F E A T U R E AUTODESK SOLVES 15,000 PIECE GLASS PUZZLE The South Australian Health Medical research Institute (SAHMRI) headquarters building in Adelaide was commissioned by the South Australian Government as a prestigious, state of the art facility that reflected the confidence and capability within the Institute. SAHMRI is building a team of more than 600 researchers, who will work together in the search for better treatments and cures for some of the world’s most challenging diseases. The facade stands like a bubble around the building. It is the most complex steel structure ever 6 February 2016 built in the Southern Hemisphere being made up of 15,000 triangular glass facets and it is almost completely free-standing. The steel structure consists of 144,000 unique parts, all serial coded and embossed. Each triangle is made up of an aluminium frame, sealing gaskets, and a panel of which the majority are glass. The triangular assemblies are then mounted to a steel sub-frame. There are over 700 permutations and each individual part had to be drawn separately. The whole supply and build contract for the facade alone was around $A35 million. iLogic, one of Autodesk Inventor’s design automation utilities, gave designers the ability to automate much of the process by placing generic components and configuring them using a standard toolbox ensuring adherence to design standards and modelling consistency throughout the entire project. Despite intensive mathematical rationalisation, almost every piece of steel, aluminium and glass was unique. The majority of the building structure was complete The power of digital prototyping enables 4th Dimensional Facade Solutions to design and construct a 21st century masterpiece
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