The programme, contained in one structure, is divided into three major components: offices, cultural services such as library and auditorium, and the support facilities which includes shops. The building, essentially H-shaped in plan, steps up to a high point over the central link such that two small courts are divided by this central four-storey volume. The main entry is through the courts into a space connecting the two wings. This permits the complex to reduce its massing towards the periphery of the site.

Source: Aga Khan Trust for Culture