Description
Herrestaskolan was completed in 2016, and from the beginning of design phase the ambition was to become a gold-standard example of a low carbon building. The 8,200m2 school has been built completely in wood using 3,100m3 of solid timber. Both CLT and glulam have been used to construct everything from the sports hall to the library and canteen.
The school has become a fully integrated part of Barkaby, as its facilities including its outdoor activity park are open for the whole town to use outside of school hours. It has now become a beacon for wooden schools, with Herrestaskolan a centre point for architect lectures; even the school’s pupils are even doing work on wood construction.
Herrestaskolan demonstrates how public procurement can drive sustainable change, as the municipality requested that the archtiects come up with a design purely from wood. The meet the challenge, the architects collaborated with experienced engineers in the UK and local consultants to design a building fit for the 21st century.
The timber construction creates a positive learning environment for Bakaby’s junior citizens, and protects their future by storing 2,500 tons of CO2eq, with the building certified to the highest Swedish Miljöbyggnad certification standard. With gulam beams over 30 meters long and CLT boards at 16 meters high, Herrestaskolan has pushed boundaries and pioneered public-driven wood construction in Sweden.
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