The Design of a Facade for an Hotel under construction in Beijing - CTS Hotel - emerged as the possibility to explore a skin's performative influence within a determined building, as well as it's own optimization, having areas where it is required, and others where it does not exist at all.
This was performed over the predefined rigid volume of the Hotel. Here the Pattern achieves an additional 3dimensional volumetric mass due to the reaction on the amount of incidence of Sun Exposure over the multiple facades. The whole skin is then materialized out of window frames , which varies from width, height and depth, depending on the amount of radiation in the specific area of the frame.
Through this process and diagrams, the usage of the amount of material becomes optimized, driving the pattern shape to be exclusive to this specific situation.
This was performed over the predefined rigid volume of the Hotel. Here the Pattern achieves an additional 3dimensional volumetric mass due to the reaction on the amount of incidence of Sun Exposure over the multiple facades. The whole skin is then materialized out of window frames , which varies from width, height and depth, depending on the amount of radiation in the specific area of the frame.
Through this process and diagrams, the usage of the amount of material becomes optimized, driving the pattern shape to be exclusive to this specific situation.
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The existing building mass was analyzed according to two criteria: Sun intensity along a year (Solar Access Analysis) and predominant shaded areas in the facade (Shadow Range Analysis).
In the Solar Access Analysis, the collected information informed the design on which elevations are more exposed to higher temperature.
In the SHADOW RANGE ANALYSIS, we obtain information that allows us to know witch areas we’re able to reduce the need for solar protection.
The information retrieved from Ecotect informs a second surface - a variable offset of the base surface - on the depth needed for every frame in order to achieve a balanced shading.
The Hotel Room frames negotiate parametrically the exposure of each room, at a resolution of 6 frames /room, generating at a global level, a smooth, swarm, continuous adaptation of a second skin along the intricate building.
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The existing building mass was analyzed according to two criteria: Sun intensity along a year (Solar Access Analysis) and predominant shaded areas in the facade (Shadow Range Analysis).
In the Solar Access Analysis, the collected information informed the design on which elevations are more exposed to higher temperature.
In the SHADOW RANGE ANALYSIS, we obtain information that allows us to know witch areas we’re able to reduce the need for solar protection.
The information retrieved from Ecotect informs a second surface - a variable offset of the base surface - on the depth needed for every frame in order to achieve a balanced shading.
The Hotel Room frames negotiate parametrically the exposure of each room, at a resolution of 6 frames /room, generating at a global level, a smooth, swarm, continuous adaptation of a second skin along the intricate building.
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