Architectural Design

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Case study

The design process

SHoP Architects PC: 290 Mulberry

right:

Parametric development

Screen shot showing parametric

development of the undulating

panel design. The panels were

designed and drawn using software

that tracks design changes in real

time, increasing the efficiency

and reducing the risk of errors in

a project.

above:

Façade development

Diagram showing the process of

façade development: the limits set

by the fabricator; the limits of brick

projections; the master panel mould;

the variations possible within one

master mould; a three-dimensional

‘building information modelling’;

and the fabrication drawings used

to make the panels.

INTERFACE WITHFABRICATOR TO

DEFINE PARAMETERSWITHIN THEIR

WELL AS WITHPROCESS AS

THE CHOSENMATERIALS

INTERFACE (G.C.OR D.P.)PARAMETRIC

BRICK TO THE NEXT,DEFINING OF ONE

BASED ON MATERIALPROPERTIES,

AND FABRICATIONPARAMETERS

(SINGLE FAMILY)MASTER MOLD (VOIDED SOLID)FAMILY TYPES REVIT MODEL INTERFACE WITHFABRICATOR

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