Aedas R&D

Aedas R&D Computational Design & Research (CDR) was involved in providing a generative path and bridge system for The King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KACARE) in Saudi Arabia. The project currently designed by LAVA architects is set in a dramatic landscape with valleys created by seasonal rivers.

The generative system is set up as a series of steps forming a workflow. The first step consists of simulation of how the water would move and concentrate in various places on site. In the second step a continuous path system is extracted depending on the relative water levels in the simulation. The third and final step locates and proposes a system of bridges that minimizes the amount and lengths of bridges and improves accessibility between different parts of the routes.