Free Form Glass Roof
One of the main characteristics of tempered glass is its safety in case it breaks.
Free form glass roof. Spectacular food court on the roof that has a scenic view of rafic hariri beirut international airport runways overviewing a constant anima tion. Extract plan export a 2d dwg floor plan from your revit model for. Using a freeform shape imported from other programs horse in this example we will generate a smart roof in autodesk revit. Earthquake damage resistant architectural glass panels architectural engineering 2003.
How to create a freeform roof in revit. Building integration solutions may 2012 finding the form of an irregular meshed steel and glass shell based on construction constraints. Conceived by design novel architecture it has won numerous awards and nominations. Double curved surface structures with a triangular mesh shape provide favourable prerequisites to single layer membrane shells.
With his knowledge of spatial geometry shell theory and manufacturing process the structural engineer is able to further develop light and transparent glass roofs. This process makes the glass approximately 5 times more durable. The glass is tempered by quickly heating and cooling it down. The architecture of the spot choueifat is impre ssive.