South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Adelaide, Australia

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1 South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Adelaide, Australia

2 675 research staff 25,000m 2 gross floor area 9 pc2 research modules 100% wet lab enabled Public space with cafe, retail and display Co-located with the new Royal Adelaide Hospital The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) is a world class research facility, accommodating up to 675 researchers from South Australia, Australia and beyond. Cutting edge architecture by Woods Bagot, including an innovative facade design, provides approximately 25,000 square metres of space in an iconic and sculptural form in the heart of Adelaide s new medical and health precinct west of the city. Key to the success of the SAHMRI is its central proposition: a new and liberating lab typology that promotes collaboration and medical discovery, attracting the best researchers from around the world.

3 Placemaking Adelaide The built form of the SAHMRI acknowledges its sense of place within the green belt of the Adelaide parklands, seamlessly interacting with its surroundings, including Adelaide s public transport, cycling and walking networks. The architecture is lifted, creating an open ground plane in an integrated landscape, opening the building to the public as well as users, allowing for greater activation and porosity through the site. Its forecourt, adjacent to the new hospital, encourages interaction and exchange by staff, visitors and the general public.

4 Unique, sculptural form Derived from its unique site geometry and the need to create a forecourt entry adjacent to the new hospital to the west, the SAHMRI s sculptural, iconic form is characterised by a striking transparent facade that unifies the organic diamond-shaped plan while showcasing the two atria inside the building.

5 Laboratory design for the future The SAHMRI facility is designed to accommodate up to 675 researchers, providing nine fully flexible wet and dry laboratory modules to PC2 standard as well as a vivariums, cyclotron, and associated public areas. Woods Bagot worked closely with laboratory design specialists Research Facilities Design (RFD) to determine the current and potential needs of scientists working at the facility. A typical building floor plate consists of two research lab modules which can accommodate a dry lab or wet lab fit-outs. The key driver of the building design is to foster collaboration between researchers, achieved by the introduction of atria and bridges. The visual connection between floors and interconnecting spiral stair will encourage and enhance collaboration between researchers. The write-up spaces on the adjacent north and north-east side is based on a modular design of workplaces from open plan to enclosed meeting rooms and quiet spaces. A large 10.2m column layout allows for efficiency and flexibility. The facade allows maximum daylight into these areas as well as borrowed light to the PC2 laboratory spaces and enhances external views, creating a healthier internal environment. Transparency also allows the outside views to the internal workings of the building promoting the importance of the activities within.

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10 Innovation in sustainable design As part of an innovative sustainability program, the project is the first laboratory building in Australia designed to achieve a LEED Gold rating. Woods Bagot worked collaboratively with consultants Atelier 10 to conduct extensive tests, adjusting the building form to achieve its best solar orientation through passive design of floor plates that respond to the internal programme and provides maximum daylight where needed.

11 Living skin Inspired by the skin of a pine cone, the building s unique triangulated dia-grid facade responds to its environment like a living organism, acting as an articulated sunshade that deals with sunlight, heat load, glare, and wind deflection, while maintaining views and daylight. Following an intensive environmental analysis with consultants Atelier 10, Woods Bagot used parametric modelling tools to integrate environmental, programmatic, and formal requirements into the facade.

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14 South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Client: South Australian Government; The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Project team: Woods Bagot (Architects), RFD (Laboratory Specialists), Aurecon (Civil / Structural / Facade Engineers), Norman, Disney & Young (Building Services Engineers), Hindmarsh (Managing Contractor), Rider Levett Bucknall (Cost Manager), Cundall (ESD ), Atelier 10 (Facade Environmental Consultants), Project Risk Management (Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure) Woods Bagot studios: Adelaide, Melbourne, New York Copyright Woods Bagot 2013