Module 5 - Flex Your Form

Paste screenshots of Summary Tables (created in Word, Excel, Google Sheets, or some other data table tool) showing the input values tested and the values computed for each of the reported parameters.

For the first part of this assignment I used a twisting cog structure and varied both tower height and the top face rotation. I was interested in analyzing the relationship between these two variables and how they affected gross floor area, surface area and tower volume. For the second part of the exercise, I created a hybrid structure based on triangular structures; using a Chevron profile base, and the rounded triangle profiles at mid height and top height. I wanted this structure to have a striking lower profile where the general public would interact with it and less imposing structure for the upper body. For this structure I chose to rotate the mid height profile and the building height. As seen from the summary sheet linked in my BIM360 drive, rotating the top or mid height of the structures for a maintaned tower height decreased floor area and surface area of the towers. Mid/top rotation however did not maintain a consistent trend in how it affected gross volume since 30 degrees top rotation for part 1 and 60 degrees mid rotation for part 2 gave the highest volumes. A trend which is intuitive and is still largely maintained is that the more one twists the building, the lower the volume becomes. Lastly, increasing tower height as expected increased volume, surface area and floor area.