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Collapse Sub discussionZsuzsa Mogyorosi Hi all,
I'm currently using the Ladybug plugin to do solar analysis, I followed the instructions in the video:Ladybug Grasshopper Tutorial (Links to an external site.)
I was wondering if anyone uses any other methods. The problem I found is that it only gives maximum irradiation for a year, not a cumulative one for a period of time.
I'm also struggling with the visualization and changing between wireframe and rendered mode. Does anyone come across a good training video for this?
Kind regards,
Zsuzsa
Collapse Sub discussionGuillermo Aranda-Mena Dear Zsuzsa, we finally got news from Luisa. She is moving from the UK to Italy thus the little delay. :..but the info looks great, I hope is useful to you/others in the class.
I will alo ask my research student on DIVA...we are only starting to look at it.
As Luisa says, “have fun playing with the tools” :)
Have a nice weekend,
Guillermo.
“Hi Professor!
So sorry for the very late reply got lost between holidays, organising my move back and work. I am soo glad the students liked my presentation and want to explore the world or parametric more :)In terms of specific grasshopper tools, I normally use and therefore would recommend ladybug and honeybee which are the prevailing free plug-ins for daylight, solar and energy analysis. The developers are really cool and provide a lot of support as well as preset tools. For example, here the students can look up different workflows to start setting up simulations:In terms of actual optimisation I generally have used octopus or galapagos, that both use optimisation criteria to create a pareto front curve of results:
- Another cool tool, web-based also developed by on of the developers of honeybee/ladybug when he were still part of Thorton Tomassetti is Design Explorer, which is a nice tool to explore simple box model:http://core.thorntontomasetti.com/design-explorer/ (Links to an external site.) (Tutorials here: http://www.mpendesign.com/category/tutorial/ (Links to an external site.))I hope your students have fun playing with these tools, looking forward to hearing updates on what they have liked most :)All the best,Luisa”
Collapse Sub discussionZsuzsa Mogyorosi Hi Guillermo,
Thank you and thank you for Luisa for her response, I hope everything went well with the moving. I will look into the sources later this week/over the weekend and let you know how I find them.
Kind regards,
Collapse Sub discussionZsuzsa Mogyorosi Hi,
Has anyone had a go at using different materials in Rhino? I've been googling a bit about it and I see that there are options for rendering but I'm a bit unsure on how these would be considered in the analyses.
Kind regards,
Zsuzsa
Collapse Sub discussionZsuzsa Mogyorosi Hi All,
I came across this youtube series on how to use Honeybee:
Hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Zsuzsa
Passivehouse https://passivehouseaustralia.org/ (Links to an external site.)
Green Building Council of Australia: https://new.gbca.org.au/ (Links to an external site.)
The Inhabit Group: https://inhabitgroup.com/ (Links to an external site.)
Foster+Partners: https://www.fosterandpartners.com/ (Links to an external site.)
Stefano Boeri Architetti: https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/ (Links to an external site.)
Mario Cucinella Architetti: https://www.mcarchitects.it/en/ (Links to an external site.)
Guillermo's BIM project with Architectus: https://architectus.com.au/projects/1-bligh-street/ (Links to an external site.)
Ivenhoven Architekten: https://www.ingenhovenarchitects.com/ (Links to an external site.)
OOS Architekten Zurich: https://oos.com/en/ (Links to an external site.)
Soumaya Museum, Mexico City, Double Facade Curvature Alex's Guest presentation https://issuu.com/gehrytech/docs/sou_06_issuu_version (Links to an external site.)
Climate Consultant page (shown to the class on Thurs 9th April) http://www.energy-design-tools.aud.ucla.edu/ (Links to an external site.)
Interesting document on how to design better apartments by the Victorian Gov (much off it comes from Sydney design standards):
Great to see you all today.
Here some of the links we showed today:
Innovative Facade concepts and designs (Links to an external site.)
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Recycled Facades and Materials (Links to an external site.) in the Circular Economy
Denmark Waste Plant https://www.archdaily.com/tag/waste-management (Links to an external site.)
https://www.etfe-film.com/etfe-membrane (Links to an external site.)
Eden Project (Links to an external site.) by Nicholas Grimshaw (same architect for Southern Cross Station in Melbourne also using EFTE)
MEDIA-ICT Barcelona (Links to an external site.)
Munich EFTE:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD1n1fTiIbk (Links to an external site.)
Guillermo Aranda-Mena Favourite buildings by the G-LAB 2020:
- Muji Yo No Ie https://www.dezeen.com/2020/01/16/muji-yo-no-ie-prefabricated-home/ (Links to an external site.)
- Beijing Daxing Int Airport https://worldarchitecture.org/architecture-projects/hfznh/beijing-daxing-international-airport-project-pages.html (Links to an external site.)
- Melbourne, Southern Cross Station https://grimshaw.global/projects/southern-cross-station/ (Links to an external site.)
- Tak Falaknuma Palace, Indiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Taj_Falaknuma_Palace,_Hyderabad.jpg (Links to an external site.)
- Jewish Museum Berlin https://www.arch2o.com/jewish-museum-berlin-studio-libeskind/ (Links to an external site.)
- Wyly Theatre in Dallas, Texas by REX and OMA https://www.archdaily.com/37736/dee-and-charles-wyly-theatre-rex-oma (Links to an external site.)
- Bentwood Fitzroy Cafe by Ritz&Ghougassian (Links to an external site.)
- Centre Pompidou, Paris https://www.klook.com/en-US/activity/3994-pompidou-center-museum-ticket-paris/ (Links to an external site.)
- The Eiffel Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower (Links to an external site.)
- The Yas Island, Abu Dhabi (by Alex) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W_Abu_Dhabi_-_Yas_Island#/media/File:Yas_Marina_Hotel_by_Rob_Alter.jpg (Links to an external site.)
- Melbourne Council House 2 (Links to an external site.)
- National Library of Victoria, Melbourne (Links to an external site.)
- The British Museum, London (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
- (inlcuding Foster+Partners Great Dome) (Links to an external site.)
- State Library of Victoria https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ (Links to an external site.)
Edited by Guillermo Aranda-Mena on 3 Aug at 11:19Guillermo Aranda-Mena Please note that the above Climate Consultant page is down: http://www.energy-design-tools.aud.ucla.edu/ (Links to an external site.)(UCLA, California). It was useful for passive design calculations.
Similar site https://comfort.cbe.berkeley.edu/other_tools (Links to an external site.) . - this focuses more on internal comfort calculations - albeit, as a consequence of your facade design considerations, fenestration and ventilation strategies though.
- Get link
- Other Apps