The Point of the Tower

01 / THE POINTED PLAN

A single nose gives the frame a direction.

An 18-by-18-metre rear body extends 18 metres to a point, forming a pentagonal plan. Bracing follows its two slopes, visible from the boulevard.

Thirty four-metre floors rotate 48 degrees around a fixed core in six five-floor modules. Seven belts mark the base, module boundaries and roof. Rotation takes a cue from Santiago Calatrava’s Turning Torso, while this study develops its own plan and street logic.

DESIGN ATLAS / 06 FRAMES

Follow the design rules.

Select a stage to trace the design from plan to street, separating editable Rhino geometry from presentation atmosphere.

01 Plan02 Twist03 Frame04 Core05 Street06 Light

MODEL / PLAN

Five sides, one pointed face

An 18-by-18-metre rear body extends 18 metres to a point, where its sloping edges meet.

Decision

Brace the tapering edges.

Result

One perimeter drives each floor.

02 / THE WORKING INTERFACE

Codex turns design intent into an editable definition.

Codex reads design instructions and Grasshopper references, then uses Rhino-MCP-Platform to edit and solve the Rhino 8 definition. Grasshopper holds the parametric logic; Rhino stores the editable 3DM and GHX.

The GHX contains 128 objects, 168 wires, nine annotated groups and 25 sliders. Native components build floors and braces; two C# scripts generate glazing and context. The viewer reads this snapshot. The Grasshopper skill and RhinoAI guide are references; installed Swiftlet is not used by this graph.

03 / STRUCTURE AND OCCUPATION

A repeatable floor makes the silhouette inhabitable.

Thirty 320-millimetre plates rotate around a continuous 9-by-8-metre core. Twenty-four diagonals, one spine and seven belts form the frame; the five-sided envelope has 900 default glazing surfaces.

Rhino layers keep core, slabs, glass and braces inspectable. The read-only viewer exposes names, ports, groups and sampled outputs; Grasshopper remains the editing surface.

04 / THE GROUND PLANE

The boulevard gives the brace a public address.

Ten low-rise buildings, 624 window panels and a 17.2-metre roof line frame the boulevard. A slider sets the sidewalk gap from 0 to 12 metres, saved at 3. A pedestrian-height street-axis camera frames the pointed nose.

05 / FROM MODEL TO IMAGE

Light and movement come after the model.

Rhino and Grasshopper define the architecture. ImageGen adds materials, planting, people, cars and light for presentation, not model geometry.

The four-second film turns live wireframe through 0, 24 and 48 degrees for two seconds, then shifts the fixed 48-degree scene from golden hour to night. Seedance 2.5 uses matched references while holding camera, tower and street layout.

06 / THE FINAL VIEW

One tower, three states.

The same boulevard view moves from editable wireframe to golden hour and night; only illumination changes.