ARCH653 Midterm Project1 _Xincheng Wang
Canton
Tower
Completed:2010
Height:1473 ft(roof) 1982 ft (antenna)
Floor Area:114,054 m²
Building Uses observation, communication, garden, hotel, museum,
restaurant, showroom, cinema
Materials: glass, steel, concrete
Designer: IBA, MARK HEMEL, BARBARA KUIT
The shape of the Canton Tower is an elliptical rotating
body, and the relationship between the bottom plane and the top plane is shown
in the figure. The outer cylinder consists of 24 concrete-filled concrete
columns and 46 rings and 46-ring diagonal braces. From the bottom plane to the
top plane, the ellipse length axis rotates 45 degrees clockwise, and the center
shifts 7.07 meters westward along the X-axis and 7.07 meters north along the Y-axis. Column 1 is positioned from the bottom of the column to the top of the
column, rotating 135 degrees clockwise.
I intend to build a parametric model based on the calculation of the turning angle of the surface of the bottom, middle, and top. Also, I would
like to link the building’s height with the size of the ellipse.
First of all, I create three levels and located the center
of three ellipses.
The size of the ellipses is decided by a and b, which I
defined:
Bottom a = height/4, Bottom b= Bottom a /2
Shrink level height = height*2/3
Middle a = height/8, Middle b = Middle a/2
Top a = height/6, Top b = Top a/2
The mass model is made by creating solid forms using an ellipse.
Second，I
made triangle(bent) curtain panel, which material are steel and glass. The two
material parameters are also transforming into the family mass.
Next, I divided the surface of the form and using the
method in homework 5(Helix). Creating envelop family first, and then attach it
on the three main ellipses nodes by 24 times.
Then, the family mass with the curtain panel is shown below.
Finally, using this family mass to load into the project1 to
create interior floors and walls.
Exterior and interior rendering are shown below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q31ilRskJs&feature=youtu.be
