A heart of wood : White Arkitekter : Sara Kulturhus, Skellefteå / publisher, Kristin Feireiss and Hans-Jürgen Commerell, Aedes.

Berlin : Aedes, [2021]
©2021

47 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 19 cm

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Aedes Architecture Forum, Berlin, September 18 - November 22, 2021.

The internationally active office White Arkitekter is dedicated to the renewable material wood and ecologically and socially sustainable architecture. In 2016, they designed a 20-storey building in Skellefteå in Sweden that will be one of the world?s tallest timber high-rise structures. Sara Kulturhus ? a new cultural centre right in the core of the city combining theatre, museum, art gallery, public library, conference centre and hotel ? opens this year. The building, designed to reduce embodied as well as operational carbon emissions, is mainly made of wood grown in the regional boreal forests. Solar panels and efficient energy systems further contribute to minimising the project's climate footprint.0In 2016, White Arkitekter won the international design competition for the new cultural centre Sara Kulturhus in Skellefteå. The city is situated in the north of Sweden just below the Arctic Circle and has a long tradition of timber construction, which was the main source of inspiration for the competition proposal. White Arkitekter do not only create a new living room for the city?s inhabitants, but also a showcase for sustainable design.00With an elevation of almost 80 metres, Sara Kulturhus houses six theatre stages, the city library, two art galleries, and a hotel with 205 rooms, a conference centre, restaurants, sky bar, and spa. The 20-storey hotel offers dramatic views over Skellefteå.00Ensuring that Sara Kulturhus is an ?arena? for all citizens regardless of their previous interest in culture, has been a central concern for the municipality, and a starting point for the design. The location of the building and the transparent façade with many entrances work together to lower the threshold to enter the building, and to replace the image of an austere cultural institution with an open and welcoming building. 00Exhibition: Aedes Architecture Forum, Berlin, Germany (19.09. - 11.11.2021).

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White arkitekter (Firm) Exhibitions.
Sara Kulturhus (Skellefteå, Sweden) Exhibitions.
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Building, Wooden Sweden Skellefteå Exhibitions.
Sustainable architecture Sweden Skellefteå Exhibitions.
Construction en bois Suède Skellefteå Expositions.
Architecture durable Suède Skellefteå Expositions.
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Sustainable architecture
Skellefteå (Sweden) Buildings, structures, etc. Exhibitions.
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exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Feireiss, Kristin, editor.
Commerell, Hans Jürgen, editor.
White arkitekter (Firm), architect.
Aedes Galerie für Architektur und Raum, host institution.

White arkitekter : Sara Kulturhus in Skelefteå
A heart of wood : White Arkitekter : Sara Kulturhus in Skellefteå

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