COMPLEX SHAPES
During Term 1 of 2021/22, the Royal College of Art’s Architectural Design Studio 5 (ADS5) concentrated on building elements, their origins, carbon sequestering materials, and how they can be joined, bound, and brought to completion.
ADS5 investigated seven building typologies:
- Houses
- Bridges
- Complex Shapes
- Towers
- Mid-rise Buildings
- Airports
- Hopsitals and Laboratories
Alternative materials and construction methods were researched and evaluated in an attempt to propose a greener, faster and cheaper design alternative for a chosen building within each building typology. The scope of the analysis prescribed that the doppelganger design retained the original programme and form.
This report is for Complex Shaped Cultural Buildings. It takes the design of the Heydar Aliyev Centre as a case study to understand if complex geometry could be realized using alternative materials and construction methods.
