Dulce’Celeste Martinez - Module 5

Stage 1 Part 1

Base Radius of 80 feet.
Base Radius of 80 feet.
Base Radius of 160 feet.
Base Radius of 160 feet.
Base Radius (ft)
Gross Surface Area (ft^2)
80
512232.34
90
675214.73
100
865521.42
110
1084302.93
120
1332575.94
130
1611220.45
140
1921010.31
150
2262616.03
160
2636626.50
Tower properties.
Tower properties.

For my design, I decided to flex the “base radius” of the existing rounded triangular tower. Apart from the already established relationships, I added the formula to ensure that the “top radius” was 3/4 the “base radius”. One thing that I didn’t consider when choosing to proceed with this tower shape was that it didn’t efficiently use space because the max depth limit was reached more quickly than the max width. Meaning that although max depth was reached, there was a lot of space left within the max width. This is why the max radius I evaluated was 160’. I was however able to reach the minimum gross floor area when the radius was 160’. Apart from flexing the “base radius” one could also flex the “top rotation”, “top radius”, and “base rotation”.

Stage 1 Part 2

Mid Rotation of 60 degrees.
Mid Rotation of 60 degrees.
Mid Rotation of 20 degrees.
Mid Rotation of 20 degrees.
Mid Rotation of 60 degrees.
Mid Rotation of 60 degrees.
Mid Rotation (degrees)
Gross Surface Area (ft^2)
20
3017432.618
25
3008904.244
30
2994704.408
35
2974842.855
40
2949367.329
45
2918369.926
50
2881993.92
55
2840440.011
60
2793970.688
Tower properties.
Tower properties.

I didn’t have a clear idea going into Part 2 of what I wanted my design to be. But using the Chevrolet tower template and the diamond profiles I was able to create what I think is a pretty interesting form. My twisting tower consists of a diamond base, a Chevrolet middle, and a diamond top. There were no established relationships, so I created some shown in the properties screenshot. The remaining dimensions that I could flex were then “top rotation”, “mid rotation”, and “base rotation”. I decided to flex the the “mid rotation” dimension and saw that as the rotation increased, the floor area decreased. Also, when looking to get a picture of my form, I found that a top down view looked much cooler and dynamic than straight on.

Points to Ponder: What’s the advantage of exporting the values to Excel?

I think the advantage of exporting the values to Excel is that you don’t have to manually copy over the values yourself every time you run your code. Instead, your values automatically update and only require formatting to get the values into a organized table.