Sweden’s National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm has unveiled a dome-shaped auditorium made from precision-engineered cross-laminated timber (CLT).
Just over 12m high, with a diameter of 21.6m, the so-called “Wisdome” can seat 100 people for immersive, audiovisual science presentations.
The structure is comprised of 277 unique CLT triangles produced at wood-product company Stora Enso’s Gruvön mill in Sweden.
Covering the dome is a timber structure with a curving, shingled roof composed of 25 layers of 31mm-thick laminated veneer lumber (LVL) beams.
• Explore how they built the Wisdome:
Stora Enso said the enclosing structure uses 20km of its Sylva LVL beams.
They were engineered by Swiss timber specialist Blumer Lehmann and shipped to site in the museum’s courtyard, where they were assembled with 1mm precision.
Stora Enso said the trees grown for the timber captured 1,178 tonnes of carbon dioxide while growing.
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf cut the ribbon for the Wisdome yesterday (5 December), and it opens to the public on Saturday.
Credits:
Specialist timber contractor: Blumer Lehmann AG
Construction contractor: Oljibe
Partners: Ericsson, Vectura, NIBE
Financiers: Wallenberg Foundations, Erling-Perssons Foundation, Stora Foundation, Fritz Öst Foundation
