Publication Magazine Volume 2 Wood Architecture | Page 25

Tratoppen in Stockholm While not the only wooden skyscraper to be proposed for Stockholm, Anders Berensson’s fanciful Trätoppen — Swedish for “treetop” — is certainly the most eye-catching as it juts out directly from the roof of a Brutalist parking garage that dates back to the 1960s. It is density-centric urban regrowth at its most literal: innovative and green new concepts budding directly from old but loveable concrete stumps. Rising 33 stories above the existing seven-level parking garage, Trätoppen would be built from super-strong cross-laminated timber (CLT) and wrapped in a distinctive perforated wooden “number” façade that corresponds with each floor number. With 250 apartments spread across the new wooden tower, the old garage beneath would be converted into a retail hub filled with shops and restaurants and nary an automobile. 20 . wood architecture