LIVERPOOL DEPARTMENT STORE FACADE
Role: Design Computation Consultancy: Roland Snooks + Robert Stuart-Smith (Kokkugia ltd)
Architects: Rojkind Arquitectos.
The Liverpool shopping centre facade achieves visual dynamism whilst safeguarding a geometrically rational concept. Working with an already established cylindrical building form, Rojkind Arquitectos engaged Robert Stuart-Smith and Roland Snooks to develop the facade geometry comprised of developable surfaces.
A generative algorithm was written that enabled numerous iterations of the facade to be generated with inbuilt geometrical constraints that ensured the facade geometry would remain within a given range of complexity.
Project Credits
Design Computation consultancy directors: Roland Snooks, Robert Stuart-Smith
Design Computation consultancy team: Casey Rehm
Architect: Rojkind Arquitectos
Facade Engineering: Studio NYL
Facade Contractor/Fabrication: Zahner Metals
Structural Engineering: Emrsa
photographs ©rojkind arquitectos, photo by Paul Rivera
