium Ljungberg has unveiled plans to construct the world's largest wooden neighbourhood in Stockholm

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Tags: urban planning, architecture, sweden.stockholm, construction, sustainability, materials, timber, atrium ljungberg, cities.capital, neighbourhoods, author.sejal sharma, source.interestingengineering
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/sweden-will-have-an-entire-city-made-of-wood-in-2027

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Title
Sweden will have an entire city made of wood in 2027
Authors
Sejal Sharma
Published
Jun 22 2023
Word count
126 words

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    skybrian
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    I wish there were more detail. How much of each material do they plan to use compared to similar buildings? In the US, there is a trend to build mid-rise residential buildings using wood frame...

    I wish there were more detail. How much of each material do they plan to use compared to similar buildings?

    In the US, there is a trend to build mid-rise residential buildings using wood frame construction except for the ground floor, which uses concrete. They are everywhere these days. Here's more on Wikipedia.

    Here's a previous discussion of a project in Helsinki.

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      mycketforvirrad
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      Ny stadsdel i trä ska byggas i Sickla Dagens Nyheter – Adam Svensson – 20th June 2023

      Ny stadsdel i trä ska byggas i Sickla

      Planen innebär blandade kvarter med både kontor och lägenheter som ska uppföras i centrala Sickla. Även stora delar av fasaderna kommer att vara gjorda i trä. Totalt planeras cirka 30 byggnader som fördelas på 25 kvarter.

      The plan involves mixed blocks with both offices and apartments to be built in central Sickla. Large parts of the facades will also be made of wood. A total of around 30 buildings are planned, distributed over 25 blocks.

      – Vi ska bygga 250 000 kvadratmeter hus med trästomme, men det blir också andra inslag av trä, såsom gröna tak, terrasser och parker, så att man får känslan av att det är en trästad, säger Annica Ånäs.

      We will build 250,000 square meters of houses with a wooden frame, but there will also be other elements of wood, such as green roofs, terraces and parks, so that you get the feeling that it is a wooden city, says Annica Ånäs.

      Husen blir fem till sju våningar höga och planen är att skapa ”levande bottenvåningar” med butiker, restauranger och service, berättar Annica Ånäs vidare.

      The houses will be five to seven storeys high and the plan is to create "living ground floors" with shops, restaurants and services, Annica Ånäs explains further.

      Dagens Nyheter – Adam Svensson – 20th June 2023

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      1. skybrian
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        Thanks! It's interesting that they talk about "the feeling that it is a wooden city." This sounds a bit odd to me, but maybe it's in contrast to European cities that use a lot of brick and...

        Thanks!

        It's interesting that they talk about "the feeling that it is a wooden city." This sounds a bit odd to me, but maybe it's in contrast to European cities that use a lot of brick and concrete? Aesthetics is an important part of architecture that's sometimes neglected.

        I think of the cladding of a building as fairly independent of its structure. At one time, brick buildings were common but it would be very expensive now, so instead it's likely a thin layer of brick that isn't structural, for example to make a house look more like a mansion. Good design is about caring enough about the details to make it look convincing. Also, a house may look like it has wooden siding but the cladding is actually made out of fiber cement (known as "Hardie board") that's more durable and lower maintenance.

        Whether these developers are doing anything structurally different from typical US mixed-use development seems hard to say. The building heights are similar, so it doesn't seem like new techniques would be necessary? On the other hand, I would expect a green roof to be heavy, particularly during winter if it doesn't shed snow very easily.

        Perhaps someone will write an in-depth article someday.

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