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The skyscraper structural system was designed as a hybrid structural system, comprising a combination of both tubular and rigid structural frames. This type of structural system is typical for most high-rise buildings. It consolidates the structure due to the various support systems that keep the building very rigid. The structural columns in every edifice serve as load-bearing elements and as well transfers vertical loads to underlying supporting structures. The interior columns were designed as concrete members and typically help to…

Developing a script to automate the placement of floors and walls didn’t come easy. A lot of iterations were involved trials and errors until we came to a final solution. After bringing the model into Dynamo for Revit, a number of design parameters and goals were outlined before progressing into converting dynamo geometries to Revit elements. Some of those goals were to adopt balconies with perforated grids which would allow the passage of sunlight, Curtain wall systems at a 3-meter…

In the case of our skyscraper project where we have every column slanted at 25 degrees to the centroid of the building, columns do not only transfer vertical loads but also resist twisting/torsional loads due to high-end moments generated by its slanted nature. It is almost impossible to accurately model slanted columns around the shell of such an edifice as this skyscraper due to its irregular-shaped façade. But the design concept has to be maintained. The structural beams and framing…

As we carry out a study of this daylighting parameter on typical floor levels of our skyscraper project at different times in a year, we intend to understand the nature of incident light rays on typical floor levels and the effects of the skyscraper facade on the overall luminous flux entering a floor. It is important to note that accurate weather data for the project’s location (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was used for this study. Weather data is extracted from…

The process for Architecture The complex shape of the skyscraper posed a challenge in creating a Building Information Model for the edifice. This we could not do manually with out-of-the-box tools in any BIM compliant software package. Hence, we ventured into design computation and automation using Dynamo for Revit. The workflow is explained below. The workflow from Rhinoceros 3D to Autodesk Revit is such that the model data from Rhino was mined into Revit using Dynamo as a funnel. A…