Overview
In this assignment, you’ll create a scalable, customizable parametric structure that could serve as the basis for many different architectural forms.
You can use Dynamo or Grasshopper (choose one) to model your design, then demonstrate how you can parametrically scale your design for different uses.
Your structure should provide partial shelter from the sun and rain – for example:
- a bus stop or train platform
- a bandstand or stage cover
- a covered walkway or arcade
Examples for Inspiration
As you develop your Dynamo or Grasshopper graph, exhibit good programming practice by:
- laying out your nodes diagrams very clearly
- creating groups for related nodes
- adding helpful comments in the group titles
These extra steps make it easier for us to follow your logic and easier for you too when you revisit the graph after a few days or weeks have passed.
Steps to Complete
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Stage 1 — Modeling a Parametric Structure (for 2 or more units)
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Stage 2 - Transforming Your Geometry (for 3 or more units)
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Stage 3 - Applying Your Form at Different Scales (for 4 units only)
Submit
- Please create a folder named “Module 3” within your personal folder in our Autodesk Construction Cloud project.
- Then, upload these items to your Module 3 folder using the web interface:
- Your Revit project (.RVT) file and Dynamo graph (.DYN) file for each stage of the assignment.
- Or, your Grasshopper (.GH) file for each stage of the assignment.
- Create a link to your Module 3 folder:
- Right-click on the Module 3 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: Give Me Shelter — including:
- A screenshot of your model geometry from each part of the assignment that you completed:
- For 2 or More Units: Modeling a Parametric Structure
- For 3 or More Units: Transforming Your Geometry
- For 4 Units: Applying Your Form at Different Scales
- A few sentences describing your modeling approach
- A brief description of your design outlining the parameters that can be used to flex and dynamically change your structure
- The link to your Module 3 folder in our Autodesk Construction Cloud project.
Please the following naming convention for your uploaded files:
"#ofUnits_NameAndLastName_Module#_Stage#".
For example:
4units_SampleStudent_Module3_Stage1.rvt