As Lendlease move towards competing Forte at Victoria's Docklands precinct the world's tallest CLT residential building, Finland's largest wooden multi-storey building has been completed in Viikki, Helsinki. A complex comprising 104 apartments and based on the proprietary Metsä Wood Multi-Storey System, the block is composed of five wooden buildings, each with three to four floors. The total total floor area is some 6,300 m2.
The Metsä Wood Multi-Storey System comprises a Kerto-structured beam-and-post frame, intermediate floors, roofing panels, and exterior walls delivered as timber frames. The balcony structures and awnings of the houses were created with Kerto and glulam elements. The impressive 42-millimetre-thick King Panel, made from Metsä Wood's King Beam glulam, crowns the wooden multi-storey buildings. A façade panel that is up to 12 metres long creates a harmonious and clear line for the housing.
With this lead to an increase in prefabricated building systems based on wood and engineered wood products? Watch this space - and your local skyline!
Location Von Daehninkatu, Helsinki, Finland
Building year 2012
Architect HMV Architects
Structural designer A-insinöörit. Wooden parts: Insinööritoimisto Asko Keronen
Constructor Peab
Customer Etera
Solutions used Glulam, Kerto®, Kerto-Ripa®, King Panel