Aedas R&D

Aedas was appointed to design the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) Headquarters after winning an invited international competition in 2007. Construction of the twin 25-storey office Al Bahr Towers begun on site in March 2009.

Developed by the competition design team in London, the Masharabiya shading system – based on a traditional Arabic shading lattice-work – is one of the main concepts of the winning competition. Aedas R&D Computational Design and Research work consisted in finding a parametric description for the geometry of the actuated facade panels and simulating their operation in response to sun exposure and changing incidence angles during the different days of the year.