Moholt 50|50, student housing Trondheim

Architects

  • MDH Arkitekter

The project is part of of Moholt student village, designed by Herman Krag and completed in 1965 – a modernist development of about 80 3-4 storey brick buildings. The village has lacked both a clear hierarchy and a real centre, so the new project consists of a compact master plan that introduces a central “shared space” common with 600 new housing units, a kindergarten and a library and community centre.

The new housing is divided into five nine-storey towers on a Y-shaped plan, where each floor is organised as communal housing with 15 private units around a kitchen and common room. All the common rooms overlook the central outdoor space, and you can look over to the common rooms of the other towers.

The towers are built with cross-laminated timber elements, exposed in the interior as much as possible, with robust and visible detailing. The “telescope” facade has overlapping bands of timber panelling to allow for the vertical movement in the timber structure.

Architect
  • MDH Arkitekter
Client
  • Studentsamskipnaden i Trondheim
Gross Area
  • 21700 Sq.m.
Completed
  • 2017
Architect Coworkers
  • Arkitektkonkurranse: MDH Arkitekter & Arne Henriksen Arkitekter v/ Minna Riska, MSc.Ark SAFA; Dagfinn Sagen, Helge Lunder, Arne Henriksen, alle arkitekter MNAL; Ingeborg Sommerfelt, Ark.stud. Landskapsarkitekt: MASU Planning v/ Malin Blomkvist, landskapsark. MARK MDL og Sune Oslev, landskapsark. MAA.
  • Detaljprosjekt: Arkitekt: MDH Arkitekter v/ Minna Riska, MSc.Ark SAFA; Dagfinn Sagen, Helge Lunder, begge arkitekter MNAL; Heleri Nommik, Ida Revfem, Sigbjørn Willemsen, Natasa Zednik, alle arkitekter; Benjamin Sjøberg, Stud. Ark. Landskapsarkitekt: MASU Planning v/ Malin Blomkvist, landskapsark. MARK MDL og Sune Oslev, landskapsark. MAA
Consultants
  • iTre (massivtre)
  • Høyer Finseth (RIB)
  • Rambøll (RIBR)
  • Vintervoll (RIE)
  • K.LUND (RIV)
  • K.LUND (RIV)
Adresse
Moholt Allmenning 1-12, Trondheim
Estimated Energy Use
  • 80,3 kWh/kvm, BRA pr. år prosjektert. 61,3 kWh/kvm levert energi fra fjernvarme, resten fra nærvarmeanlegg
Arealbruk
  • 33,5 kvm BTA pr. student/ansatt
Building Cost
  • 800 000 NOK eks. mva pr. hybelenhet
Average U-Value
  • Fasader og kjellervegger: 0,15 W/kvmK
  • Vinduer og dører (inkl. karm): 0,8 W/kvmK
  • Tak: 0,10 W/kvmK
  • Gulv mot grunn: 0,18 W/kvmK
Energy Sources
  • Fjernvarme og et nærvarmeanlegg som består av 23 geobrønner, varmegjenvinning fra ventilasjonsluft, gjennvinning av avløpsvarme og et solfangeranlegg
Ventilation
  • Mekanisk, balansert med høy varmegjenvinning, 85 %
Other Measures
  • Materialbruk: Massivtrekonstruksjon og Kebony fasadekleding.
Foto
  • Ivan Brodey, Studentsamskipnaden og MDH arkitekter

The existing student village from 1965 and the new timber towers.

Photo: Ivan Brodey, Studentsamskipnaden og MDH arkitekter

Looking into the future common.

Photo: Ivan Brodey, Studentsamskipnaden og MDH arkitekter
  • Hybelinteriør.

    Photo: Studentskipnaden I Trondheim
  • Betong og eksponert massivtre i trapperom.

    Photo: Ivan Brodey, Studentsamskipnaden og MDH arkitekter
  • Student common room with suspended ceiling and exposed timber ceiling.

    Photo: Ivan Brodey

Scheme for use of cross-laminated timber elements. Axonometric of housing tower.

Housing tower with overlapping panel facade - “telescopic facade”.

Photo: Ivan Brodey, Studentsamskipnaden og MDH arkitekter

Entrance to common area and fitness centre.

Photo: Ivan Brodey, Studentsamskipnaden og MDH arkitekter

Detail from the kindergarden.

Photo: Ivan Brodey, Studentsamskipnaden og MDH arkitekter

Site plan.

Typical floor plan, student housing.

Detail, vertical section through external wall. 

Section and elevation of external wall showing “telescopic” panelling.