The Friday guided tour is well worth attending if you are amazed and interested in the architecture and/or want to know the researches the organisation conduct.
There are 2 tours each Friday and well conducted. Bookings can be done online. There's no car parking on site for tour visitors and it is well serviced by the 'free' tram. When the new RAH is completed, it will be merged and connected with a spacious plaza.
The building itself has 3 'pods' wrapped under the 'pine cone'. CSIRO occupies one, SAHMRI in the middle and the last one is still under construction at the time of this review.
One can't help but feel the spaciousness and light filled areas wherever you are. Entry to all areas are restricted apart from the ground level foyer and auditorium.
On the guided tour we gained access to level 8 which is the top level to admire the views of surrounding areas. We then walked down the spiral staircase to another level whereby a researcher explained what his team does.
I can't help but noticed how well the office design is, in fact the whole space of what we can see and access on the tour, there's even an in house cafeteria. We were told there's an in house gym as well.
The tour lasted one hour precisely. read more
