Mass Timber Construction Podcast Special Guests - Robert Schmitz - Swedish Mass Timber Tower

Located just below the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden,
Skellefteå has a long tradition of timber building; this was the
primary inspiration behind the international competition winning
design for the city’s new cultural centre. The proposal was named
Sida vid sida – Side-by-side; a timber-frame tower complex that
placed art, performance and literary organisations alongside each
other in a spectacular setting. Sara  Cultural Centre will
be a new home for the Västerbotten Regional Theatre, Anna
Nordlander Museum, Skellefteå Art Gallery, as well as the City
Library. The complex will also contain a new hotel to accommodate
the growing numbers of tourists to the city, as well as to
provide a source of revenue for the local authority.

Robert Schmitz, architect and partner at White Arkitekter, He has
a long experience in complex design projects with an emphasis on
commercial office projects, cultural buildings, hotels and urban
planning. Robert is named Stockholm Director of Competitions and
is part of the Office Management. Robert has won many prestigious
architectural competitions including Täby City Hall, for which he
received an IDEA gold medal award in Los Angeles 2017. most
recently the internationally acclaimed competition about
Skellefteå Cultural Centre, becoming one of the tallest timber
high rises in the world.


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