This book tells the success story of Finnish wood construction and throws new light on the direction of housing construction in Finland today, where more than a decade of development and construction of modern wooden towns and compact, low-rise housing has created a wealth of knowledge and a diverse variety of pioneering and resident-oriented wooden residential milieux.
Residential environments that are urbanly compact, yet low-rise have been explored as a solution to the need for complementary building that supports both sustainable development of Finland¿s growth centres and diversification of its housing supply. Communal, low-rise residential milieux, or urban villages, are being looked to as an answer to this growing demand.
The Finnish wood industry has actively pursued its own construction and residential area planning development work in the form of the Modern Wooden Town project. Much valuable experience and expertise has been gained as a result, as well as the establishment throughout Finland of a number of successfully functioning wooden residential areas.
In this book, modern wooden town construction is investigated from three key perspectives: past and present studies, experiences and newly completed building projects. The book¿s expert commentary and presentations of completed wooden housing areas showcase the best of Finnish expertise in wood construction and highlight the myriad possibilities of building in wood.
Languages: Finnish and English. A version in Russian/English is also available.