PARAMETRIC FACADES // JAPAN HOUSE SÃO PAULO
The building was formerly a bank located at Paulista Avenue, which is Sao Paulo’s city center. We repaired it by designing a wooden façade and the interior using washi (Japanese paper). Sao Paulo is a typical city of business in the world, but we added a place like a warm “house” for people to it.
https://www.archdaily.com/923091/japan-house-sao-paulo-kengo-kuma-and-associates-plus-fgmf
The façade is made of wired Kiso hinoki cypress supported by carbon fiber, which was put together to express a forest that emerged in the big city. The main material in the interior is metallic mesh in washi style – an expanded aluminum metal soaked in liquefied paper mulberry. The combination of the traditional and the new material helped create a modern and transparent space that could convey another Japanese style.
https://www.archdaily.com/923091/japan-house-sao-paulo-kengo-kuma-and-associates-plus-fgmf
With its facilities such as a museum, lecture hall, shop and restaurant, the Japan House has also become a new sightseeing spot in Sao Paulo and attracts lots of people.
PSEUDO CODE
CODE DEVELOPMENT
Vertical Louvers
Horizontal Louvers
Full Model
Iterations
Some of the Iterations that can be applied:
1.Horizontal Rotation by making the louvers rotate around the Y-Axis
2.Vertical Rotation by rotating the Louvers around the X-Axis
Renders
Animation
PARAMETRIC FACADES // JAPAN HOUSE SÃO PAULO is a project of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed at Master in Advanced Architecture in 2020/2021 by:
Student: Daniel Sorial
Faculty: Rodrigo Aguirre | Faculty Assistant: Ashkan Foroughi