LONDON BARRETS GROVELondres, Reino Unido

 A visually striking 6-storey, inner London, residential apartment building. The superstructure and the main staircase are comprised entirely of Mass Timber. The CLT walls and ceilings were left exposed using 120mm CLT panels and 225mm floor slabs spanning 6.5m. The external facade is of self-supporting ventilated brick.

Vehicle Movement Reduction. In many cases Mass Timber will compete with cementitious products. At circa 500kg per m3, CLT and Glulam is around five times lighter than concrete and four times lighter than structural block which typically results in 70-80% more mass volume delivered in every Mass Timber vehicle that goes to site and as an outcome reduces the heavy vehicle deliveries to and from the build location, thereby reducing the carbon footprint of the build, the social impact on the local community and site alleviating congestion. Using CLT in this project realised a 20 vehicle site movement reduction when building the superstructure.