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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.

Airspace Hangar at Amberley
Airspace Hangar at Amberley

 

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.

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50 Martin Place - Glass Roof
50 Martin Place - Glass Roof

 

This Project was entered into the 2016 LSAA Design Awards (5047)

Entrant: Taylor Thomson Whitting (Engineer)

Location: 50 Martin Place, Sydney.   Completed: Unknown   Client: Macquarie
Team: Johnson Pilton Walker, Taylor Thomson Whitting, Brookfield Multiplex, Sharvain Pacific Steel

Application: Glazed Roof over an Atrium.

Description: 

50 Martin Place was refurbished to provide a communal office from a very important heritage building. To increase light into the Atrium, the Atrium was increased in size by removing the perimeter slab, leaving the beams and columns. To provide maximum light, the roof was fabricated from glass. The final design incorporated a dome on steel trapezoid section suspending triple layer glazed panels, some of which were adjustable.

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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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Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Cable Net Structures Introduction

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.

Taronga Zoo Chimpanzee Enclosure
Taronga Zoo Chimpanzee Enclosure

 

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.

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Jagged Edge
Jagged Edge

 

LSAA 2011 Design Award Entry (Cat 5, 5042) Jagged Edge - Queenstown NZ

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

An Atypical design and Construct project involving a house for a confidential client. The design was prepared and presented as a “Design+Construct” package that was purchased as a package by the Client. The Builders Team had prepared preliminary documentation based on advice from specialist consultants and Architects. The design was then proposed for sale to the market as a complete delivery vehicle.

The project is a residential building built on the side of hill with an impressive vantage point. The main goal of the design is to maximise transparency to optimise the view.

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Pitt Street Mall Catenary Lighting System

The City of Sydney turned to Ronstan to upgrade Pitt Street Mall's lighting to an energy-efficient catenary system as part of the overall redevelopment at the precinct. The result is a ladder-like series of lights supported by a Ronstan high-tension stainless steel cable framework.

The system illuminates the pedestrian areas below and the facades of the buildings, without needing large self-standing poles or heavy-looking supports. The 16m high tensile cable web is almost invisible, with bowstring support cables anchored every 20 meters into the facades of the buildings along the mall.

The catenary lights themselves comprise long tubes, combining downward illumination and a sequence of LEDs along the vertical length, which can be programmed for different colors depending on seasonal requirements – reflecting specific moods and occasions.

155 Queen Street Mall Façade
155 Queen Street Mall Façade

 

This project was an entry in the 2016 LSAA Design Awards (0481)

Entrant: Tensys Engineers Pty Ltd (Engineer)

Location: 155 Queen St Mall, Brisbane.   Completed: 2015  Client: ISPT Super Property

Team: studio 505 / JWA, Tensys Engineers, Tensys (Façade), UAP Company, Broad Construction

Application

The implementation of form and function. Creation of shade function with a sculptural form

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