Studio 4 Final
Program: Multi-Modal Transit Station with Car and Bike rental shops, retail, food court, and office tower.
Site: Charlotte, N.C.
Charlotte N.C. downtown map showing 4 wards and site location (blue area)
Site Panoramic looking over existing site conditions and existing railroad condition. Site location is on right of main road where a small greyhound station is currently residing.
Charlotte Sky Line from eye level near site.
Grasshopper was used to create a double- double helix form through 1 point and a series of 4 ellipses. I went through many iterations I explored the geometry of the tower parametrically.
Iteration #1
Iteration #2
Iteration #3
Iteration #4
Final Iteration
I decided on the final tower on the left and added a continuation of the form that reaches out over the ground to create two small outdoor areas to be part of the site plan.
The tower uses a double skin system which acts as a shading system for the building as well as creating opportunities for ventilation around the structure and through the skin system.
Vector Points and Vector Lines were used through the use of grasshopper to produce several flow and density grids that I then used to create the site plan flow and circulation as well as where to locate programmatic elements.
First Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Trolley Stop design
Section A-A
Section B-B
