Year: 2024 Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, D5, Illustrator, Capcut

Terracotta Facade

Architectural Terracotta is a sustainable and recyclable material that can be used in building facades as rain-screen systems. It can be extruded, cut into flat panels, and slanted on cylindrical surfaces before firing to get curved shapes. In this project, a parametric method has been developed to panel any developable poly-surfaces, analysis, and sort panels for estimating the budget. Collaborated with Zhiyu Lin & Jack Somer

建筑陶土是一种可持续、可回收的材料，可以用作建筑立面的防雨系统。它可以被挤压，切割成平板，并在烧制前在圆柱形表面上倾斜，以获得弯曲的形状。在这个项目中，一种参数化方法被开发以分割任何可展开的多重曲面、分析和分类陶土板以估计预算。

Single Curvature Polysurface

Flatten to 2D & Subdivide

Re-Mapping to 3D

Each sub-surface on the developable polysurface is in single curvature, which means the entire polysurface can be unfolded to a 2d plane. Also, the curvatures on each surface are been monitored and limited to make sure they can be made of bending terracotta.

The terracotta panels are analyzed and sorted into five categories:

ARCH 574 panels index

The clips and structural frames are also generated based on the location, orientation, and curvature of the panels.