Project 2 - Documentation

The intent of project 2 was to continue the modeling of an exterior facade of a stadium as in project 1 but using visual programming to control the parametric design. The Allianz Arena used in project 1 was used as the inspiration for the model. The Dynamo add-in for Revit 2015 would be used for the visual programming.

The first step was to create two families to generate the section and floor plan of the stadium separately, allowing for separate control and modification of their parameters if required. A single parameter would be used in the combined family to control all other dimensions of the stadium, governed by equations set up within the nested families.

Figure 1 Section Family of the stadium

Figure 2 Floor Plan Family of the stadium

These two families were imported into a mass family that would use the sweep function in Dynamo to generate the mass family of the model.

Figure 3 Combined mass family of the stadium

The exterior surface was generated divided into 8 surfaces by Revit, something outside the modeler's control. These 8 surfaces would have to be selected and converted into curtain wall systems and then used with a custom curtain wall panel to create the facade. The custom curtain wall panel was created using the rectangular based pattern template, and given adjustable parametrized properties for height and material, essentially allowing for it's color to be modified.

Figure 4 Custom curtain wall panel

Figure 5 Final family with facade created using the panel

The final combined family can have its parameters adjusted using the visual programming interface, to customize the design. The materials changing the color or the bubble height for any individual panel, or any given section of panels can be adjusted at one time. The stadium dimensions can also be changed and the model will fully update to reflect the change.

Figure 6 Dynamo interface for stadium dimension adjustments

Figure 7 Dynamo interface for panel bubble height adjustments