30 St Mary Axe (informally
known as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building) is
a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of
London. It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With
41 stories, it is 180 meters (591 ft) tall and stands on the former
sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping.
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(http://www.thegherkinlondon.com)
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Modeling:
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Creating circles according
to the existing information about the radius of certain floors.
After loading the pattern family into the mass family, a problem occurred on top of the building. So, resolving this problem on top of the model was one of the challenges. It was solved by creating a different parametric pattern for the top part.
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Using the “Loft” command to
create Geometry from developed circular lines.
Parametric a Conceptual Mass Family
3. Dividing the envelope surface.
1. Applying “Rhomboid” pattern, which is the most similar pattern to
the actual building, for the divided surface.
1. Creating an Adaptive Family with specific details and load it
into the Mass Family. In order to achieve the most similar pattern on the façade,
three different adaptive families, are merged into one family. One of them is
for the frame, another one is for the inside details and the third one is for
the glass pane. The following figures show the work process.
The challenges:
After loading the pattern family into the mass family, a problem occurred on top of the building. So, resolving this problem on top of the model was one of the challenges. It was solved by creating a different parametric pattern for the top part.
The result is shown as below:
The following image shows the actual building:
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(http://www.thegherkinlondon.com)
Project Level:
In the project file, the curtain panels and floors were
created. The following images show some of them.
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