Customized Furniture Grasshopper

Customized Design Grasshopper

CUSTOMIZED DESIGN

DESCRIPTION

Adjacent to the Olympic Green and Beijing International Convention Center, Grand Skylight CATIC Hotel represents a new concept in the Chinese luxury hospitality market. Targeted toward business professionals, the hotel provides modern, affordable accommodations and engaging public spaces that acknowledge the importance of local culture.

Since designers always change their mind, I just choose the first phase of the lobby design, it is different from the final view. 

Architecture: Gensler

Location:        Kunshan, China

PARAMETRIC DESIGN

Analysis and Decision

Choosing three elements (Wallpaper, Chandelier, Folding Screen) 

to put in one rectangular space (W 60', L 120', H 30').

Part 1 - Basic Frame

1.

Using Rhino Python Editor to create basic frame.

Part 2 - Wall Paper

Reference Picture

2.

Change the settings of this picture, Size (28*58), Color (Black&White), Interpolate.

3.

Using rectangular gird to create the circle to form the picture.

4.

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Change the picture to the Clamp and bake in Rhino to make the wallpaper pattern.

Part 3 - Chandelier

5.

Using grasshopper to building basic shape the chandelier.

6.

Using Kangroo to build the similar shape and then baked in Rhino.

7.

Using Rhino to create the whole chandelier.

Part 4 - Folding Screen

8.

Create simple frame for the folding screen.

9.

Using grasshopper python to choosing random circle.

10.

Then offset these circles.

11.

Bake some circles to rotate.

12.

Using Rhino to render.

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Shanghai Tower Grasshopper

Project Video

SHANGHAI TOWER

DESCRIPTION

Architect: Gensler
Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Architectural: 632m
Floor Count: 121
Location: Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai

The construction of the Shanghai Tower was started in November 2008 and attains its structural height in 2015.
At present, the tower is the tallest building in China which is 2nd tallest in the world. The building is the tallest of a group of three adjacent super tall buildings in Pudong. It is a super tall building with architectural height of 632m.

Shanghai Tower is a mixed use sustainable building with tiered construction. The building has been designed for high energy efficiency which provides multiple separate zones for office, retail and leisure.


PARAMETRIC DESIGN

First Part - Base Floor

Basic information picture

1.

Using one point and rotate to create three same circle, then creating a small which tangent with them.

2.

 Using line to connect the intersection point and midpoint to create three small same circle.

3.

Diving small circles and connecting (3pt Arch) some points to form the floor plan.

4.

Merging the arch and gap line to finish the final floor plan.


Second Part - Tower

Basic information picture


5.

Generate a "Series" of number,(6000 floor height and 121 floor number), and the list of number is convert by Unit Z.


6.

Rotating this building and the rotations stars from 0 to 0.75. Each plane's rotation angle id controlled by "Construction Domain".
The rotated plane will also be scaled form bottom floor to top floor with ScaleNU. It will be scale by a series of numbers which gradually be reduced by the interval - 0.005, 121 times.

7.

Then loft and cap the model.

Third Part - Floor Plate

8.

Seperating the floor plates into 9 parts, and choosing the base plate of each part (by using list item), then extrude and cap them.

Fourth Part - Roof

9.

Selecting the top part of the building. Then explode them. (It will be divided into original elements.)

10.

Using interpolate to connect a series of points to from the shape of roof. Then offset the curve and base curve.

11.

Loft curve to form the roof.

Analysis of the Model
12.

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