ARCH 653 Project 2

ARCH 653 Project 2
Burj Khalifa with Dynamo by Hanzhang Liu
Instructor: Dr. Wei Yan

Project Overview

In this project 2 assignment, Dynamo was utilized to explore multifunction based on project 1. The purpose of project 2 is to change parameters and building façade in project 1. To be specific, (1) control building parameters in the dimension of building height and building angles, (2) a simple user-based color design and (3) sun path driving curtain panel design for energy utilization have been covered in this final project.

1. Parameters Control

In order to control parameters in Dynamo, several works should be done in mass project file in Dynamo. In project 1, Height and Angle parameters require user to change manually, which somehow tedious to achieve this function in Revit. Once the parameters could be changed in Dynamo, an integration function enables users to understand process easier.

In this section, the code could be written in this form for Height Parameter.

  

The result shows in:

For angle parameter:

Result:

2. A Simple User-based Color Design

In this section, users are able to change the color of façade according to personal preferences. This function was achieved in the following method.

The results show different colors of the Burj Khalifa.

3. Sun Path Driving Curtain Panel Design

In this section, sun path driving curtain panel study has been conducted to analyze the energy saving/utilization of building in a single day.

The first step is to export the coordinates of panels into excel by using Dynamo:

By using this Excel sheet, a sun path study has been conducted to analyze the energy consumption by using Dynamo.

The next step is to export the panels coordinates in to Dynamo within a Revit Project file to accomplish the sun path study.

Finally, the result shows as in different 2 angles: