Shell Structures
Syracuse University | ARC500
Course: Shell Structures
Advisors: Sinéad C. Mac Namara, Clare J. Olsen
The design process began by coming up with modules in a form of a shell, and therefore creating aggregations that allow apertures within the uniformity. The schematic concept was ‘following the light’ which one will be guided by an aperture skylight that runs through the whole building, which is created between the aggregations between two different modules. The word ‘aggregation’ is defined as a sum total of heterogeneous things taken together, and therefore two distinct modules were created, and aggregated two and three times respectively to create a simple aggregation into a one cohesive building. The form is in a c-shape, which was derived from a parabola aligned vertically and horizontally. The aperture openings on the shell are created through the usage of SAP2000 program, which demonstrated the areas where there are neutral forces, therefore allowing safe openings for light filtration. The raindrop pattern is oriented to the direction where the force of tension and compression is flowing, which the design corresponded with the structural analysis of the form.
