Sambaqui Mass Timber Housing Complex

Florianópolis, Brazil, South America

Completed · Residential · Mass Timber Social Housing · Temperate · 2023

A pilot social housing block using cross-laminated timber (CLT) produced from plantation eucalyptus — the first CLT social housing project in Brazil. The project demonstrates a low-carbon construction path using Brazilian-grown timber rather than imported European CLT, with panel fabrication undertaken by a domestic manufacturer.

Innovation highlights

• first CLT social housing in Brazil using domestically produced eucalyptus panels
• eucalyptus CLT achieves equivalent structural performance to spruce at lower embodied carbon
• modular panel system reduces site construction time by 40% vs masonry baseline
• establishes supply chain proof-of-concept for mass timber social housing at scale in Brazil

Client / Developer

COHAB-SC (Companhia de Habitação do Estado de Santa Catarina)

Architect

MMBB Arquitetos + H+F Arquitetos

Engineer

Escola Politécnica USP / WoodSolutions Brazil

Type

Mass Timber Social Housing

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