engineering

Mjøstårnet

Mjøstårnet is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mjøstårnet rather than just read about it. In short: Mjøstårnet (Norwegian for the tower of Mjøsa) is an 18-storey mixed-use building in Brumunddal, Norway, completed in March 2019. At the time of completion, it was officially the world's tallest wooden building, at 85.4 m (280 ft) tall, before being surpassed by Ascent MKE in August 2022.

Key takeaways

Mjøstårnet belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Mjøstårnet to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Mjøstårnet from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Mjøstårnet (Norwegian for the tower of Mjøsa) is an 18-storey mixed-use building in Brumunddal, Norway, completed in March 2019. At the time of completion, it was officially the world's tallest wooden building, at 85.4 m (280 ft) tall, before being surpassed by Ascent MKE in August 2022. The building is named after Norway's biggest lake, which is 100 km away from Oslo. Mjøstårnet has a combined floor area of around 11,300 m2 (122,000 sq ft). The building offers a hotel, apartments, offices, a restaurant and common areas, as well as a swimming pool in the adjacent first-floor extension. This is about 4,700 m2 (51,000 sq ft) in size and also built in wood.

Design Mjøstårnet was designed by Norwegian studio Voll Arkitekter for AB Invest. Timber structures were installed by Norwegian firm Moelven Limtre, including load-bearing structures in glued laminated timber. Cross laminated timber were used for stairwells, elevator shafts and balconies. As the main vertical/lateral structural elements and the floor spanning systems of Mjøstårnet are constructed from timber, the building is considered an all-timber structure. An all-timber structure may include the use of localized non-timber connections between timber elements. It may also include non-timber floors as long as the decks are supported by a primary structure made in timber (resting on timber beams). In Mjøstårnet, concrete slabs were used on the top seven floors in order to handle comfort criteria and acoustics.

Notable examples The next tallest wooden building is the 84 m (276 ft), 24-storey high HoHo Tower in Vienna, Austria. However, this building is a timber-concrete composite building since it has a concrete core stabilizing the building, according to the definition of CTBUH. The Japanese wood products company Sumitomo Forestry is proposing to build the W350 Project a 350 m (1,150 ft), 70-floor tower to commemorate its 350th anniversary in 2041.

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Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mjøstårnet

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mjøstårnet claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mjøstårnet before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mjøstårnet ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mjøstårnet

In research: Mjøstårnet appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mjøstårnet in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mjøstårnet is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2019 establishments in Norway, Buildings and structures completed in 2019, Buildings and structures in Innlandet, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mjøstårnet outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Mjøstårnet in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Mjøstårnet means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Mjøstårnet out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Mjøstårnet in simple terms?

Why does Mjøstårnet matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mjøstårnet?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Mjøstårnet.