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PROJECT LEADER:
Marius Nygaard
FUNDER DURATION:
The Research Council of Norway (NFR),
NOK 20 M, The Norwegian forest owners´
action fund (Skogtiltaksfondet), NOK 1 M)
and Lunner Almenning (Association of forest
owners in the Lunner municipality north of
Oslo), NOK 0,4 M, 2013-2017
STEERING GROUP MEMBER AFFILIATIONS:
AHO (Project Owner), The Norwegian
University of Life Sciences (UMB), dept.
of Mathematical Sciences and Technology,
The Norwegian University of Life Scienc-
es (UMB), dept. of Ecology and Natural
Resource Management, The Norwegian For-
est and Landscape Institute (NFLI), Lunner
Almenning (Association of forest owners in
the Lunner municipality north of Oslo)
ACTIVE RESEARCHERS AT AHO:
Marius Nygaard, Børre Skodvin, Nils Forsén,
Jan Strumillo (PhD research fellow).
Other researchers will be associated during the
execution of the project.
The successful project application responded
to a call within the Research Council´s new,
large BIONÆR program. The program requires
integral perspectives on bio-economical val-
ue-chains and resource cycles. The call asked
for research relevant to increased use of wood
in urban buildings. The consortium establishes
a multidisciplinary and international group of
architects, engineers, wood technologists and
mycologists. Focus will be put on solutions
that are easily integrated into architecture of a
high and sustained quality. A network of highly
merited Norwegian architects is associated to
the team of researchers. They will act as com-
petent and critical partners in the definition
and execution of research tasks. The project
themes are structured in five work packages:
INCREASED USE OF WOOD IN URBAN AREAS – WOOD/BE/BETTER
