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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Moholt 50|50 – Timber Towers in Trondheim, Norway by MDH ArkitekterFebruary 16th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: MDH Arkitekter Student housing often drown in mediocrity, with simple units stacked on top of each other in the cheapest way possible and left to themselves without support programs. The Moholt 50|50 project is a reaction to this. By inserting new housing collectives and a wide range of support services and public programs into an existing student village built in the sixties, a new active central area is created, erasing the psychological border between the student village and the surrounding area.  Image Courtesy © Ivan Brodey
 Image Courtesy © Ivan Brodey The Y-shaped towers have one student collective pr. floor. Every collective consists of fifteen units with individual bathrooms. The habitants share kitchen, dining/living room and an entrance hall with wardrobes. The five towers are all nine-storeys high with a height of 28 metres. The basement and ground floor levels are made in cast reinforced concrete. From the first floor to the nineth floor the structure consists of prefabricated CLT-elements.  Image Courtesy © MDH  Image Courtesy © Ivan Brodey The approach to building with CLT was to take advantage of the finished surface of the CLT elements and expose as much as possible of the wood in the interiors. By utilizing the technical and aesthetic qualities of the CLT system, a robust and honest expression was achieved. The towers, with their relatively short spans and Y-shaped volumes, were statically optimal for this type of load bearing wood construction.  Image Courtesy © MDH  Image Courtesy © Tomas Bekkavik The use of CLT has reduced the CO2 in building materials by 57 % and the CO2 emissions associated with energy use are reduced by approximately 70% compared to standard Norwegian requirements. The façade cladding system is designed to give it a telescopic characteristic that can absorb the shrinkage of the floor elements without creating tensions in the cladding.  Image Courtesy © MDH  Image Courtesy © MDH Moholt 50|50 is the largest crosslaminated timber (CLT) project in Europe. The Timber Towers are shortlisted for the 2016 Mies van der Rohe Award.  Image Courtesy © MDH  Image Courtesy © MDH  Image Courtesy © MDH Arkitekter  Image Courtesy © MDH Arkitekter  Image Courtesy © MDH Arkitekter  Image Courtesy © MDH Arkitekter
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