Factory House of the Year contest winner announced!
18. November
Estonian Woodhouse Association and Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster announced 2nd Annual Contest Factory House of the Year winner Kodumaja AS their residential housing project in Norway, Oslo made of prefabricated building modules with timber frame structures.
1st Place – Kodumaja AS residential housing project (Oslo)
The building modules are erected on top of site-built concrete structures at the basement and ground floor, which include industrial rooms and traffic areas. The modules are erected as three 5- and 3-storey units around a courtyard. All the storeys of 2 main buildings are visually joined with access balconies and roof terraces.
The contrasting appearance of materials and structures between the street and courtyard side provide the building with a versatile image, which very well reflects variety in its internal engineering. The housing project is built to satisfy all technical requirements and guidelines by Norwegian building regulations.
2nd Place – Seve Ehituse AS residential house built on wooden frame (Norway)
3rd Place – EstNor OÜ unique house balanced mixture of log and timber frame contruction (Norway)
Contest details:
Houses had to be factory-built, made in Estonia and accepted by the client in 2009-2011:
- The main construction of the building
was made from wood and manufactured in a factory located in Estonia;
- Estonian manufacturer had the control of the design and building of
outer visual side