Videos!!

We have two videos for your viewing pleasure: The first is a video of our sketch model for the initial concept of our swaying building, and the second is the more fleshed-out design for part of our moving facade. Enjoy!

Swaying Building from Jessica Butler on Vimeo.

Sorry this one is sideways!

Facade Configuration from Jessica Butler on Vimeo.

Moving Facade!

Hey guys-
We've finally started implementing our ideas into a fully moving and functioning facade! Our idea first stemmed from using the idea of the four-bar linkage to create a swaying building, but it has now evolved into a building the crumples! It's all based on the angle of the sun and swaying columns, creating a building the gradually crumples into itself over time. Below are the preliminary drawings of the idea:





The structure of the building is mostly straightforward, but we are currently dealing with the issue of how to configure the skin which will move and crumple with the building. We're really excited about the idea, but now we just have to make it work! Below are some photos of the configurations in study models that we have been working out to help visualize the building and facade.


Floors:


South Facade tests:


West Facade test:



Videos of our mechanized tests will be up shortly!