Earthquakes, floods and hidden measures – we worked alongside Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and local practice SHATOTTO on the masterplan for the new Aga Khan Academy in Dhaka, the fourth in a network of 18 planned academies by the Aga Khan Development Network, which provides leading educational facilities for 1200 students plus academic staff.
AKT II directors Ricardo Baptista and Alessandro Margnelli explain why the engineering can be best described as an ‘iceberg’: seemingly straightforward above ground, but buckets full of challenges underneath.