Sustainable construction | Australia to build world's tallest wooden building in Perth

Australia is all set to build the world’s tallest wooden tower in its western state of Perth. The 50-storey building will be based on a hybrid design consisting of 42 per cent timber and the rest reinforced concrete.

This is the second such timber-concrete hybrid building in Australia, a move towards making sustainable and green buildings. The newly proposed hybrid tower will be 191.2 metres tall (627 foot) and will be constructed in Southern Perth with about 200 apartments.

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On Thursday, Perth’s Metro Inner-South Joint Development Assessment Panel (JDAP) approved Grange Development’s proposal for the skyscraper, currently dubbed the C6 building. It will be twice as high as the current record holder - Ascent Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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The proposed structure will be constructed in Southern Perth at Charles Street. The building will also be taller than another to-be-unveiled Atlassian Headquarters in Sydney.

Like Atlassian, the proposed C6 tower will combine laminated timber beams with a steel exoskeleton to support the structure.

The building will contain more than 200 apartments and will be Western Australia’s first carbon-negative residential building, as per Grange Development.

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“The intent of C6 has always been, at its core, a straightforward proposition,” Grange Development’s director, James Dibble, said in a press release. “Our aspiration with C6 is to shift the focus towards a more climate-conscious approach.”

The tower will use 7,400 cubic meters (over 260,000 cubic feet) of timber harvested from 600 trees, according to Grange.

“We can’t grow concrete,” Dibble said in a proposal submitted to Perth authorities, calling the plan “a new open-sourced blueprint that utilizes hybrid construction methodology to offset the carbon within our built environment, which is the single biggest contributor to climate change.”

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The construction of such multi-storey green buildings will try to solve two problems at once - the climate crises and housing crises, said Dibble.

Apart from using timber, Grange’s plan also includes green features such as a rooftop garden, an urban farm and resident access to 80 new fully-electric Tesla Model 3s.

Cement, used in construction emits a major chunk of CO2 emissions, so replacing it with biomaterial like timber will reduce the environmental impact of the building significantly.

(With inputs from agencies)

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