Henning Larsen Architects Design ‘Green’ Skyscrapers for Riyadh Financial District
BIM-Enabled Design Achieved Goals of LEED-Certified Master Plan for Sustainable City Center
On a teardrop-shaped plot just north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the King Abdullah Financial District is developing into a world-class business center for banks, financial institutions, and professional services. Denmark’s Henning Larsen Architects finalized a LEED-certified master plan for the 1.6 million-square-meter plot, and then came on board as project architect for three of the signature buildings. From creating preliminary sketches through detailed design, the project team used MicroStation, GenerativeComponents, and Bentley Architecture to quickly and effectively achieve its goals for a sustainable city center.
The Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Innovative Technology Produces Cutting-Edge Bioframe Stadium Design
Daunting structural and design challenges faced by a project development team can often lead to innovations that serve as a model for designing future projects. The Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, a $250 million project now under construction, is such a case.
Parametric Model Lets Designers Adhere to Strict Sustainability Guidelines
Architectural landmark was designed to be carbon neutral while providing multiple functions and serving a variety of constituencies
The Worcester Library and History Centre in Worcester, England, is a bold civic experiment that brings together, in one building, a fully integrated public and university library, the Worcestershire Record Office, the Worcestershire Historic Environment and Archaeology Service, and the Worcestershire Hub Customer Service Centre. This architectural landmark, which combines indoor and outdoor working areas with quiet spaces, was designed using Bentley’s generative design software to be carbon neutral in accord with strict sustainability guidelines set by Worcestershire and the University of Worcester.
Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort
Bentley Structural Modeler and GenerativeComponents Empower Arup to Deliver a Complex, Demanding Resort Project on Time and on Budget.
From the beginning, the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) Integrated Resort was planned to become a key element in Singapore’s tourism market, integrating a waterfront promenade with civic space, shopping, indoor and outdoor spaces graced with city skyline views, daylight and plant life. State-of-the-art meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition (MICE) facilities, a massive event plaza, two theaters, and a multi-level retail arcade lining the waterfront promenade comprise the development. Stepping, wave-form podium roof and canopy structures embrace the buildings.
GenerativeComponents Helps Populous Design Dublin Sports Facility in Harmony With Cityscape
Generative Design Facilitates Form-First Collaboration to Construct Curvilinear Design.
When sports architecture firm Populous was selected to design Aviva Stadium, a more than $575 million soccer and rugby stadium in Dublin, Ireland, it had to ensure that the unified form of the building’s concept was maintained from design development through to construction. With such emphasis placed on maintaining the purity of the original concept, functional considerations were made to serve the building’s form. For example, the skin’s basic geometry was coded into the design at the beginning of the process. Buro Happold, the structural engineer, collaborated on critically important geometric issues of the structure and architecture, and the solutions were part of the fundamental design goal. Using GenerativeComponents, Bentley’s generative design software, designers could quickly assess schemes and layouts over complex forms in less time than traditional methods to reach the desired solution faster while eliminating basic human error.