The timber houses at Løkenåsen

The timber houses at Løkenåsen are modern, sustainable, and innovative residential buildings constructed entirely of wood. The project is an award-winning apartment building, praised for its consistent architectural qualities and high environmental ambitions.

The buildings have a structural system based on timber frame elements and glued laminated timber. The distinctive facade division in vertical and horizontal directions consists of geometric solid wood columns that define the entire front of the building. The result is an honest construction; not just a timber facade, but a timber building throughout where both the materials and the structure are showcased.

Sweco has been responsible for the design of timber and concrete structures, acoustics, building physics, fire engineering, roads, and BIM, as well as the development of the project’s carbon footprint calculation. Building with timber was the main premise of the project, with the aim of combining conventional timber construction with modern and innovative solutions.

The timber houses won the award for «Timber Building of the Year» at the Building Days 2022, among other reasons, because «the industrialized, timber-based housing concept can be adapted to various development situations.» Today, they stand proudly as representatives of how the unique properties of wood as a building material can be combined with modern construction technology to create sustainable, cost-effective, and beautiful timber structures.