Head Office, Versola

Versowood’s new head office, Versola

The new wooden two-storey head office of 3,173 m² and 15,700 m³ was completed in October 2025. 

Versowood’s new head office was designed by Planetary Architecture, an expert in sustainable, environmentally friendly architecture. The new head office is a wooden pavilion in the forest, dominated by a wooden-pillar-beam frame that presents itself as an abstraction of the forest, both inside and outside the building.

The load-bearing frame structure of the building, including the intermediate floor and roof, is made of Versowood glulam, and Versowood Kuningaspaneeli was used as the facade cladding. The systemic and flexibly customisable office building is sprinkler-free and has received Leed Platinum certification.

The head office also serves as a pilot site for new types of glulam-structured joints and a customisable wooden office concept.   Nearly a thousand cubic metres of glulam have been used for the frame structures, where the glulam serves as a long-term carbon store throughout the building’s life cycle. The glulam beams were machined using the glulam factory’s CNC machine, which speeds up installation work on site.

Design: Planetary Architecture, Architect Pekka Pakkanen, Developer: Varte Lahti Oy, Interior Design Studio Joanna Laajisto, Interior Designer Joanna Laajisto.

For more information about our wood construction products, please contact us at contact@versowood.fi. You can also read more about our other wood construction reference projects in our catalogue.

Office facility experience survey

Our office facility experience survey was carried out in cooperation with Rune&Berg Design in March 2021. The survey was carried out to support the design and decision-making regarding the new head office. Versowood’s employees were surveyed for different layers relevant to, for example, smooth flow of work, innovation, learning, attractiveness, commitment, motivation and well-being at work.

Versowood’s new head office has a small carbon footprint

The carbon footprint of Versowood’s new head office has been calculated, and it is approximately 15 kgCO2e/m2/a. The figure is clearly below the future limit values for the carbon footprint of an office building in accordance with the Building Act.

The carbon footprint of the head office will be low throughout its life cycle, as its main structures are made of wood, which has a low carbon footprint. In addition, the building has good energy efficiency and solar panels are used to support the electricity production. Together, these reduce the need for purchased energy, which directly reduces emissions throughout the building’s life cycle. Furthermore, due to the large amount of wood, the carbon handprint of the building is considerably high, approximately 10 kgCO2e/m2/a. Carbon handprint refers to positive environmental impacts.

The carbon footprint calculation was carried out by Sweco, using the One Click LCA software. You can read more in this report.

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The carbon footprint of the Versowood new head office is small

The carbon footprint of the Versowood new head office has been calculated and is approximately 15 kgCO2e/m2,a. The figure is clearly below the future  limit values ​​for the carbon footprint of an office building according to the Finnish Construction Act.

The carbon footprint of the head office will be small due to its main structures being made of wood, which has a low carbon footprint. In addition, the building is energy efficient, and solar panels are used to generate electricity. Together, these reduce the need for purchased energy, which directly reduces emissions during the building's life cycle. Due to the large amount of wood used in construction, the building's carbon handprint is also considerably large, approximately 10 kgCO2e/m2,a. Carbon handprint refers to the building’s positive environmental impacts.

The carbon footprint calculation was carried out by Sweco using the One Click LCA software. Read more: