The Lane Library Terrace, an external social space, in the Royal College of Art's new £135m design and innovation campus, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, located in Battersea, London. Photo © Iwan Baan.

The Royal College of Art's new £135m design and innovation campus, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, located in Battersea, London. It is the most significant campus development in the RCA’s 185-year history. Photo © Iwan Baan

The Linbury Sculpture Studios, in the Royal College of Art's new £135m design and innovation campus, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, located in Battersea, London. Photo © Iwan Baan.

The Royal College of Art's new £135m design and innovation campus, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, located in Battersea, London. It is the most significant campus development in the RCA’s 185-year history. Photo © Iwan Baan

The large-scale Hangar in the Royal College of Art's new £135m design and innovation campus, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, located in Battersea, London. This double height space has vast doors at each end to enable the installation of heavy, large, or complex works of art, and will be accessible to the wider public. Photo © Iwan Baan

The Royal College of Art's new £135m design and innovation campus, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, located in Battersea, London. It is the most significant campus development in the RCA’s 185-year history. Photo © Iwan Baan

The Royal College of Art's new £135m design and innovation campus, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, located in Battersea, London. It is the most significant campus development in the RCA’s 185-year history. Photo © Iwan Baan

The Royal College of Art's new £135m design and innovation campus, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, located in Battersea, London. It is the most significant campus development in the RCA’s 185-year history. Photo © Iwan Baan

The Royal College of Art's new £135m design and innovation campus, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, located in Battersea, London. It is the most significant campus development in the RCA’s 185-year history. Photo © Iwan Baan

The Royal College of Art's new £135m design and innovation campus, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, located in Battersea, London. It is the most significant campus development in the RCA’s 185-year history. Photo © Iwan Baan

The Robotics Hangar, in the Royal College of Art's new £135m design and innovation campus, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, located in Battersea, London. This space provides research testing and assembly areas, including aerial and aquatic robotics facilities. Photo © Iwan Baan.

The Intelligent Mobility Design Centre, in the Royal College of Art's new £135m design and innovation campus, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, located in Battersea, London. RCA graduates are at the forefront of vehicle design globally, and Intelligent Mobility builds on this history and places transportation within the context of urbanism, autonomous systems, renewable power, and ageing populations. Photo © Iwan Baan.

The Weston Studios, flexible third floor studio spaces, part of the Royal College of Art's new £135m design and innovation campus, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, located in Battersea, London. Photo © Iwan Baan.

Architects Jacques Herzog, Ascan Megernthaler, Vice-Chancellor of the RCA, Paul Thompson, and Architect John O’Mara, unveil the Royal College of Art’s new £135m design and innovation campus, designed by Herzog & de Meuron on 23 May 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for The Royal College of Art)