BIMtopia

Louisa Gan

Link to Design Journal
Louisa Gan
Journal Entry For
Module 8 - Share Your Design
ACC Folder Link
https://acc.autodesk.com/docs/files/projects/7a6d9404-5c50-4d49-acbd-cf67d7302936?folderUrn=urn%3Aadsk.wipprod%3Afs.folder%3Aco.LuRyvGLwQq2740EQ0jBvMw&viewModel=detail&moduleId=folders
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Why did I choose to make a tool for stadium design?

  • I went to a Coldplay concert at Levi’s Stadium two weeks ago, and I was amazed by how many people a stadium could hold, which inspired me to make this design tool.

Name for my tool:

  • ROSE BOWL STADIUM DESIGN

Overview of the tool:

  • This tool is used to generate three different designs for a soccer stadium with a top shaped like a flower. For each design case, the users can adjust the base radius, mid & top heights, and mid & top radiuses in the Dynamo Player user interface or Dynamo file. Several outputs will be provided: stadium’s field area, façade surface area, volume, carbon emission from façade materials manufacturing, and accumulative insolation on the field. Users also have the option to generate Revit elements for the designs.
  • The architects can use this tool to visualize different design ideas and compare the options; this tool can help them choose which design option they want to move forward with, for example, based on the aesthetics of each option. Output values, such as the volume and accumulative insolation on the stadium floor output, can also give them ideas of how big the design will be and how bright the football field can be when there is the sun. The engineers, construction managers, and investors might also find this tool helpful. They can visualize the designs to plan their future tasks and evaluate the outputs to make recommendations to the architects.

Dynamo Image:

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Revit Image:

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Dynamo Player Interface (Inputs & Outputs):

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Dynamo Logic for Case 1 (CASES 2 and 3 have the same logic as CASE 1):

  • User inputs, including constant inputs, are defined here. The stadium is divided into base, mid, and top surfaces.
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  • By using the user inputs, circles are defined at the base- and mid-levels. A wavey circle is defined at the top level.
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  • Surfaces are being defined and panelized by using LunchBox Quad Grid by Face.
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  • Panel polylines are dissolved into curves.
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  • Cylinders are used to represent the framing elements of the façade.
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  • Revit framing elements are placed according to the list of curves.
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  • A text note is created to indicate the three cases. ***Please note that the Text.FromStringOriginAndScale node comes from the Dynamo Text package.
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  • Evaluate the volume, first-floor area, and façade surface area of the stadium design.
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  • Evaluate the carbon emission value from framing material manufacturing.
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  • Evaluate the stadium field insolation value.
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  • After the evaluation values of the three cases are obtained, they are put into a list and used as outputs.
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2-min video:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U-sQbqlUj-lLhyplN0poRh9HX6PgQDWm/view?usp=sharing

I also uploaded a video to my Autodesk Module 8 folder in case the Google Link doesn’t work.