Structural Design – the next chapter
We
are faced with fundamental global challenges—climate change, growing inequality, and the need to design for rapid urbanization
in a human centric and sustainable way—to which architecture has yet to develop consistent answers. Shaping those will be
an exciting journey. The design process is becoming more complex. It requires more transdisciplinary collaboration and at
the same time strong design leadership. Questions of material, structure, shape, organization, cultural value, and formal
expressions will need to be redefined. Structural Design plays a key role in this.
Using a combination of
research, focused studies, and on-project design work, the Structural Design department is exploring and shaping the structural
engineering aspects of this next chapter in the development of architecture.