Stora Enso Celebrates the Opening of Wooden Architectural Landmark in Stockholm, Sweden

Stora Enso is celebrating the opening of a wooden architectural landmark building in the courtyard of Sweden’s National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm, the company announced on Wednesday (12-5-23).

Dubbed “Wisdome Stockholm,” building is a new scientific experimental arena. It encompasses a wooden architectural design creating an arched-shaped room of 1,325 square meters. Stora Enso has been the main partner and delivered sustainable wooden construction materials for the project.

The wood used for both the LVL and CLT building elements for Wisdome Stockholm came from sustainably managed, certified forests in Sweden and Finland and stores 1,178 tons of carbon dioxide in total. The construction incorporates both curved and twisted beams, found in only a few locations worldwide. Situated at the heart of the exhibition hall is a substantial wooden dome equipped with state-of-the-art visualization technology.

In a press release, Lars Völkel, Executive Vice President of Stora Enso’s Wood Products division, said:

“Wisdome Stockholm is truly a landmark building that stretches the boundaries of wooden architecture. Wood as a building material is an important part of the solution to battle climate change, enabling storage of CO2 and a sustainable construction process. Today’s inauguration showcases the unique design and sustainability benefits of building with renewable materials.”

Jessika Szyber, Business Development Manager at Stora Enso, added the following:

“Being a part of this project from the early stages, we were able to find an innovative way to use standard industrial products, such as CLT and LVL elements from our Sylva by Stora Enso range, to achieve the asymmetrical structure of the building without sacrificing the fantastic design.”