Yao-Wei Sheng's Portfolio

Taipei 101 Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Architect:  C.Y. Lee & partners I have chosen Taipei 101 as my project topic since this is the most famous building in my country, Taiwan, and it was the tallest building in the world back to 2004. The height of Taipei 101 is 509.2 m, which includes the tower on the top of the main building component. The building was inspired by the structure of "bamboo" and there are eight main sections that compose the building. The intent of using number 8 is because it is a homonym for prosperity in Chinese.  Design Intent The design intent for this project is to create a parameter-defined model based on an existing building. The final model should be able to be changed according to different inputs, e.g. width, height, angle, by the users. Also, a building facade of the selected building needs to be created. Mass Modeling In order to achieve these goals, mass modeling is the first step to work on. I separated the bu

Taichung Metropolitan Opera House Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Project Intent The goal of this project is to utilize Rhino and Grasshopper to create a parametric model which is based on an existing building but also with novel ideas to expand the possibility of the building. And I have chosen the Taichung Metropolitan Opera House as my case study.  Parametric Modeling I started the parametric modeling by creating a rectangle and added polygons at the vertices and center of the rectangle. This surface is also the foundation of the whole building.  Fig 1 - Level 1 Floor in Grasshopper Fig 2 - Level 1 Floor in Rhino Next, the curves of each polygon were extracted and used to generate the curved shape of the building. Here, all the curves were moving in the z-direction at the same magnitude so the whole level can be shifted simultaneously.  Fig 3 - Level 1 Loft in Grasshopper Fig 4 - Level 1 Loft in Rhino Function "