The Generation of a Smart Cloud (2008)
article⁄The Generation of a Smart Cloud (2008)
abstract⁄This paper presents the process by which CookFox Architects responded to a design challenge that was part metaphorical and part practical. The project involved providing an environmental response to the natural world existing almost 800 feet above the ground, on the secondhighest occupiable floor of New York City’s secondtallest building. Environmentallyresponsive features at the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park are expected to make it the first LEEDPlatinum highrise in the world. The fiftieth floor was conceived as a headquarters for the fashion designer Elie Tahari, the south facing portion of the floorplate was to house a highly adaptable showroom that needed to be adaptable to complement and enhance each season’s particular aesthetics. Additionally, the ceiling in the showroom space needed to allow for optimized height in an environment where structural, mechanical, electrical and sprinkler systems were all designed to be concealed. A combination of numerous computeraided design scripts took into account various input variables and finally led to the generation of a Smart Cloud.
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| Year |
2008 |
| Authors |
Cabrinha, Mark. |
| Issue |
Silicon + Skin: Biological Processes and Computation, |
| Pages |
126-133 |
| Library link |
N/A |
| Entry filename |
generation-smart-cloud |
