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Arch 653 - LEON Auditorium

Architect: Mansilla + Tunon Architects
Cost: 19.0 M€
Client: Castilla y León regional Government

Start date: 1998
End date: May 2002

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Generic Model: By defining different instances for each frame, we can simply control the façade pattern in this project.

Generating A Dynamo Model: In this session, we will use Dynamo tool to make different pattern randomly on the surface of the facade. In order to achieve this goal, we should extract the width, height, and window movement parameter from each window frame and then use the random tool and integer slider to produce a random number for each parameter. Because we have 4 value for each window parameter, we can have a list of instances and use this list for all windows number value. There are two ways to produce random numbers for all values: First, by using a sequence of numbers and Math-random tool and extracting 4 different numbers by changing slider bar. As you can see below, the sequence of numbers is between 0 and 1, so we have to multiply it by higher values . However, the problem is in most of the cases the numbers are close or higher than the limits, so most often it produces a similar type of window frame on the façade. Second, by writing a formula to control the...

Problem statement: My idea in designing this parametric façade is based on a simple solution. The façade can be divided into five different levels, in which we can see a cubic frame with specific proportion and different window size, which is repeated randomly in a horizontal line. It means that it is possible to make one of these frames and make different instances for the window’s frame and position in each on. Maybe the first step is to make different levels for each type. The second step is to divide these levels to a certain number that can be originated from the number of frames in each levels.