Assignment: Flex Your Form | Due Fri, May 12th

Assignment: Flex Your Form | Due Fri, May 12th

Overview

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In this assignment, you’ll recommend a proposed design to the developers of a new high-rise building project in San Francisco based on your evaluation of potential buildings forms.

Design Brief

Approach

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Steps to Complete

For 2 Units

For 3 or 4 Units

Submit

  • Please create a folder named “Module 5” within your personal folder in our Autodesk Construction Cloud project:
  • Then, upload these items to your Module 5 folder using the web interface:
    • If you completed Part 1 (for 2 units) or Part 2 (for 3 or 4 units) of the assignment using Revit and Dynamo, please upload:
      • Your Revit project (.RVT) file
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        Please the following naming convention for your uploaded files: "#ofUnits_NameAndLastName_Module#".  For example: 4units_DanielDiaz_Module5.rvt
      • Your conceptual mass family (if you used one)
      • Your Dynamo Graph (.DYN) files
      • Any supporting custom nodes that you used or created
    • If you completed Part 2 of the assignment using Grasshopper, please upload:
      • Your Rhino project (.3DM) file
      • Your Grasshopper Graph (.GH) file
    • Also upload the summary tables (created in Word, Excel, Google Sheets, or any data table tool) showing the input values tested and the values computed for each of the reported parameters.
  • Create a link to your Module 5 folder:
    • Right-click on the Module 5 folder in the file tree (at the left side of the interface) and choose Share from the pull-down menu.
    • Choose Share with Project Members, then switch to the Link tab.
    • Click the Copy button to copy the link to your clipboard.
  • Create a new posting on this Notion page — Design Journal Entry: Flex Your Form — including:
    • Images/screenshots showing two variations of the input parameters that you tested for:
      1. one of the provided building forms
      2. your new, original building form
    • An image of your Dynamo and Grasshopper Graph workspaces
    • A brief description of your design outlining the parameters that can be used to flex and dynamically change your building form
✏️Design Journal Entry: Flex Your Form