Great Court Tutorial [ BRITISH MUSEUM by Norman Foster ]-OCT-NOV 2016

Daniel christev great court tutorial.
Genotype:
I used grasshopper to create and explore alternative forms and structures that I created based on the logic of pre-existing architecture. The
basic structure of this architecture can then be manipulated strategically by adjusting the parameters with the ultimate goal of exploring the implications this can have on contemporary and future design and research.
Facts:
Appointment: 1994
Completion: 2000
Area: 19,000m²
Height: 33m
Capacity: 1000
Client: Trustees of the British Museum
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Quantity Surveyor: Northcroft Nicholson
M+E Engineer: Buro Happold
Lighting Engineer: Claude Engle Lighting Consultant
source: www.fosterandpa...
Mathematics, Geometry, and Proportion:
The British Museum Great Court is 72m east-west and 96m north-south. The centre of the 44m diameter Reading Room is offset 5m to the
north of the centre of the Court.
Over 3000 lines of computer code were specially written for the
project, mainly for the geometry definition, but also for structural analysis.
Sources:
Norman Foster and the British Museum, ARCH NA 997F 65A4 2001
www.britishmuse...
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people.bath.ac....
geometrygym.wo...
www.tensinet.com