Louvers , that add aesthetic quality to structure  also provide passive shading .

 

ref : South Campus of Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University in Suzhou, Chi

 

Form development

a. Concept development

Facade development .

 

a. Creating openings

 

b. form development

 

Creating Louvers, that react to the solar movement .

Grasshopper script 

Inner surface

a.grasshopper definition showing the  base  structure development and triangulation used to create the            openings 

 

b.grasshopper definition for material application  – in terms of texture . 

 

Outer  Responsive Facade :

a. Definition for development of louvers 

b. Definition for rotation  of louvers  according to sun path 

 

Rotation of the Louvers

 

 

Project : Passive Shading facade

Masters of Advanvced Architecture

2017

Students: Madhurya Bayyapuneedi