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MAIN STUDIO

Creative Practice based in Melbourne, Naarm. 

Design
Creative Direction
Closed-loop design consultation 
Education

We work and live on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation. Always was, always will be Aboriginal Land. 

UPCOMING

JANUARY 2024 BALI, INDONESIA
Green School Bali

APRIL 16 - 20 2024 MILAN, ITALY
Milan Design Week

MARCH 2024 NSW, AUSTRALIA
Closed loop home, Private client NSW

FOCUS

We partner with clients and stakeholders to realise interdisciplinary projects across design, furniture, art installation and film, exploring playful ideas and the role of design in bringing forth a better world.




CONTACT

BRONWEN MAIN
Creative Director & Co-Founder
bronwen@main-studio.com
FRANK BURRIDGE
Designer & Co-Founder
frank@main-studio.com

Future Cave


We have supported designer and change-maker Joost Bakker on his latest carbon sequestering, zero-waste ecosystem house that fosters endangered birds and butterflies, grows food, closes the loop on wasted resources and cleans the air we breathe.

Why build a house when you could build an ecosystem?







The green roof is designed like a wicking bed ensuring plants always have enough water to thrive, as well as insulating the building thermally and acoustically. This means the roof detains stormwater, reducing flood risk and relieving pressure from the civic stormwater system. Water is the key to life. The walls and ceilings are made from straw, the most wasted agricultural resource in the world, locking up almost 40 tonne of C02 in the building The steel truss portal frame is welded offsite by robots, reducing manufacturing time and waste. The house is built upside down — the weight of the soil on the roof acts as a ballast, removing the need to pin the building down with concrete footings, saving cost and C02 emissions Joh Griggs was interested in a house made of straw and wasted materials, and interviewed Joost for Better Homes & Gardens The green roof is planted with native flowers that foster native butterflies and bees — plants that would normally be eaten by rabbits on the ground can thrive on the protected roof