Generating Process of Absolute Towers

Basic floor plan.

1. Array 56 curves

2.Rotate these curves using rad node to get the general shape.

3. Use planar node and extrude these curves to get the floors. 

4. Generate the top floor (roof).

5.  Use horizontal frames to locate the small railings on the
top floor and extrude them.

                               6. Generate the glass handrails inside the floor curve.

                          

                                  7. Extrude the small railings on the glass handrails.

8. Generate core tube inside.    

9. Generate the glass wall hanging outside.

10. Generate several rays from the center of the core tube, then I can get the intersection of these rays and floor curves. Connect these intersections through a line. Finally extrude these line so I can have these bearing walls.

    11. Use several steps to extract the start points,the end points, and the points between them to loft, in this way we can get the second skin.The whole form is finished.

    12. Use wind force, gravity, and spring force as three sets of stress to deform the glass screen. The glass screen will deform under these three forces.( I only extract part of the shape to run kangaroo node, because the calculation load would be too heavy for the whole shape.)

    13. Finally, use several node to test the area, boundary, curvature,and edge points...     of this part.