PDMB Variations
PDMB Variations researches the potential innovation of the typical (PEMB) pre-engineered metal building using parametric modeling, tapping into the inherent intelligence of this highly optimized system and ultimately delivering a new level of customization. We believe that pre-engineered metal buildings have not lived up to the potential of their promise and that PDMB Variations offers new possibilities for this banal typology.
PDMB Variations researches the potential innovation of the typical (PEMB) pre-engineered metal building using parametric modeling, tapping into the inherent intelligence of this highly optimized system and ultimately delivering a new level of customization. We believe that pre-engineered metal buildings have not lived up to the potential of their promise and that PDMB Variations offers new possibilities for this banal typology.
COMPRESS+SHEDData Catalog30 x 60Ridge80 x 100plan-point graph100 x 200
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION80X100 Case StudyUsing Colibri plugins for Grasshopper 3D, data sets of the designs wereuploaded to the cloud-based data visualization platform, Thread, byThornton Tomasetti’s Core Studio. This enabled the creation ofdashboards and interactive charts of complex data to explore thesedesigns.solar insolationfloor area efficiencycloud-based visualization dashboard
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- Page 3 and 4: PROBLEMOpportunityRoof Purlinchamfe
- Page 5 and 6: DATA COLLECTIONParametric Generated
- Page 7 and 8: CHAMFER+ASYMMETRICALData Catalog30
- Page 9 and 10: CROSS-CUT+SYMMETRICALData Catalog30
- Page 11 and 12: CROSS-CUT+SHEDData Catalog30 x 60Ri
- Page 13: COMPRESS+ASYMMETRICALData Catalog30
- Page 17 and 18: PROGRAMATIC EXPLORATIONCase studies
- Page 19 and 20: CONGREGATIONAL CASE STUDY80x100 + S
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
80X100 Case Study
Using Colibri plugins for Grasshopper 3D, data sets of the designs were
uploaded to the cloud-based data visualization platform, Thread, by
Thornton Tomasetti’s Core Studio. This enabled the creation of
dashboards and interactive charts of complex data to explore these
designs.
solar insolation
floor area efficiency
cloud-based visualization dashboard