ABSTRACT

Twisto tower is an experimental tower that rises at Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona  (41.415786, 2.226405). Site being very close to the sea the form was indented to be optimized for maximum wind flow onto the building also to orient solar exposure on terms of form production and dynamism. The tower has been simulated and controlled with Galapagos plugin for grasshopper as an analysis tool. The building according to the analysis it has been equipped with the solar shader with is multi modular in terms of its dynamism which orients, unfolds and folds mimicking a floral logic. 

DESIGN PROCESS

SITE

Sant Adrià de Besòs,

Barcelona 

(41.415786, 2.226405)

Site Area : 11565 sq.m

FORM EVOLUTION

LOGIC OF SCRIPT 

ITERATIONS TOWARDS FORM SIMULATIONS

CONSTRAINS

GALAPAGOS SIMULATION

SUN PATH

SOLAR ANAYLSIS

FINAL FORM PRODUCTION

FINAL FORM PRODUCTION WITH DIAGRIDS

DIAGRID IMAGE

DYNAMIC SOLAR SHADER

SCRIPT

OUTPUT IMAGE WITH SOLAR SHADERS

TWISTO TOWER is a project of IAAC, the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, developed during the Master in Advanced Architecture (MAA01) 2020/21 by students: James Kingsley Claudin & Akshay Madapura; faculty: David Andrés León; faculty assistant: Ashkan Foroughi; and student assistants: Laukik Lad & Uri Lewis