Bryce Residence at Moffat Beach, Sunshine Coast is nearing completion. This benchmark project is the first of its kind in Queensland, featuring prefabricated mass engineered timber (MET) as the primary structure.
This home is a credit to our wonderful clients, and the enthusiasm of the builder D Pearce Construction and his dedicated carpentry team.
Our project team aimed to develop a modest, resilient and sustainable timber home respectful of the beach house aesthetic of Moffat Beach and the coastal site context.
MET was the natural choice to build climate positive, but also faster, safer and with greater precision.
The final design is a celebration of timber, showcasing outstanding structural qualities and natural beauty.
Bryce Residence’s structural timber elements have been left exposed within the interior living spaces, creating an appreciation and connection to the home’s unique composition.
Further timber selections, such as the hoop pine plywood, recycled tallow wood shiplap cladding and recycled blackbutt flooring, complete the home’s material palette, providing an outcome that is respectful of the local neighbourhood character.
MET construction ensures a lasting and resilient structure, minimising the use of steel in response to the corrosive salt-air environment of the adjacent coastline. The home's timber structure and interior living spaces utilise a combination of cross laminated timber (CLT) and glue-laminated timber (GLT), made from Australian-grown plantation pine.
The MET structure, including walls, floors, and roof was constructed within seven days on a very tight site.
The precision of the MET system meant the windows and doors could be premanufactured so that the house was fully enclosed within a few days. During construction, the prefabricated structural elements of the home were able to be easily lifted and secured into place, requiring less trades and allowing for streamlined construction.
MET is a way forward for climate positive building construction.
Timber structures can have a carbon footprint that is about 30 per cent lower than steel or concrete equivalents.
Carbon is sequestered in the wood - which essentially means that timber actively captures and stores atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Visit our Bryce Residence project page for additional information on this project and mass engineered timber / CLT,
Visit our project page for a full list of our timber architecture projects.
Article originally published in August 2022. Updated 9th March 2023.
