ARCH 653 Project 2

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

I did three parts in project 2.

1. Conceptual Mass Design using Dynamo
2. Parametric design in Dynamo
3. Color change of curtain panel

1. I used the same method in the mass build in Dynamo.

Use the coordinate system to locate the three ellipse center, and use the formula to control the size of each ellipse, 

then do the geometry rotation.

2. Parametric design in Dynamo

I link the total height and top offset with the coordinate system, so when I change the height or movement the model will change. 

Failed to divided the surface 

3. Color change of curtain panel

This section contains two parts. 

First I set a random number list to create random numbers from 0 to 255.

Second I choose a colorful picture and Dynamo select color by pixels.

Video link：

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns4kAiNQzjc

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:

 video：
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q31ilRskJs&feature=youtu.be