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This Norway office’s mass-timber construction embraces the look of exposed wood

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This Norway office’s mass-timber construction embraces the look of exposed wood
  1. Oslotre designed the architecture and interiors of Lumber 4, a six-storey mass timber mixed-use commercial and office building in Kristiansand, Norway. - Kyrre Sundal
  2. Its recessed ground floor is dedicated to commercial use and the five floors above are used as office space. - Christoffer Imislund/Oslotre
  3. It is a mass-timber construction with columns and beams made of glued laminated timber. - Kyrre Sundal
  4. The façade is made of prefabricated curved pine wood elements treated with green paint and wood elements are prominent throughout the interiors with load-bearing structures exposed and walls are clad with white-pigmented spruce panels - Kyrre Sundal
  5. Wood fibre insulation and wood wool panels are present for internal climate and acoustic control - Kyrre Sundal
  6. Between the third and fourth floors, an atrium with an internal mass timber staircase and floor-to-ceiling windows allows plenty of natural light in. - Kyrre Sundal
  7. The floors are constructed of a composite structure of CLT and concrete and visible pipes are painted in a light beige colour to blend in with the mostly wooden interiors. - Kyrre Sundal
  8. Mass-timber construction isn’t just a building technique but has major implications for interior design. - Kyrre Sundal
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  1. Oslotre designed the architecture and interiors of Lumber 4, a six-storey mass timber mixed-use commercial and office building in Kristiansand, Norway. - Kyrre Sundal
  2. Its recessed ground floor is dedicated to commercial use and the five floors above are used as office space. - Christoffer Imislund/Oslotre
  3. It is a mass-timber construction with columns and beams made of glued laminated timber. - Kyrre Sundal
  4. The façade is made of prefabricated curved pine wood elements treated with green paint and wood elements are prominent throughout the interiors with load-bearing structures exposed and walls are clad with white-pigmented spruce panels - Kyrre Sundal
  5. Wood fibre insulation and wood wool panels are present for internal climate and acoustic control - Kyrre Sundal
  6. Between the third and fourth floors, an atrium with an internal mass timber staircase and floor-to-ceiling windows allows plenty of natural light in. - Kyrre Sundal
  7. The floors are constructed of a composite structure of CLT and concrete and visible pipes are painted in a light beige colour to blend in with the mostly wooden interiors. - Kyrre Sundal
  8. Mass-timber construction isn’t just a building technique but has major implications for interior design. - Kyrre Sundal
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Location
Map pointer Lumberveien 27, 4621 Kristiansand, Norway
Architecture, Interior Design and Timber Structural Engineer
Oslotre
Client
Skeie Eiendom
Contractor
VEF Entrepreneurs
Floor Area
3,106 sq-m

The mass-timber construction houses commercial and office space, and shows how this building approach is paving the way for new interior aesthetics centred around exposed wood structures.

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