Project -1 BIM | Saranya Gunasekar |ARCH 653 | Turning Torso, Sweden
Name: Turning Torso
Location: Sweden
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Turning Torso is a beautiful tower located in Malmo, Sweden designed by Architect Santiago Calatrava. It is a largest building in Nordic Region, Europe.
The tower is designed based on the twisting tower concept. The building is 190m tall. It is divided into nine segments, each consisting of five-story irregularly shaped pentagons that twist relative to one another as the building rises. From the ground to the top, the tower completes a 90-degree twist. With a total of 54 floors, each floor is rotated by 1.667 degrees from the one below. The building features a central cylindrical concrete core that vertically integrates key elements, including elevators, staircases, and major service systems. The typical plan view of the tower, shown below, provides a clearer understanding of the overall design.
Massing:
Using plan view as a reference, I created base geometry shape of the tower on the reference point plane.
Since the building is divided into 9 segments separated by one floor open to the exterior, I created 21 levels to reflect this segmentation with equal floor heights. I used height as a parameter of the building mass which can be controlled parametrically to ensure uniformity across the structure. And then I pasted the base geometry to all the levels and assigned rotation parameter to all reference point, rotating each segments by 10degree.
Next, I created a mass volume for each segment individually using the outlined shapes. The central cylindrical shaft was modeled as a solid form. For the vertical steel frame, I selected all the circles and generated the entire mass at once, while the smaller horizontal steel elements were created separately, one by one.
Curtain Family:
I used 1/2 step curtain panel family to begin my facade. I designed the envelope window with a 3D projection using reference points and lines, integrating both the glass panel and frame. The depth and frame thickness are set as adjustable parameters, enabling easy parametric modifications to suit varying design needs.
Envelope:
And then, I applied curtain family to the mass family.
I flex the mass model by changing the assigned parameters.
BIM Project:
I loaded this nested family into the project file where I created the topography, and gradually applied mass floors, roofs and walls to the model.
Floor plan:
I created residential floor plan for “Level 05” which includes partition walls, furnitures and elevator.
Autodesk Cloud Render:
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AI Render:
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