CASE STUDY 1.0 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO AIR SEMESTER 2 2013
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
MUQIU WANG 531459
PART B
TWO-SURFACE-SPACE FRAME Creating a set of grid lines using two adjustable lofted surfaces. changing the u and values to examine the effect. The Lunchbox plugin makes the results achieved easily.
TWO-SURFACE-SPACE FRAME Creating a set of grid lines using two adjustable lofted surfaces. changing the u and values to examine the effect. The Lunchbox plugin makes the results achieved easily.
ONE-SURFACE-SPACE FRAME By the advantage of the Lunchbox, it is more flexible and adjustable to create the custom space frame grid. And also the bending of the surface is changed by the parametres of the grasshopper.
CASE STUDY 2.0 CANTON TOWER, GUANGZHOU, CHINA The Canton Tower is a great building that demonstrates the use of structural design combining architecture with digital techinique. The whole structure of tower is simple that formed by mainly three elements which are columns, rings and braces. The twisting form makes the building more elegant like a ‘slim lady’ with the concept inspired by the human hip joint. The two surfaces are twisted to form the lattice.
Then we essembled the building in Rhino using two different approaches. We made the lofted surface to be twisted in Rhino and then made the lattice systems in Grasshopper for the first one. But the size of building was restricted. For the second approach we created the surface and lattice in Grasshopper. And then to rotate the base curve to achieve the twist.