Feature
Steel Awards 2015
A visitor entering the building is immediately greeted by a grand volumetric atrium
space with a wonderfully elegant tubular strutted arch structure supporting air
inflated ETFE cushion cladding. The strutted arch spans 24 metres and its form is ideal
for resisting the more dominant uplift wind forces of such a structure, whilst being
quite slender in form as a result of the very light (in mass) ETFE cushions. The atrium
space is further complemented by beautifully detailed structural steel staircases.
The front of the building facing west on Bram Fischer Drive has a very large cantilever
‘peak cap’ roof that cantilevers out towards the street. This roof has been sculpted to
ensure that form follows function with a ٕ