Parametric Pavilion Design - SketchUp Extension

One of my favorite extensions for SketchUp is the Soap Skin & Bubble plug-in. This plug-in was used to create the conceptual form for a concert pavilion design. The form was 3D printed to assess the overall shape and the geometry was imported into Revit to be used as a guide for modeling the roof and walls.
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[@Goffyuno]

Good stuff Stephen. concept design, modeling forged in one process without a committee. I love your organic parametric pavilion design. It reminds me of the TWA terminal in JFK by Eero Saarinen FAIA. He was considered a futurist in the 1960s. Now the future has arrived at the main steam architecture. The likes of Zaha Hadid RIBA, and Santiago Calatrava FAIA probably be considered architectural extremists back in the day.

[@StephenCoorlas]

Certainly the fluidity of today’s architecture would have been considered far-fetched or otherworldly. But the TWA Terminal is an amazing piece of architecture that is arguably one of the greatest oldest examples of fluid design in architecture.

[@satanismo6324]

thank u so very much

[@StephenCoorlas]

Glad you like it!

[@spottedtauren]

That is awesome but you do know it looks almost identical to a bike seat, right? (Even more obvious with the 3D printout you made that is the same size as a bike seat). The bike seat pavilion FTW.

[@StephenCoorlas]

I did have that thought 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@hannahrivera6862]

Can i ask how you did the bottom part for this? Great vid!

[@StephenCoorlas]

The bottom of that concept model was a loft command in SketchUp, basically with a circle at the ground plane and the unique edge geometry of the top portion. That might be a bit confusing. I will post a video soon showing this trick along with some other modeling tips 🤘

[@northof6041]

Hi Stephen, is there a way I can add some thickness to the shell and then add some holes to create skylights?

[@StephenCoorlas]

Yes. The best way is to create your shell, then create a flat plane above the shell with the hole pattern you want. Next extrude the holes through the shell and perform an intersect geometry command. After you've intersected and deleted all your unwanted geometry you can use the JPP extension to thicken the entire perforated shell surface. Joint Push Pull (Plug-in) sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=JointPushPull

[@arjunvab7445]

What is the software used in 0:34 to 0.46?

[@StephenCoorlas]

That's 3D Builder, which is an integrated program with Windows 10 or higher. It's basically a 3D Viewer, but has some nice shading/rendering effects.

[@arjunvab7445]

@@StephenCoorlas Thank you👍