Forest-Timber-Public Building

SPRING 2016

Course description:
Through the design of a medium-sized public building in timber, the course will examine opportunities for better utilization of timber as a building material. The assignment was a library including an amphitheater and and stage in the town centre of Spydeberg. The course is part of the research project Wood Be Better and will provide a solid knowledge base for using timber in a new, multifunctional urban building. We will meet representatives from the entire product chain; forestry, wood industry, retailers, developers and contractors.

Tutors: Børre Skodvin, Lars Hamran
Students: Jonatan Angell-Ramberg, Gine Backer-Røed, Kaia Kristine Giltun, Truls Glesne, Morten Jakobsen, Daniel Aarset Loe, Jon Bjørn Dundas Morå, Dag Ulrik Pettersen, Erik Reiten, Michelle Schneider, Elin Schnipper, Synnøve Solberg, Benjamin Velure, Anna Willemark
External examiner: Kaja Poulson, MoPo arkitekter

Selected student projects:

Spydeberg Library - by Anne Willemark and Synnøve Solberg
The main structure is a post and beam system in which the wooden columns are split into bundles of four members that are connected by stiffeners. The flexible book shelves in the library rest on these stiffeners. The timber beams are also split into parallel chords with wooden stiffeners. The structural system has a transparent character that allows daylight into the library and creates spatial and visual continuity.
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SPYDEBERGSMIA - Jon Bjørn Dundas Morå og Daniel Aarset Loe
The library is at the core of this new cultural and community centers in Spydeberg. The building provide a number of different spacial alternatives for groups that may want to use the building in different ways. Including a lookout tower, a workshop, various meeting rooms and venues.
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THE LIBRARY AT SPYDEBERG - by Benjamin Alstrup Velure, Dag Ulrik Pettersen, Truls Glesne
The project consists of three main volumes with different characteristics. The open ground floor plan is an extension of the surrounding urban spaces. The central amphitheater is located at the heart of the building. The cantilevered floor slabs are suspended from beams supported by vertical and diagonal columns.
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