Södra has signed an agreement with LM Byg to supply approximately 5,700 cubic meters of cross-laminated timber (CLT) and 2,300 cubic meters of glulam to the 28,000-square-metre wooden building, which is a new office building for AP Ejendomen in Copenhagen. Source: Timberbiz
The construction of AP Ejendomme’s wooden building will rise 36 metres from the waterfront and be built eight floors above the ground and will consist almost entirely of wood, which will not only be based on a load-bearing frame made of glulam.
The wood will also be found prominently in several elements of the building and the interior design.
“The initial collaboration with LM Bygg has been great, with good communication and trust. Therefore, we are very happy to have agreed so that we can continue the partnership regarding the project at Marmormolen. We see that wood and bio-based products are part of the building materials of the future.
“From the wooden perspective, the Marmormolen is a spectacular construction, and the project testifies to an ambitious builder and entrepreneur. As a wooden and knowledge supplier, it is a pleasure to help support a project like this,” said Kenny Holm, marketing manager for Södra Building System Denmark.
The project offers a new task for LM Bygg, as it will be their first project in wood.
As the only new urban development area, Copenhagen’s Nordhavn district has been awarded platinum, which is the highest certification in sustainable construction. To meet the requirements, the new Nordhavn buildings must achieve platinum or gold within the DGNB certification.
It is also the goal to achieve the DGNB Platinum certification at Marmormolen. This is done by using wood rather than concrete in the Marmormolen’s load-bearing construction, and by a strong focus on contributing to several of the UN’s world goals so that the transition to green construction moves forward.
Therefore, it was also an important milestone in the project, when AP Ejdendomme in August 2022 was able to announce that the municipality of Copenhagen had permitted the construction of the 36-metre-high wooden building.
The building permit was also a sign of a change in Danish construction, which until now did not have a particularly strong tradition of building in wood – not at all at the heights at which the Marmormolen is built but now to an increasing extent the creation of large-scale constructions in the solid wood material.
