Rethinking the Absolute Towers - Version 2 - Jackson Skarda
THE ABSOLUTE TOWERS OFFICE BUILDINGS MISSISSAUGA, CANADA Architects: MAD Architects Year: 2012 THE ABSOLUTE TOWERS ARE A PAIR OF OFFICE BUILDINGS IN CANADA THAT USE PARAMETRIC DESIGN TO CREATE A TWISTING PATTERN. 1. HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS BETTER? - I CAME UP WITH AN IDEA TO ADD VERTICAL SHADING DEVICES TO THIS BUILDING, THAT TWIST AROUND IT DIFFERENTLY THAT THE EXISTING TWIST OF THE FLOOR PLATES. IN THEORY THIS WOULD CREATE AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF OF GEOMETRY AND AESTHETICS TO THE BUILDING. I FIRST TESTED THIS IDEA WITHIN CHAT GPT. THE FIRST ITTERATION WASN'T QUITE WHAT I WANTED, BUT IT ATLEAST GOT THE CONCEPT ACROSS. AFTER TRYING A FEW MORE TIMES, I WAS ABLE TO GET AN IMAGE THAT ATLEAST VISUALIZED THE IDEA OF VERTICLE MULLIONS THAT TWIST AROUND THE BUILDING AND MAKE THE VISUAL EVEN MORE WAVY AND ENTRANCING. HOWEVER IN ORDER TO CREATE THIS GEOMETRY, WE WOULD HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINAL DESIGN FIRST. THE TWO TOWERS ARE CREATED FROM THE SAME PARAMETRIC DESIGN, WITH CERTAIN PARA
