Project 1: Parametric Building Modeling - Case Study
A parametric office building
A parametric "wave" façade on the exterior walls
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began by modeling a conceptual mass of an office building surrounding a
courtyard. The building was modeled in several different pieces which were then
parametrically constrained together to move as one. Various parameters were added so that multiple
building aspects could be changed such as the width of the courtyard, the
length of the courtyard, the width of the actual building and the height. Here
you can see them demonstrated…
Diagram showing parameter directions
Conceptual Mass with parameters
Showing changed parameters for width
Individual parts of the building can be changed
2 parametric facades were created for the building using the surface pattern family template. The first was a “wave” pattern created using a curved line. Points were added to the line and then the work plane was set to those points to add ellipses which were used to created the wave shape. The second façade was a simple horizontal line which became wooden slats that cover the walls facing the interior courtyard. Both facades can be parametrically changed to alter both thickness and size.
One piece of parametric façade using surface pattern template
These surface patterns were loaded into the conceptual mass
family file which was then loaded into a Revit project file. Walls were added using the “pick face”
command. After some modeling, the building was complete and once again we can
see our final result with the blue wave façade pattern.
Project 2 utilizes the Dynamo plug-in for Revit. It involved creating a Dynamo script which allowed the facade panels to open and close based a parameter set to a point. This point can move along the facade and control what areas of the facade are opened and closed. It began by creating an octagonal pattern in the Pattern Family Template file. Shown below is the full Dynamo script. Below you can see the progression of how the facade opens and close as the controlling parameter point moves along the curves. The facade panels are set up to open as the point passes them. Project 2 also incorporated the plug-in Veras which uses artificial intelligence to generate different facade/finish designs based on a prompt put in by the user. Below are some of the A.I generated facades created using the Veras plug-in. Below is the full video presentation of Project 2.
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