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WaveShell
Type
Group [ w/ Elisabeth Bythania + Paola Gutierrez + Jason Park (Civil Eng) ]
Date
Nov '22
Location
San Francisco, CA
Context
Academic _ Structural
The main idea for this project is to create a central space which will host passenger drones, while serving as a landmark on Pier 52 of the San Francisco Bay. The design separates the vertiport in two parts, which operate independently for both take-off and landing. Passengers enter the control and waiting area located in the small building on the side of the central structure and can freely walk across the canopy to board a drone, or go to the garden on the other side.
The central structure was created using kangaroo physics and its structural elements were optimized using the Karamba3D plug-in in Grasshopper. The project was completed in a timeframe of 3 weeks.
