Wisdome Stockholm to be Sweden’s National Museum of Science and Technology Showcase of Climate-Friendly Construction

Sweden’s National Museum of Science and Technology is soon to be home of Wisdome Stockholm, a scientific experience arena located within the museum. Designed by architects Elding Oscarson, the 1,325 square meter building, which features a vaulted roof, will be home to a globe-shaped dome theatre of 21.6 meters in diameter hosting a 3D cinema with a spherical screen. The center will be inaugurated in 2023.

Wisdome is a national initiative involving Sweden’s five leading science centers: Malmö Museums, Universeum in Gothenburg, Curiosum in Umeå, and Tekniska museet in Stockholm, with Visualisation Center C in Norrköping as the hub of the collaboration.

Construction is already underway on the Wisdome and Stora Enso, Europe’s largest supplier of wood products, is supplying cross laminated timber (CLT) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL), which can replace traditional building materials such as steel and concrete.

In addition to being the only renewable building material, Stora Enso claims that building in wood halves the construction time and reduces transport to the construction site by up to 80 per cent. Several of Stora Enso’s digital solutions in wood construction will also be used in the project, such as the assembly app CLT 360+, the moisture sensors Wiiste and the calculation tool Calculatis.

Partners in the project include Ericsson, Vectura, and NIBE.