“In a way, we are returning to our roots,” the Danish architect Signe Kongebro said. “Timber is one of the oldest building materials we have—it has been used for thousands of years.”
, in Sydney, for the tech company Atlassian. An internal-timber structure is to be wrapped with a curvy exoskeleton of steel and glass; solar panels will adorn the façade, and indoor terraces will have naturally ventilated gardens.
The tower’s base was occupied by a cafeteria. In its concrete floor, blond-wood furnishings, and floor-to-ceiling windows partly obscured by massive trusses made with blocks of glulam, I could see a wooden-architecture vernacular emerging: airy spaces formed by pale wood beams and columns that had visibly been slotted and joined together.
Next, we drove to one of Oslotre’s current projects: two private homes that were nearing completion in what had once been the yard of a larger property. The houses, both modernist in style, were perched on a hillside with near-flat roofs and walls of windows opening onto outdoor living areas; Tycho assured me that on fog-free days the houses had views overlooking both forests and a fjord. The exteriors were clad in wood, with curved corners.
We arrived at the music school as daylight was fading. Set in a plaza, the two-story building was warmly lit from inside. Rain and snow had left damp patches on the exterior cladding, which still had the scent of the sawmill. The school’s principal gave us a tour, taking evident pleasure in his new professional home.
At the moment, assessments of the construction cost of a building do not generally take carbon emissions into account. Buchardt feels that such a penalty is inevitable, at least in Scandinavia. If developers have to weigh the environmental costs of building as a matter of hard cash, engineered timber will start to look particularly appealing.
The clouds had lifted, and low sunlight bounced off the lake and filled the room with replenishing warmth. Feeling that it would be hard not to have one’s spirits lifted by these surroundings, I asked Buchardt if he believed that being in a wood environment was conducive to better mental health.
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