Species are chosen for their capacity to support rooftop habitat, biodiversity and climate resilience.
Project phase: In construction
Students will learn with nature through hands-on engagement — monitoring biodiversity, caring for plant systems and
understanding climate adaptation through the building’s living infrastructure.
MAIN&FRANK in collaboration with IBUKU
Drawn by Sree Arun
Project phase: In construction
Top Right — Systems Studio
Centre — Biomaterial Library & Lab
Drawn by Sree Arun
with Joost Bakker
A prototype for constructing zero-waste, habitat creating buildings using straw and hemp
timber production, while sequestering many times more carbon-dioxide in just 3 months and restoring farm topsoils.
Imagine if all construction timbers in Australia were grown in a way that regenerated degraded farm soils,
improved livestock health, provided biodiversity habitat for endangered species and shaped resilient,
beautiful landscapes that stitched together bioregional communities.
The Making Of Material explores this possibility through a collection of furniture pieces made from agroforestry timber,
designed by Bronwen Main in collaboration with Mark Tuckey
and documentary short film by Grace Moore, that captures both process and philosophy.
Photography: Lilli Waters
Watch the documentary below
Imagine if all construction timbers in Australia were grown in a way that regenerated degraded farm soils,
improved livestock health, provided biodiversity habitat for endangered species and shaped resilient,
beautiful landscapes that stitched together bioregional communities.
The Making Of Material explores this possibility through a collection of furniture pieces made from agroforestry timber,
designed by Bronwen Main in collaboration with Mark Tuckey
and documentary short film by Grace Moore, that captures both process and philosophy.
Photography: Lilli Waters
Watch the documentary below
Imagine if all construction timbers in Australia were grown in a way that regenerated degraded farm soils,
improved livestock health, provided biodiversity habitat for endangered species and shaped resilient,
beautiful landscapes that stitched together bioregional communities.
The Making Of Material explores this possibility through a collection of furniture pieces made from agroforestry timber,
designed by Bronwen Main in collaboration with Mark Tuckey
and documentary short film by Grace Moore, that captures both process and philosophy.
Photography: Lilli Waters
Watch the documentary below
Constructed from hemp and biochar, this temporary public artwork functioned as a large-scale living sculpture.
The civic work explored material responses to light, climate and atmosphere.
The biochar actively absorbed urban pollution for the duration of the installation.
Photography: Michael Pham
Constructed from hemp and biochar, this temporary public artwork functioned as a large-scale living sculpture.
The civic work explored material responses to light, climate and atmosphere.
The biochar actively absorbed urban pollution for the duration of the installation.
Photography: Michael Pham
Constructed from hemp and biochar, this temporary public artwork functioned as a large-scale living sculpture.
The civic work explored material responses to light, climate and atmosphere.
The biochar actively absorbed urban pollution for the duration of the installation.
Photography: Michael Pham
M&F is a creative practice led by Bronwen Main & Frank Burridge.
We design projects that strengthen ecosystems and communities through architecture, art and material practice.
Collaborative.
Nature-based.
Living.
MAIN&FRANK acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and work, and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters, skies and culture.
We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and to all First Nations peoples whose knowledge systems continue to shape ecological understanding, care for Country and regenerative practice.
frank@mainfrank.com
bronwen@mainfrank.com
MAIN&FRANK
ABN 19 655 157 038
ARBV 600395
Art for Takayna 2025
Linden New Art, Design Fringe 2024
Green Design Show, Melbourne Exhibition Centre 2024
Collaborators:
The Green School, Bali
Woodleigh Institute
Greenhousebyjoost / Joost Bakker NBCUniversal
High Note Northcote
City of Melbourne
Mark Tuckey
Melbourne Design Week
Linden New Art
Grace Moore
RMIT University 2025 - Regenerative Architecture
Monash Univeristy 2025 - Navigating the Landscape: Insights into Site & Context