Kiki Jin

Then, share your Design Journal entry here including:

  • Screenshots of your building form geometry from each stage of the assignment that you completed:
    • For 2 or More Units: Creating Forms with Revit Conceptual Masses
      • Images/screenshots showing two variations of the input parameters for:
      • your flexing and testing one of the provided example building forms

        3D Side View:

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        3D Top View:

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        For this part of the assignment, I modified the twisting rounded triangle tower provided in the shared folder and changed the middle section to an actual triangle. Since the radius of the top and base rounded triangles are pretty large, they are almost in circular shape but still remain a little triangle feature. By combining the two types of triangles, I was able to create a sense of a sharper twist of the tower.

        Design Parameters:

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        Results:

        Test Parameter
        Report Parameters
        Mid Rotate (degree)
        Gross Floor Area (SF)
        Gross Surface Area (SF)
        0
        2,356,829.206
        817,946.493
        10
        2,478,686.408
        830,326.937
        20
        2,596,178.222
        842,076.554
        30
        2,702,135.380
        852,611.352
        40
        2,790,051.283
        861,394.120
        50
        2,855,031.785
        868,027.074
        60
        2,894,266.496
        872,297.498
        Floor Area Needed
        2500000 (Min)
        Best Option:
        3000000 (Max)
        Mid Rotate = 20 degree

        This design was tested by changing the Mid Section Rotation (the actual triangle) in the range of 0 degree to 60 degrees. It can be seen that when the rotation angle increases, both gross floor area and gross surface area increase. For the design to achieve minimum floor area of 2,500,000 SF and as small as surface area created, the twist of 20 degree is the best option of all.

        your flexing and testing your new, original building form

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For this part of the assignment I designed a vase shaped building with an adjustable and twistable opening. The shape is constructed by an inner circle and an outer circle and both radiuses are adjustable. I had a hard time making the two-circle-shape rotation and adjust the radiuses to avoid conflict, but eventually I was able to form the “vase”. The opening of the building can allow sunlight or air to pass through and make the building more sustainable.

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Results:

Test Parameter
Report Parameters
Mid Rotate (degree)
Gross Floor Area (SF)
Gross Surface Area (SF)
0
2,669,419.531
846,802.804
30
2,730,409.898
856,331.584
60
2,777,631.761
861,934.139
90
2,797,591.412
862,146.376
120
2,776,750.701
856,184.707
150
2,715,635.886
844,933.182
180
2,632,877.000
830,942.678
Floor Area Needed
2500000 (Min)
Best Option:                    Top Rotate = 180 degree
3000000 (Max)

This design was tested by changing the Top Section Rotation in the range of 0 degree to 180 degrees for every 30 degrees. When the rotation angle increases, both gross floor area and gross surface area increase first and decrease after reaching 90 degrees. For the design to achieve minimum floor area of 2,500,000 SF and as small as surface area created, the twist of 180 degree is the best option of all.

  • Your answers to the Points to Ponder questions for each stage of the assignment that you completed.

By exporting the data to Excel we are able to compare and visualize the results of all the tests in more diverse ways. For example, in the Excel, we are able to make plots and graphs or conduct more advanced calculations that may be helpful for the design analysis. Excel is also a good way to storage the tested design data so we don’t need to run the dynamo tests every time we want to see the results since it can be slow with a large set of parameter variation.