Project - 2 Snowflake Tower Parametric Model using Dynamo

Snowflake tower, also known as Michael Schumacher tower is located in Abu Dhabi. It’s a 59 storey tall residential skyscraper. The Design of tower is inspired by a snowflake, hence the name. 

Snowflake Tower, Abu Dhabi

Tower Level-5 Geometry 

(Source: LAVA Architects)

Tower Floor Geometry 

(Source: LAVA Architects)

Floor Geometry Creation:

The Sample floor plan as shown in the figure was created in dynamo which is controlled by different input parameters and this script was converted into a custom node to create floors at different height.

Sample floor plan in Dynamo

 

Different Plans using different Parameters from the same script

Mass Creation from Different floor :

Using Different floor geometries at certain heights as shown in figure below the building mass was created in dynamo and imported in the Revit. As shown in the figure below, the 7 floor geometries were compiled in a list and form the list the solid was created.

Dynamo Script for Creating the mass

Solar Study on Façade Panels :

To create the solar study model, an Excel file was created which contains panel points obtained by dividing the surface of the building and importing it in Dynamo.

 Dynamo script for Solar Study

Solar Study Model and Panel color change as per Sun Direction

Project Movie: