AVEO BELLA VISTA
JACKSON TEECE
Aveo Bella Vista is, in a way, the first of its’ kind. The design
for this 10 storey residential apartment building (containing
approximately 2700m3 of CLT) breaks the mould of the typical
mass timber designs we have seen coming out of Europe and
being realized internationally over the last decade. Originally
conceived as a conventional build, Aveo were guided by Jackson
Teece and Stongbuild to incorporate CLT into the design, to
demonstrate industry leadership.
What sets this project apart from other recently completed
mass timber buildings is the increased focus on architectural
expression and functional planning over a design purely driven
by construction efficiencies. Mass timber buildings to date are
typically ‘boxy’ looking (no curves) with squared-off, strictly
stacking floor plans and inbound balconies (not cantilevers,
within the façade outline, bound by 3 walls), while the application
of hybrid construction methods (combining engineered timber,
steel and/or concrete) is not yet well established.