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Project 2 Mansilla + Tuñón Architects

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Project movie The project movie can be watched on the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRpbuDT0h3E&feature=youtu.be Gener ating A Dynamo Model In order to randomly create different patterns on the façade, Dynamo was used. It was necessary to extract windows’ dimension and location parameters from the corresponding Generic Model Adaptive modules and use Integer Slider and Math Random to produce a random number for each parameter. To achieve this goal, a list of instances was used for window values.  Select Model Element  à  Get Family Parameter  à  List Create   à  Element.SetParameterByName Family Parameters: Window’s width and height & Left and down distances Figure 1.   Screenshot 1 Figure 2.   Screenshot 2 Integer Slider à Math.Random & Number à Multiplies x by y & Number à x greater y? & Number à If à Watch à List Create à Element.SetParameterByName 1) X 2 Math à Functions à Random (seed) 2
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Project 1 Mansilla + Tuñón Architects

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Building Information for a case study León, Spain 2004 This playful concert hall occupies the south side of a large plaza in León’s historic center. Although conspicuously modern in contrast to the sixteenth-century Monastery of San Marcos nearby, the building responds to the traditions of its environment with sensitivity. Boasting a museum and music venue, its purpose is to revitalize the cultural life of this Spanish regional capital. The white latticed façade is composed of five horizontal levels that reference a musical score, the vertical rectangular apertures resembling the notes. The apertures are a series of deeply recessed windows of various sizes that capture the daylight and filter it into the internal spaces. The pockets of illumination created by these openings cast changing shadows that animate the entrance foyer behind the façade and echo the way light pervade the nearby Gothic cathedral. The building is composed of two separate wings: the square-facing vo
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