Week 4 task

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Air studio Conceptual Design

Wei Liu 373643


Toyo Ito Taichung Metropolitan Opera House


The main structure is several continous curved walls which is open to outside. Each hall is connected in vertically and honrizontally which neans in three three dimensions . The whole structure is divided into 58 portions . It is the first construction technology in the world. However, this project is only a conceptual desgn. Engineering had been considered that it is impossible to construct “Threedimensional curved walls�

In terms of fabrication of this design, engineers would use a reasonable and effective way to achieve the free surface geometry. The most suitable surface is steel work so far. Free concrete surface shotcrete support the shotcrete. It is usually for tunnel construction and suitable surfaces. It can be shot horizontal or vertical direction with temporary structure created in the void.


This building to solve a lot of resources and environmental issues 1. Recycled rainwater and sewage Rainproof roof surface to collect rainwater filter and then use these rain. The filtered water will be used for irrigation of landscaping plants, then Reuse water, such as flushing water supply. 2. The use of environmentally friendly materials Most of the materials used are recyclable eco-materials. This helps to limit Environmental load, conserve resources, thus helping to reduce Carbon dioxide emissions to prevent global warming. 3. Adjustment of the surrounding environment, energy conservation The arrangement of the environment outside the buildings is very important, it will reduce the load within the building. Latent heat of vaporization the increased greening plan, create shade, and use water.



These sliders make it possible to change the steps of point, the numbers of points on curve and the radians of these curves. Once I change the data in Grasshopper, the modle in Rhino will update. That’s the most interesting part of parametric design. Sliders which alow the model flexible and potential

I had some problems when I using Grasshoppe. It seems like the opperation was wrong, sothat I can not get the


Algorithmic Explorations





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