CERES HOUSE

MASS TIMBER ACHIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLE

Ceres house is an architecturally innovative Mass Timber building in rural Victoria. It was designed by architects level-ak in close collaboration with Vistek Engineers, Hyne Timber (Glulam supplier), and Xlam Australia (CLT supplier).

The design features Glulam structural portals as well as CLT floor spans and load-bearing walls. In short, using Mass Timber was what made it possible for the dynamic geometry to take shape. The result is a highly sustainable and beautiful family home.

Ceres CLT and Mass Timber House. A geometric wooden house under construction in grassy field
Ceres CLT and Mass timber house under construction, with sloped walls and roof with staggered levels
Angular Mass Timber floor, beams and walls during construction
Birds eye view of Ceres CLT and mass timber house, structure is divided into 5 pavilions
Looking across CLT walkway from one section of the mass timber house under construction to another
Glulam beams and CLT walls with windows during constuction
Ceres mass timber house including Glulam beams and CLT floor, wall and roof. Interior of large room with wooden floor, beams and sloping roof, and view of countryside through window at far end.
Dramatically angled roof supported GLT beams
Birds eye view of Ceres CLT and mass timber house, structure is divided into 5 pavilions

Photos courtesy of Hyne Timber.