Project Entered in the LSAA 2009 Design Awards (42087)
Entrant: Aurecon - Sydney – Designer
Location: 405 Crown Street - Surry Hills NSW 2010 Client: Austress Freyssinet
Architect: FJMT Struct. Eng.: Aurecon - Facade Engineer
Concept Design: Taylor Thomson Whitting Builder: Austress Freyssinet / Probuild
Application: Library and neighbourhood centre with structural glass bio-filter atrium.
Entry in the LSAA 2007 Design Awards (Cat 4, 4113)
Entrant: S2 Corporation
Client: Boeing Australia Limited Structural Engineer: S2 Corporation Pty Ltd
Specialist Consultant(s): Healey & Castle Associates
Fabricator(s): Casa Engineering, CAD Tech, UFS
Application and Function
S2 designed, engineered and managed the implementation of the aircraft shelter for Boeing Australia at Amberley, QLD. This roof product developed for the Aviation industry is called airspace.
The 67.5 metre x 67.5 metre shallow domed roof is anchored to the ground by just four columns and stands 14.2 metres tall.
LSAA 2007 Design Awards Entry 3348 Category:Projects -- Glazing
Entrant: Taylor Thomson Whitting
Client: University of Sydney Architect: FJMT
Structural Engineer: Taylor Thomson Whitting
Specialist Consultant(s): MPG Façade Innovations
Builder: A W Edwards Fabricator(s): Long Span Steel
Application and Function: This is an office and lecture building. It forms the entrance to the Engineering walk.
Project: SG4 500m2 Big Dish Solar Concentrator
Entrant: Solar Thermal Group - Designer / Fabricator
Location: Garran Road - Acton Canberra ACT
Client: ANU / Wizard Power
Struct. Eng.: ANU Solar Thermal Group
Fabricator: ANU Solar Thermal Group & Austec Engineering
This project was entered in the LSAA 2009 Design Awards: Entry: 4433 Category 4
2022 LSAA DESIGN AWARDS ENTRY #0625 Singapore Bird Paradise
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER PE 0625
ENTRY CATEGORY (1-8) ALTERNATE CATEGORY (1-8)
PROJECT SIZE 5 Aviaries and 1 amphitheare (100,000 sqm) + 3,000 sqm
ENTRANT ROLE Designer/Engineer
PROJECT NAME: Singapore Bird Paradise
APPLICATION OF PROJECT:
In 2016, it was announced that Jurong Bird Park will be moved to a larger park at Mandai Lake Road. This move was part to consolidate the park with 3 other wildlife parks and a new Rainforest Park creating the Mandai Wildlife Reservice. The new Park Bird Paradise was opened in May 8 2023
DESIGN / FABRICATION / INSTALLATION BRIEF
The project was to create a series of avairies using a cable net and stainless steel mesh that will not only house the wildife and conservation purposes but also provide a unique environment whereby patrons can traverse within the habitat (along elevated walkways) and learn about the wildlife (within various pods) and be at one with nature (at the tree tops)
Overview of Cablenet Structures
Australia can bost a very early cable net structure in the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne.
The modern cablenet structures burst on the international scene with the Expo 67 German Pavilion constructed in Montreal, Canada.
This was a larger version of the cablenet roof prototype designed by Frei Otto's team and used now to house the IL at the University of Stuggart.
Application: Zoo Enclosure for Sumatran Tigers.
This project was entered in the LSAA 2018 Design Awards (Cablenets, 4100)
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The Sumatran Tiger Enclosure at Taronga Zoo consists of three separate enclosures.
Enclosure 1 and 3 are free form tensile roof canopies constructed from X-Tend Mesh. X-Tend Mesh effectively acts as a tensioned cable net structure.
The mesh is tied to catenary cable boundaries connected to masts with tieback cables and is pushed / pulled up with 4 flying masts in each enclosure. The flying masts are supported on a structural cable net that is attached to a large central mast and tied back to the perimeter masts structures.
LSAA 2011 Design Award Entry (Cat 2, 2019)
APPLICATION OF PROJECT: Separation Enclosure for Chimpanzees.
The Taronga Zoos’ chimpanzee troop is one of the largest captive groups in the world with recognized wild behavior patterns and a sophisticated social hierarchy. With its population including four maturing sub-adult males jockeying and promoting themselves within the group, the zoo cited a need for the construction of a fully enclosed and semi-transparent separation paddock within the chimpanzee exhibit to allow the chimpanzees to be easily divided as needed, without moving them to an entirely new location, and thus avoiding potential commotion.
Projects from 2018 LSAA Design Awards - Category 5 Facades
Category 5 "Glazing and Facades"
5431 RNA Brisbane Large Animal Pavillion.
- Ronstan Cable Net Facade - Redevelopment of Whitten Oval
- Sydney Wildlife World
- Perth Zoo Wetlands - New Stainless Steel Mesh Enclosure
- 50 Martin Place - Glass Roof
- 155 Queen Street Mall Façade
- Whitten Oval
- Glazing and Facades Introduction
- Ronstan Ribbons of Light
- Pitt Street Mall Catenary Lighting System
- Jagged Edge
- Wellington Square (Moort-ak Waadiny) Playground Shade Structures
- Biofilter at Surry Hills Library
- Amazon Waterlily Pavilion
- WorkZone Perth
- Wintergarden Art Façade Award of Excellence
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