Rifat Tabassoom

Introduction: My project is based on the Al Bahar Tower at Abu Dhabi, UAE. This project is a successful example of climate responsive design.  In extreme high temperature of Abu Dhabi, the dynamic facades of the towers respond towards the sun exposure to protect indoor environments from heat gain and glare irritations. The facades are inspired from "Mashrabiya", an architectural element, which is typically used in traditional Islamic architecture to provide shading and privacy to indoor spaces with latticework over windows and terraces.   Project Workflow: In my project, I created responsive facade mechanism with dynamic shading device, similar as Al Bahar Tower.  The Grasshopper scripting was divided in several steps as following: Creation of the form and floors of the tower. Creation of diagrid structure around the tower. Selection of parts of the facade for dynamic shading device. Paneling over the selected parts of the facades and generation of modules from the panels. Cr