{"id":18745,"date":"2024-06-28T17:09:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T07:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=18745"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:17:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:17:47","slug":"swedens-new-candy-factory-is-a-mass-timber-wintergarden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/swedens-new-candy-factory-is-a-mass-timber-wintergarden\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden’s New Candy Factory is a Mass Timber ‘Wintergarden’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wood is at the heart of the historic L\u00e4kerol candy factory redevelopment project in the Swedish town of G\u00e4vle and in good measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But according to its design consultant, Singapore-based architect Jason Pomeroy, it involves much more than cross-laminated timber (CLT), as he describes it as a \u201cwintergarden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s become an affordable, eco-centric housing and mixed-use development, also described as  \u201can environmentally friendly and socially inclusive public housing project\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Way back in pre-pandemic days, 2019, Pomeroy Studios announced its involvement in this unique redevelopment project, designed to have a variety of apartment types available for lease to promote inter-generational bonding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seven-storey residential block comprise 54 apartments, while the 15-storey residential block has 67, with sizes ranging from studios to four-room flats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While the first sod of the redevelopment took place in 2020 \u2013 it was more of a tree-planting event to show its green emphasis – the project really started coming alive during 2023. That\u2019s when various tenants \u2013 retailers and residents – started moving in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much more is on the cards this year, 2024, when more shops and homes are being established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The developer AB Gavleg\u00e5rdarna<\/a> says it won\u2019t be until 2026 when it expects it to be in its finished state:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The candy factory is now a car-free and lively district, with green walking paths and many natural meeting places. Here, modern and sustainable houses share blocks with historic factory buildings. The commercial activities contribute to creating a new and unique part of G\u00e4vle. Sales hall, grocery store, outdoor dining, market square, office, Bed & Breakfast, preschool and school – here there is life and movement for a large part of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof Pomeroy, who teaches classes on the sustainable built environment at the University of Cambridge, University of Nottingham, James Cook University Singapore and King Saud University, says the glazed atrium of the seven-storey block and orangery atop the 15-storey building are also designated as recreational spaces for residents to meet and socialise with one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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