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ARCH 653: Project 1

THE SPIRAL, New York This project is an attempt to apply the parametric modeling techniques that I learnt in this course. The selected project  "The Spiral" is located in New York, designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). The skyscraper has a total floor area of 2.6 million sq.ft and height of 1005 ft. The architect has intentionally created setbacks that twist and taper on the facade, to ensure that each floor has a dedicated outdoor area. I found the design intent of this project similar to the conical helix exercise, this, motivated me to select and explore this building further.  Step 1: Collect building information The images and information collected for this project  was predominantly obtained from the websites listed below: https://thespiralny.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/TheSpiral-FloorPlans.pdf http://bigbuilders.dk/?p=500 https://www.archdaily.com/781752/big-to-extend-high-line-vertically-with-spiral-tower https://big.dk/#projects-tsp