Ventilation Comfort Responsive Facade Generator

Year: 2021

Team: Tabeer Tariq and Zhan Shi

Type: Scripting and GH tool development

Role: Linking data from sources, Coding and Facade development

This tool is designed to provide architects with sustainable designs strategies, which analyze the environmental data and automatically generate a comfortable and responsive facade.

The form follows a diagonal approach to construction where the tension members connect one step after the other. These members are then connected to one another by horizontal bracings. The system is anchored to horizontal rails via joints and suspension cables from either sides. The horizontal rails are connected to one another by sub criss cross truss system which helps distribute the load evenly and prevents buckling.

Sensor Generator Function

1. Randomly changing number of sensors

2. Apply the sensors on any types of surfaces

3. Showing the physical geometries of sensors

4. Changing the radius of the sensor geometries

Generating 2D panels with different shapes

1. Open and close based on the wind speed

2. Randomly assign two lines for the responsive facade.

3. Changing the density of the Panels.

4. Changing the opening orientation of the panels

Changing panel densities

Changing panel orientations

Arduino physical response facade model

When the wind speed is higher than 0.5 m/s. This responsive system will be started in sequence.

When the wind speed is higher than 0.5 m/s. This responsive system will be started at the same time.

Data was collected from EPW files and real time arduinos, compared and linked into Facade generator to operate.