The round – representing art center. (Image: Modular masonry)
Light, strong and versatile, light steel frame made of Truecore® steel is an important structural component that shapes the striking, curved masonry facade of the round performance arts center.
| Project – The round – representing art center Location – Now Victoria Main steel product – 23 tons of light meter steel frame made of Truecore® steel made Builders – Kane constructions Steel manufacturer – CMG frame Architects – BKK architects and Kerstin Thompson architects Brick facade manufacturer – Modular masonry Photography – CMG frames, modular masonry and Derek Swalwell |
The round takes place in the suburb of Nunawading in Melbourne and is a art center shown, which was commissioned by the city of Whitehorse to offer residents a facility for the commitment, performance, entertainment and celebrations in the community.
The Round Performing Arts Center replaced the 30-year-old Whitehorse Center and contains a new proscenium theater with 626 seats, a black box theater with 203 seats, rehearsal studios, functional rooms and a large foyer area for hospitality before the event. In addition, one of the curved outer heights of the building forms the basis for a “sound cover” that extends the center of the center to an amphitheater with an open air.
The imposing, curved, curved facade of the building was founded by BKK Architects and Kerstin Thompson Architects, and was created to react to the surrounding living environment. The characteristic form was derived from a contextual map of the site, with circles being drawn in the surrounding community zones: sports grounds in the east, family houses in the north and northeast, park landscapes in the west and southwest as well as the Whitehouse Road and the council building to the south. The area remaining between these circles inspired the concave footprint of the building and the characteristic facades, whereby each face of the building addressed a different zone of influence of the community.
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The round has an imposing, curved facade made of red brick. (Image: CMG frame)
The brick facade on the ground floor was typically built with full bricks with mortar. In order to improve the entire construction program and the timeline of the construction program and the delivery, Kane Constructions identified the opportunity to use brick slide for the upper levels of the building. The cooperation between Kane, CMG frames and modular masonry enabled this solution. CMG frames were developed with a frame system for technical light gauge Steel (LGS), which supports “thin brick” without impairing the design of the architects for the facades.
Large LGS frames made of TrueCore steel were prefabricated to support the brick facade in the second plug, which was installed for several weeks instead of months, as was necessary with traditional brick line. Another advantage was that the mobile lifting devices that were used to position the prefabricated panels remove the need for a scaffolding and ensure that internal shops can work at the same time.
According to Dan Thomson, business development manager at CMG Frames, the build was a large -scale, complex project that combined several curved and just ready -made wall panels to deliver a dynamic articulated facade. Tailor-made frames, tailor-made fixing clips and 3D charging drawings were required, which were integrated into the entire BIM model of the project. The 3D modeling approach reduced the trust in RFIS (“information request” to clarify documents, drawings, specifications or other project problems) that accelerated the build and maintain the project time bar. “
Light measurement steel frame made of truecore steel support the second tier brick facade. (Image: CMG frame)
Takota Williams-Roszczyk, director of the modular masonry, added: “At a time when qualified craftsmanship is rare and the project requirements are constantly increasing, need builders and architects innovative solutions. Our approach combines prefabricated LGS frame with our brick -slip facade system and offers a practical and efficient solution to master these challenges. “
The curved frames developed by LD consulting engineers and use laser-cut profile tracks that have cut a precise radius in the steel to ensure the accuracy of the architectural design. All parties have worked together to create a 3D model of the entire building facade so that individual frame sizes and their connection points can be determined and the technical requirements for each frame can be solved.
CMG -Frames used about 23 tons of LGS frame made of Truecore steel in this project to make the 162 framed panels, each of which is about 4 meters by 6 meters tall. The frames were designed, constructed and manufactured in the company's production facility in Sunshine West, Victoria.
The round has a new proscenium theater with 626 seats, a Black Box theater with 203 seats, rehearsal studios, functional rooms and a large foyer area. (Image: Derek Swalwell)
Every face of the building deals with a different area of influence of the community. (Image: Modular masonry)
“Our passion is to use our knowledge and experience to create innovative framework solutions in order to solve complex design challenges and to see that these buildings are brought to life in a finished form,” says Luke Cockerell, Managing Director of CMG Frames.
“We are proud to have teamed up with Kane Construction and Modular Masonry in order to deliver such an iconic bourgeois structure.”
From the start until the delivery of the ready -made panels, a collaborative team of 20 employees worked to deliver the project in three phases that were organized with the construction process.