Cape Town Off Grid Scyscraper
I have been working on a concept for a cluster of freeform offgrid multi storey structures exploring possibilities in Rhino and Grasshopper. The model is fully parametric in terms of
-floor to floor heights
-number of floors
-twist factor
-the density of the space frame
-density of the secondary mesh
-this enables the parameterization of both skins, outer breathable and inner skin weatherproof
the inner skin can be used to fit the weatherproof envelope while the outer skin can be used for the fixing of solar cells, micro wind turbines, water harvesting systems and green walls in their appropriately orientated positions.
-the distance between the spaceframe and the inner skin
-the diameter of the pipes in the space frame
-the scale relation between following floor slabs
-the edge can be manipulated by sinus curve to increase floor slabs for a few storeys and then decreasing in size to give the building a silhouette with a plant like character.
# Conceptual Skyscraper Cape Town
#rhino#grasshopper#archicad#parametricdesign#capetown#skyscraper#designinspiration#architecture#parametricarchitecture#solar power#wind turbine#selfsustainable#selfsustainablearchitecture#permaculture#netzeroenergydesign#SOM
Algorythmic design
Rhino & Grasshopper Mc Neel and associates
Grasshopper is a visual programming language and environment developed by David Rutten at Robert McNeel & Associates,
that runs within the Rhinoceros 3D computer-aided design (CAD) application. Programs are created by dragging components
onto a canvas.
While CAD and Algorithmic design features enabled architects to design complicated forms, CAM made it possible to build
such complex products by using digital fabrication machineries. Various techniques have developed to utilize CAD/CAM
technologies for fabrication of architecture.Different types of CNC machines with multiple heads, drills and beams helped
architects to digitally fabricate their products in pieces and assemble them together to realize digitally-made objects. It is
now becoming common to set up fabrication strategies of the project from early stages of design and embed their
considerations in design algorithms from scratch (Menges, 2008):
-floor to floor heights
-number of floors
-twist factor
-the density of the space frame
-density of the secondary mesh
-this enables the parameterization of both skins, outer breathable and inner skin weatherproof
the inner skin can be used to fit the weatherproof envelope while the outer skin can be used for the fixing of solar cells, micro wind turbines, water harvesting systems and green walls in their appropriately orientated positions.
-the distance between the spaceframe and the inner skin
-the diameter of the pipes in the space frame
-the scale relation between following floor slabs
-the edge can be manipulated by sinus curve to increase floor slabs for a few storeys and then decreasing in size to give the building a silhouette with a plant like character.
# Conceptual Skyscraper Cape Town
#rhino#grasshopper#archicad#parametricdesign#capetown#skyscraper#designinspiration#architecture#parametricarchitecture#solar power#wind turbine#selfsustainable#selfsustainablearchitecture#permaculture#netzeroenergydesign#SOM
Algorythmic design
Rhino & Grasshopper Mc Neel and associates
Grasshopper is a visual programming language and environment developed by David Rutten at Robert McNeel & Associates,
that runs within the Rhinoceros 3D computer-aided design (CAD) application. Programs are created by dragging components
onto a canvas.
While CAD and Algorithmic design features enabled architects to design complicated forms, CAM made it possible to build
such complex products by using digital fabrication machineries. Various techniques have developed to utilize CAD/CAM
technologies for fabrication of architecture.Different types of CNC machines with multiple heads, drills and beams helped
architects to digitally fabricate their products in pieces and assemble them together to realize digitally-made objects. It is
now becoming common to set up fabrication strategies of the project from early stages of design and embed their
considerations in design algorithms from scratch (Menges, 2008):
