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ARCH 655 Parametric Modeling in Design Project2 (Yang Shen)

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ARCH 655 Parametric Modeling in Design Project2 (Yang Shen) Part 1-Beijing Water Cube Sun Path and Radiation Analysis Sun Path Analysis 1. Import weather data Here, the College Station Weather is imported into "EPW+STAT" node in Grasshopper. ( import weather data)  2. Sun Path analysis The analysis period is set as 8760 hours in one year. The variable of the legend is the dry-bulb temperature.  (sun path analysis) (sun path analysis results) Radiation analysis and optimization 1. Set sky matrix This step is to create the sky matrix profile which is the input data of radiation analysis. (sky matrix) 2. Create the target building and context building I just created outer box of Beijing Water cube as the target building. There are 4 parameters(genome) which are the length, width, height and orientation of building. The surrounding buildings are also created. The green building is the target building and red ones are the context buildings. (target and context building) 3. Radiati

ARCH 655 Parametric Modeling in Design Project1-Beijing Water Cube (Yang Shen)

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ARCH 655 Parametric Modeling in Design Project1-Beijing Water Cube (Yang Shen) Beijing Water Cube Introduction My project1 is Beijing Water Cube which was completed on 28 January 2008. The size of building is 177m x 177m x 31m high.   The design of architecture is done by PTW Architects with China State Construction International Design Architectural Design and internal planning. And the engineering part is done by Arup with China State Construction  International Design. (View of Water Cube outside,  Source: http://www.ptw.com.au/ptw_project/watercube-national-swimming-centre/ ) ( Model of Weaire Phelan foam’s frames(edges),  source: http://www.ptw.com.au/ptw_project/watercube-national-swimming-centre/ ) ( insight view of Water Cube.  source: http://www.ptw.com.au/ptw_project/watercube-national-swimming-centre/ ) ( picture of Water Cube in the construction process,  source: http://www.ptw.com.au/ptw_project/watercube-national-swimming-centre/ ) Modeling Process The main idea to get th