A great article on the world's tallest #masstimber hybrid, which continues to rise down under, with an invested mission in #sustainability and #dfma.
Early engagement of design professionals and key trade contractors is one of the trademarks that ensures the success of the design-build building procurement system. Ric Wang, who came to Atlassian from Stockland, said that in his experience, climate engineers usually played a minor role in building design, overshadowed by architects and structural engineers. “But we had our climate engineer at the table driving those key aspirations for sustainability from day one.”
Investing in detailed design pays dividends on site, as was proven nearly 100 years ago with the 102-storey Empire State Building that was delivered in 14 months. This principle is being employed on Atlassian's HQ.
According to James Barta from Built., the final approved design had not changed from the initial 3D render he saw in 2019. “It’s not been about changing the design, but being able to solve all of the problems. So within that two and a half years, we did 160 different cost plans, 55 embodied-carbon assessments, and 50 different design submissions.” With all the digital engineering and 3D modelling already done, as soon as the contracts were signed in August 2022, they were able to order the steel members and Austrian spruce timber to lock in prices as inflation soared.
Client: Atlassian
Architect: SHoP Architects & BVN Architecture
Engineers: TTW Engineers (Taylor Thomson Whitting)
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2moInteresting, has anyone designed a hockey arena?