Modeling approach: Built an arc curve on the XY plane and extruded it vertically into a wall surface, then panelized using Lunchbox Quad Panels with U/V counts auto-calculated from arc length and wall height to keep panels roughly square. Used the Image Sampler component with reparameterized surface UVs from Surface Closest Point to map sampled colors onto each panel via Custom Preview.
Flexible parameters: Radius, Start Angle, End Angle, Wall Height, Panel Size.
Modeling approach: Replaced the arc with a sine wave curve generated from a Range component multiplied through Sine and amplitude scaling, then extruded vertically. Image Sampler was set to Luminance mode to extract brightness values, which were remapped to a height range and used to scale each panel's outward normal vector into an extrusion depth — creating a relief surface where image brightness drives panel thickness.
Flexible parameters: Wall Length, Wall Height, Wave Count, Wave Amplitude, Curve Resolution, Brick Width, Brick Height, Height Range Min/Max.
Modeling approach: Built a two-level rectangular building using Rectangle and Offset Curve, with both rectangles exploded into wall segments and extruded independently. Walls were merged and panelized into curtain-wall-style panes. Sun position was modeled as a Z-axis-rotated unit vector controlled by a Sun Time slider. Panel directness was computed via dot product of panel normals (from Evaluate Surface) with the sun vector, then remapped to drive both panel color (Gradient) and rotating louvers placed along boundary curves using Perp Frames.
Flexible parameters: Lower Length, Lower Depth, Lower Height, Upper Offset, Upper Height, Panel Width, Sun Time.
Modeling approach: Stacked three regular polygons at base, middle, and top heights — sharing a single Number of Sides slider but with independent radius controls — then merged and lofted into a continuous tower surface. Used Deconstruct Brep to extract panelizable faces. Reused Stage 2's sun directness chain to drive both panel color and a second Remap that converts directness to a Scale factor. Panels are then scaled toward their centroids (from Area), shrinking sun-facing panels to create larger openings and leaving shaded panels full-size for enclosure.
Flexible parameters: Base Radius, Mid Radius, Top Radius, Total Height, Mid Height Ratio, Number of Sides, Sun Time.