The expansion of Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne, Australia, is a seamless celebration of engineering and architecture. The project?s centerpiece is a dramatic gridshell glass roof, which soars above what has become the largest and most popular enclosed shopping centre in the Southern Hemisphere. The expansion accommodates upwards of 100 new retailers and a roster of leisure and food operators. The 31-meter high, 7,000-square meter roof was a multi-disciplinary collaboration of designers, architects and engineers working with research departments from the University of Stuttgart and the University of Bath. The design team relied on 3D parametric modelling, refining the massing through a combination of video animation and computer rendering. The roof is the first of its kind on the continent. 
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Architects: CallisonRTKL, The Buchan Group

Location: Melbourne VIC, Australia

Architect In Charge: CallisonRTKL (Concept Designer); The Buchan Group (Executive Architect)

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: CallisonRTKL, Seele

Developer: Gandel Group and Vicinity Centres

Food Gallery And Dining Terrace: MTRDC

Structure & Civil Engineering: Baigents

Mep, Vt & Environmental Engineer: Simpson Kotzman

Lighting Designer: Electrolight

Landscaping Architect: Formium

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