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Projects in this category include non-prestressed structures such as domes and shells made from more traditional materials like concrete.

Prestressed structures may include saddle shaped cablenets, planar wall or roof glass surfaces supported by a stressed cable network.

Externally supported roofs (cable supported) also come into this category. Articles are in random order.

Biofilter at Surry Hills Library
Biofilter at Surry Hills Library

 

LSAA Design Awards 2009 Entry

Entrant:            Taylor Thomson Whitting - Designer
Location:           Surry Hills NSW
Client:               City of Sydney Council
Architect:          Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
Struct. Eng.:     Taylor Thomson Whitting
Specialist:          Mech Eng: Steenson Varming
Others:             Austress
Builder:             WBHO Probuild

No further details of this project have been entered. Project Category - Glazing

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Sydney Wildlife World
Sydney Wildlife World


Entered into the LSAA 2007 Design Awards (3837) 
Project Category Cablenets

Entrant: UFS Australasia Pty Ltd

Client: Sydney Attractions Group
Architect: Misho & Associates/ RIHS Architects – Misho & Gerry Rihs
Structural Engineer: Fabric: Wade Consulting - Joseph Dean, 
Steel: S2 Corporation Murray Allen    Fabricator(s): Fabric Shelter Systems Graham Griffin

Application and Function:

Located on the eastern side of Darling Harbour the recently opened Sydney Wildlife World adds an iconic landmark to the Darling Harbour foreshore. The urban zoo is an extension to the facilities at the Sydney Aquarium. The wildlife park has been created to accommodate Australian wildlife in as natural an environment as possible to give short stay Sydney visitors exposure to the unique Australian fauna and floor.

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External View of the Glazing Shading Panels at Whitten Oval
External View of the Glazing Shading Panels at Whitten Oval

Cable Net Facade Feature - New Entrance

The redevelopment of Whitten Oval formed a pivotal piece in a plan to reinvigorate the western suburbs of Melbourne by providing services and facilities that would promote a sense of community. The plan had involvement from both State and Federal Governments and sort to place Whitten Oval at the centre of the community as a hub for local sporting and health service activities.

The Whitten Stand conversion, designed by Peddle Thorp Architects in Melbourne, called for a feature on the façade that responded to its context, was an identifiable entry, and provided an environmental benefit in the form of shading for the glazed façade behind. The resulting design was a series of floating panels that would display the team colours of the grounds home AFL team, the Western Bulldogs. The façade feature would run from the first floor to the roof acting as a gateway for supporters.

Underside View of SS Mesh Shade Hypars
Wellington Square (Moort-ak Waadiny) Playground Shade Structures

APPLICATION OF PROJECT:      
Playground Shade Structures 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

Situated in East Perth, Wellington Square is one of the largest parks within the City of Perth and the star attraction is certainly the 3000m2 intergenerational playground Koolangka Koolangka Waabiny, one of the biggest playgrounds in greater Perth consisting of nature play, a skate park, parkour activities, a flying fox, embankment slides, a pump track, waterplay and climbing towers, as well as basketball courts.  Large areas of the playground are covered by 3 large bespoke shade structures.

These shade structures consist of cantilever steelwork posts (by others) supporting complex hypar shaped sails constructed from Carl Stahl X-Tend Mesh with Ronstan cable borders. Decorative aluminium and perspex discs attached to the mesh with bespoke Ronstan clips to provide the shading effect.

Amazon Waterlily Pavilion
Amazon Waterlily Pavilion

 

Entered in the LSAA 2009 Design Awards (1099)

Entrant: Aurecon - Adelaide - Designer / Consultant
Location: Adelaide Botanical Gardens - North Terrace Adelaide SA

A new glasshouse was required to replace the dilapidated Victoria House, in a very sensitive location in the centre of Adelaide’s Botanic Gardens. The heritage-listed 1867 Lily Pond in the Victoria House had to be preserved and the design was not to detract from the adjacent heritage-listed buildings.  Glass was chosen as the main structural material as the designers wanted a solution that would not detract from the surrounding heritage buildings, but that would still provide a modern, minimalist and elegant centrepiece for the Gardens’ future.

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Wintergarden Art Façade
Wintergarden Art Façade Award of Excellence

LSAA 2013 Design Award of Excellence

Wintergarden Art Façade: Judges Comments

"Will probably settle in to become a heritage icon in Brisbane."

"Now that's how to disguise a carpark. Makes a great contribution to the public realm. Vivid, joyful - makes excellent use of contemporary steel design and fabrication technology."

APPLICATION OF PROJECT:

The vertical façade works is part of the redevelopment of the wintergarden shopping centre. This façade creates a uniform streetscape, providing a visual barrier to a number of existing carparking levels and different buildings along Queen Street Mall.

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Ronstan Ribbons of Light

Ronstan Tensile Architecture provides full-service engineering, design assistance, and installation services for an innovative catenary lighting system that spirals through the Watergardens Town Centre in Taylor Lakes, Victoria.

Watergardens Town Centre is a 56 hectare community hub that offers shopping, dining, entertainment, hospitality, and other business services. The area has been a vibrant and growing part of Taylor Lakes township since its 1997 opening, attracting droves of visitors to its 200+ specialty stores and community events.

Recently, the Centre has expanded to include a dining-focused "eat street" called Station Streat, which is now outfitted with a custom Ronstan catenary lighting system. This system, designed by Electrolight and Ronstan, stylishly assists in making the area functional after dark without being obstructive to walking paths. More importantly, the system creates a spectacular entry statement with its unconventional 3-D "ribbon like" design that speaks to the geometric language of the Centre's existing graphic motif.

Aerial View of the Singapore Bird Paradise
Aerial View of the Singapore Bird Paradise

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

HighComm Large Singapore Aviary

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)

WorkZone Perth
WorkZone Perth

 

This project was entered in the 2013 LSAA Design Awards (Cat 5, #5202)

PROJECT APPLICATION AND DESCRIPTION: Light weight structure used to control interior environment

Aluminium tube sun shade screen designed by Fitzpatrick & Partners to control interior environment and to add to overall aesthetic impact of building.

Structural Dynamics Australia contracted by Colt International (sun shade fabricator and installer) to help design, supply and install stainless steel cable system to structurally support this element.

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