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HiT - Health in Timber

For lower climate impact from the construction industry, increased resource efficiency and the possibility to greater freedom of choice in design and architecture, the project aims to increase interest in optimizing together on the market available timber building systems by exploring the possibility to build parts of hospitals with timber frame.

Timber construction can be further developed and become more resource-efficient, sustainable and competitive if one utilizes the strength of different frame systems that are joined and optimized when larger and more complex buildings are to be built. It would mean a new toolbox for architects and designers to start from, which provides new opportunities for designing and optimizing the load-bearing frame.

Traditionally, today's hospitals are built in concrete and steel. Using timber in the frame is still a challenge as there is a lack of both familiarity and established guidelines. Demands to change towards more sustainable construction are increasing, but still cannot be justified to use unproven technology in hospital projects.

The project evaluates the requirements that exist for different types of operations in a hospital from a timber construction perspective. Possibilities and challenges for timber construction are mapped in parallel with the cases where it is not possible to use timber. Based on the challenge of building a hospital with a timber frame, a fictitious and limited design exercise is carried out to test the design and construction of a hospital by combining different existing timber building systems.

The title of the application at Vinnova The Optimized Complex Wooden Structures of the Future.  The project working title in progress HiT - Health in Timber. 

Summary

Project name

HiT - Health in Timber

Status

Active

RISE role in project

Coordinator

Project start

Duration

26 months

Total budget

5,4 Mkr

Partner

CVA - Centrum för vårdens arkitektur, Region Västerbotten Fastighet, Södra , Moelven Modulbyggnad, Moelven Töreboda, Masonite Beams , AFRY, Sitowise Sverige, CF Möller arkitekter, White arkitekter, ByggDialog, Svenskt Trä , AcouWood

Funders

Vinnova

Coordinators

Project members

Supports the UN sustainability goals

9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
11. Sustainable cities and communities
12. Responsible consumption and production
13. Climate action
Kirsi Jarnerö

Contact person

Kirsi Jarnerö

Forskare

+46 10 516 62 49

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Magnus U Falk

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Magnus U Falk

Projektledare

+46 10 516 50 37

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