Tutorial 6: Composite Construction - Two Storey Office Block Section at Column

Site Visit: Concrete Construction

This is a 2-unit concrete construction happeneing in my Street, Fermanagh Road:

Tutorial 5: Concrete Wall

Site Visit: Concrete Construction

The 'Upside Down' Building:
State Government Offices in Little Malop St, Geelong.

The 'upside-down' pyramid building was built in the mid-1970s and has around 8,500 square metres of net leasable area.

Detail of Concrete Construction:

Tutorial 4: Concrete Wall

Site Visit: Federation Square

Federation Square’s design is the product of an international architectural competition won in July 1997 by Lab architecture studio of London in association with Bates Smart Architecture of Melbourne. Atelier One were appointed Project Structural Engineers. The judging panel said of the winning design: “It draws its inspiration from the unique characteristics of Melbourne’s arcades and laneways, and transforms these elements into a new form of organization, celebrating the city. The design will invite pedestrians to explore a complex and urban linkage of open and closed spaces, a set of different amenities brought together in the architectural equivalent of Federation.”

"The Atrium" is one of the major public spaces in the Federation Square cultural precinct in central Melbourne, Australia. It is a remarkable galleria-like structure made of glass, steel and zinc, and fashioned as a street-like space, five-stories high with glazed walls and roof.

The exposed metal structure and glazing patterns follow the fractal geometry used elsewhere in the precinct's building facades. The following are construction details of the Atrium from the exterior:

Site Visit: Construction of Westfield Shopping Centre Flyover, Geelong

The centre is currently undergoing a refurbishment, as well as an expansion over Yarra Street via a controversial flyover. The flyover was criticised for blocking views of Corio Bay from Yarra Street, and that the bridge was not just a walkway but an overhead carpark, shopping strip and roadway on the scale of the bridge at Westfield Southland.

The basic frame incorporates steel construction technology:

Detail of Steel Construction involved in overpass:

Article from http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2007/11/07/8662_business.html:

Geelong's Westfield shopping centre takes to the skies
by Peter Begg 07 Nov 2007

CREEPING: Westfield Bay City's Yarra St flyover is starting to take shape.

Photo: ALISON WYND

THE controversial Westfield Bay City flyover has started edging its way across Yarra St as the shopping centre expansion starts to take shape.
The Yarra St flyover drew a chorus of objections when first proposed, with most arguing it would obstruct views down the thoroughfare towards Corio Bay.
The flyover started taking some of the air space above Yarra St last week, but work was at a standstill during the past two days because of the Melbourne Cup extended weekend.
Westfield has said the work is on schedule, with the entire project expected to be completed by July 2008.
It will add 50 to 60 new stores to the shopping centre, including a Big W department store and possibly a Borders bookstore.