Project 1 - Walt Disney Concert Hall - Johnson

 

photo from: https://www.archdaily.com/441358/

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Modeling Process:

Due to the complex curves that are found in the Walt Disney Concert Hall, a conceptual mass needs to be created in order to create walls and roofs that mimic this form. 

1. Create a new conceptual mass family

2. Copy in a floor plan for the building

3. Start tracing the curves with the spline tool

4. Create solid mass forms based on each volume

5. Use the control points to modify the shape to mimic the original building form

6. Once the bulk of the form is complete, start adding parametric parameters to the volumes

                -The two front facade walls at the main entrance were given height parameters

                -The front tower was given a height parameter

                -The regular geometric rectilinear buildings near the back were given height parameters

7. Start dividing the surface of the form and apply a pattern

                -For this project the 1/3 step pattern fit the profile of the real building the best

8. Create a curtain panel pattern based family for the 1/3 step pattern

                -When trying to actually apply the pattern to the conceptual mass family, an error message kept popping up. This could be due to the linear nature of the pattern, and the organic and curved nature of the surface it was being applied to

9. Import the mass model to a Revit project file

10. Use the wall by face and roof by face command to select the surfaces of the mass to create a building

11. Change the wall properties to graphically show the 1/3 step pattern

12. Work on the details and the renderings 

AI Generation:

Another component of this project was to have AI generate versions of this project with slight variations to make it unique from the original building. Below are the images showing the AI imagined versions produced in Firefly (Adobe's AI Software). 

Final Renderings:

Below are the final interior and exterior renderings for the project. It shows an aerial view of the project in the surrounding context and the interior rendering is an imagined auditorium space, but not based on the real interior of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. 

Parametric Behavior:

Below are screenshots showing some of the parameters being changed and the effects it has on the model. The video at the end of this post will show the parametric behavior in real time so viewers can see the changes as they are made. 

Video:

Please see the below video to view a discussion on the project that covers all of what was mentioned in this blog post.