The modular and movable pavilion is made out of CLT spatial elements and LVL roof beams stretching 24 meters. Building with massive wood is fast, nature-friendly and almost totally silent. And we can build in places out of reach for concrete. Massive wood weights 5 times less than concrete, which means light foundations or no foundations at all as in the case of the Stora Enso Pavilion. With wooden elements, one can construct almost anything from single-family houses to skyscrapers and wooden cities. New Wood architecture is based on the renewing life-providing force of ecologically sustainable forests.
Architect: Marco Casagrande, Casagrande Laboratory – Finland
Location: Pori, Finland (Suomiareena and Asuntomessut / Housing Fair 2018) and Seefeld, Austria (Nordic World Ski Championships 2019).
Photo: Juha Sinisalo
Measures: length 24m, width 5m, height 4m
Materials: CLT, LVL, glass
Construction team: Kuninkaankylän Puurakentajat
Completed: 2018