Strata Tower Parametric Model Using Generative Components

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Asymptote Architecture: Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture

David Farnsworth, the structural engineer we’re working with from Arup New York, won the gold prize at this weekend’s Smart Geometry conference by producing a parametric model of the tower I’m designing at Asymptote.  Using Bentley’s Generative Components (beta) he was able to resolve the geometry of the tower’s unique structural system and enable the structure to redistribute itself based on changes to the buildings overall geometry. 

Budapest Bank Tower

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The Budapest Bank Tower we designed at Asymptote Architecture has won an international competition that included Zaha Hadid and Frank Gehry among others.  The tower frames the view across the Danube in an industrial section that is being developed by the Orco Group (the competition organizers).  The 30 story tower is designed to incorporate a second tower, to be constructed later, and is set to become the tallest building in Budapest.

The scheme is based on a single line that projects through multiple vectors and is given volume through a series of hyperbolic projections.  The building is supported by a two rotating cores and a structural skin that we developed in collaboration with ARUP.  The mesh skin is based on experiments we conducted with perforated topologies and aggregation, where a surface would become less perforated under heavier loads and more perforated under light loads.

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Asymptote Architecture: Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture