What is
Woodlife Sweden
an exhibition on architecture, design and sustainable city-planning in Sweden
The exhibition WOODLIFE SWEDEN presents how architects and designers work innovatively with wood, a timeless and renewable raw material that — in Swedish architecture — meets with the latest technology. 40 projects, in various scales and from all over Sweden, have been selected to visualise how architecture, design and urbanism can help reduce the climate impact of buildings and products, and impact future development in line with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The projects presented in the Woodlife Sweden exhibition are all facing the looming paradigm shift in the construction industry, where wood as a renewable building material plays a key role.
Woodlife Sweden, Lofthusen Orbaden, Architect: Hanna Michelson, Photo: Åke Eson Lindman
Woodlife Sweden at Malmö Form/Design Center 2021, photo: Daniel EngvallThe exhibition aims to be a platform to boost international collaboration and act as a base for discussions and seminars on urban challenges. The SDGs are core topics in city planning as well as within the wood industry. The only way to reach the goals by 2030 is by driving innovation together.
The exhibition Woodlife Sweden was produced by the Swedish Institute and Architects Sweden in collaboration with Swedish Wood, the Swedish Wood Award and the Swedish Forest Industries Federation in 2020. During 2021 Woodlife Sweden will be exhibited in Paris, Nairobi, New York, Dubai, Helsinki and in Turkey, with several seminar programs and side events around the exhibition.