Eastland Town Center By Acme
Image of the facade – (source Arch daily)
// BRIEF
The main task of this exercise is to decode the logic of complex facade systems, analyzing and defining the computational process behind them. The building chosen for this project was the Eastland Town Center By Acme.
// BUILDING INFORMATION
- Location: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
- Area: 72780.0 m2
- Type: Shopping centers
- Year: 2011
Eastland Shopping Center is Located in a suburban fringe of Melbourne, Australia, the new mall is the product of an unusual partnership between three design practices in London: ACME, Universal Design Studio, and Soft room.
Architects ACME designed the new hotel, as well as creating a town square, a sculptural entrance to the mall (the Shard), a library and civic center, the David Jones department store, and a number of multi-story car parks. Universal Design Studio was responsible for the interior design of the refurbished central mall, as well as the smaller link malls. Soft room designed a largely glazed roof light that links the existing part of Eastland with the new Town Square.
Detail of the facade – (source Arch daily)
// PSEUDO CODE
// CODE DEVELOPMENT
In this facade the main geometry shape is diamond panels and with various scales. The scaling is connected to attractor points which creates this facade.
// ITERATIONS
// RENDERED FACADE
// GRASSHOPPER DEFINITION
// CITATIONS
Parametric Skins / Eastland Town Center By Acme is a project of IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
developed at the Master in Advanced Architecture in 2019 by:
Student: Nareh Khaloian
Faculty: Rodrigo Aguirre, Mohamad Elatab
Assistant: Ivan Marchuk, Oana Taut
