Designed by Woods Bagot, the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) is Adelaide’s latest research facility. The building houses up to 700 researchers looking at ways to foster innovation and improvements in health services. SAHMRI is defined by its striking transparent facade which adapts to its environment, constantly changing with the position of the sun.
SAHMRI
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- Location
- Adelaide , Australia
- Project Year
- 2013
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- Peter Clarke Photography
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Woods Bagot is working with the South Australian Government to establish the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI). The institute’s nine research modules will house up to 700 researchers looking at ways to foster innovation and improvements in health services, leading to improved health outcomes for the whole community.
The sculptural qualities of SAHMRI’s form aim to inspire and promote the building’s function. The transparent facade showcases two internal atriums, while the building’s form is further expressed by its unique triangulated dia-grid facade inspired by the skin of a pine cone.
The form’s articulated skin adapts and responds to its environment, becoming a living organism that responds to the position of the sun.
The SAHMRI design and construction team are working collaboratively to deliver a flexible, adaptable, healthy and sustainable facility which is on target for a LEED GOLD rating.
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Woods Bagot is a global design and consulting practice with a team of over 850 experts working across its network of studios. Woods Bagot’s People Architecture philosophy places human experience at the centre of the design process. By exploring the dynamic relationship between space and people through the analysis of data, Woods Bagot has shifted the focus of design to a more human-centred experience. Merging human behaviour, design and computational intelligence, the global design studio works collaboratively across regions and sectors to deliver engaging, future-oriented projects that respond to the way people use space.
