ARCH 655 Parametric design_Project1

Phoenix International Media Center

Picture credit from http://www.thousandwonders.net/Phoenix+International+Media+Center

1. Project description 

Project Name: Phoenix International Media Center
Location: Beijing, China
Owner: Phoenix satellite television (east) Beijing
Architectural firm (studio): BIAD UFo
Design period: 2007-2009
Construction period: 2009-2012
Site area: 18821.83 m2
Floor area: 64973 m2
Above ground: 35000 m2
Underground: 29973 m2
Usage: media office, broadcasting studio, restaurants, parking garage, utilities and supporting facilities

Phoenix Television, one of the biggest media in China, is about the set itself apart from the competition with an incredible new building that defies the eye and pushes the boundaries of architecture design. The design intent comes from the "Mobius Strip" and the logo of the Phoenix Television.

Section:

Floor plan-Level 0:

Floor Plan-leve1:

Interior render:

Exterior render:

2. Parametric form (Mass and Skin) for the model

Parametric Mass:

1. Create a circle as a baseline for the model. The radius of the circle (the size of the model) can be parametrically modified.
2. Use Perp Frames node to create planes that are perpendicular to the plane of the circle. The number of the planes can also be parametrically modified.
3.  Creat ellipses for each of the planes and rotates the ellipses though the baseline circle. The radius of the ellipse can be parametrically modified.
4. Loft the rotated ellipses though the baseline circle.
5. A series of nodes are added to make the bottom of the model is flattened. 

The mass model

Baked mass model

The grasshopper nodes for the mass model

Parametric Skin:

1. Divide each of the ellipses. Make sure the number of the ellipes= the points on the ellipse.
2. Utilize the data structure(shift and flip nodes) to manage the points on the ellipse. Make sure the data is Graft before editing to the shift node. Use -X to create opposite curve
3. Use interpolate to create curves that connect these points
4. Use Perp frames to create planes that are perpendicular to the curves
5. Create rectangles on each of the planes and loft the rectangles

The surface of the model

Baked surface model

The grasshopper nodes for the surface

3. Parametric, physically-based for the model

Weaverbird and Kangaroo are used to create the parametric, physically-based model.

Physical model 

Baked physical model

The grasshopper map for the physical model

4. Model analysis

 A series of nodes are created to analyze the curvature of the mode.

Curvature analysis by using Grasshopper

Grasshopper nodes for curvature analysis

5. Project Video

6. References

.1. Credit from: http://www.designboom.com/architecture/biad-ufo-phoenix-international-media-center/

 2. Credit from:  http://www.archdaily.com/165746/in-progress-phoenix-international-media-center-biad-ufo

 3. Credit from: http://inhabitat.com/biad-ufos-phoenix-international-media-center-swirls-around-the-competition-in-beijing/