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:
3D Top View:
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:
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
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.
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.