We have finished works on the timber facade and two skylights for “Aker Tech House” in Norway 

We have finished works on the timber facade and two skylights for the seven-storey high-rise office building “Aker Tech House” in Fornebu, Norway.

ZAZA TIMBER designed and manufactured all load-bearing timber structures and did assembly of all timber structures. Our part in this project was the facade and two large skylights. Both the facade and skylight are constructed from glued laminated timber (glulam). The length of the facade is 78.9 m, height – 33.8 m, width – 4.0 m. Skylight is 2 x 428 m2.

At the design stage, we created the design and detailing of timber structures, developed shop- and assembly drawings. In our factory we manufactured pre-fabricated parts with a length of up to 24 m and a total volume of 218 m3. A team of seven did the assembly in 18 weeks.

Timber in this project also serves as an important interior element so we additionally assisted on finishing of all timber structures (including secondary ones) to ensure required visual quality and premium feel.

This was one of our most important projects in 2022/2023, as it involved all three our group companies – design, manufacturing and assembly – and took part in Norway.

The constrution of the building is still underway with opening scheduled closer to the end of 2023.

Here are a few photos we made after completing our part in the project.