Category 1 - Small Structures - Orion Springfield Category 2 - Medium Structures - Great Southern Oceans Category 3 - Large Structures - The Grand Pavilion, RAS Category 4 - Special Applications - Counter Observation Barrier Screen
Category 1 Small Structures
AWARD – Orion Springfield
This canopy structure over a pedestrian crossing on a busy street links retail areas and provides a legible and memorable urban marker to an otherwise complex and perhaps typically confusing mass of signs, different building forms and materials.
The asymmetrical canopy geometry is an appropriate response to the urban setting demonstrating the value of integrating site specific urban considerations with an elegant and sophisticated light structure.
The location of steel elements, use of colour and emphasis of the ephemeral character of the canopy fabric together create an exceptional design response demonstrating the value of employing light structural concepts in urban settings.
Category 2 Medium Structures
AWARD – Great Southern Oceans
The geometry of this relatively conventional use of fabric as a shade structure is derived from the site constraints and layout of outdoor seating to view sea mammals trained for pool events at Taronga Park Zoo, Sydney.
Together with the architectural elements the light structure and fabric create an appropriate playful character and exceptional environment for viewing these events.
The triangulated overlapping forms of the fabric and tensile structural elements contribute to the audience experiencing a sense of engagement with the pool activities. The tensile forms create light and shade patterns of visual interest throughout the day and also provide an unmistakable form visible from some distance to mark the location of the venue.
Category 3 Large Structures
AWARD – The Grand Pavilion, Royal Melbourne Showgrounds
This tensile fabric roof structure is ‘grand’ in every sense as the scale of the elements and geometric configuration dramatically emphasises the substantial enclosed area of the pavilion.
Ventilation and light control elements are integrated with principal structural members to form a spectacular interior experience of space. The translucent light through the canopy fabric further emphasises the lyrical forms creating an important new interior at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds.
The Grand Pavilion is an exemplary use of light structure technology to create architecture of significance. The structure demonstrates sophisticated design and construction skills providing an impressive facility for the accommodation of large gatherings within a single flexible space.
CITATION – School of Information Technology, Screen
This structure is designed to improve the interior amenity of a teaching facility by modifying the heat load from solar access and negative acoustic effects of the adjacent busy road network.
The structural steel and glazing details form an impressive architectural screen contributing positively to the design of the public domain. Theatre advertising is also accommodated successfully in the structure to provide an effective architectural resolution to a complex series of spatial and environmental considerations.
Category 4 – Special Applications
AWARD – Counter Observation Barrier Screen
This structure is designed to provide protection for people and facilities exposed to extreme acts of terrorism including car bomb and rocket attack.
The use of light structure and fabric is normally not associated with the design of heavy duty protective barriers. Typically the material of choice is concrete for its mass and other related properties.
The ingenuity demonstrated by this structure to be able to protect against the most damaging effects of extreme explosive force and missile projection is exemplary. Other advantages of this innovative application of light structure include speed of erection, transportability and cost effectiveness.
Citation – Moet and Chandon
An interior experience for a champagne maker has been created that effortlessly appears to resemble champagne itself through the use of light, and fabric.
Rarely is an interior design so appropriate to purpose conceived using light structure and fabric. The experience of the space sets the mood and tone for the celebration of all the pleasures that champagne can bring to human experience.