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Project 2- Melbourne Rectangular Stadium

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PROJECT 2 | Professor: Dr. Wei Yan Karla Padilla (M.Arch Student) Texas A&M University  MELBOURNE RECTANGULAR STADIUM  Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Parametric form (mass and skin) For project the mass and skin of the stadium were created using a script that had a lot of repetition and in my opinion extra steps.  For project 2 I decided to optimized the script for a more parametrically controlled model. The structure nodes for the seating stayed the same, I wanted the facade (skin) to 'follow' the seats if the field change dimensions. To do that, I used the area of the field and used its corners as starting points for the facade.  Overall the creation of the facade (skin) stayed the same as project one, however, I did go over and deleted extra steps or nodes and simplified it achieving the same result. (see image) Figure 2 Analyses Truss One of the main components of the stadium facade is a truss that connects each panel, I wanted to create a truss that will also follow th