Happy Valentines Day! Sorry I've been bad about posting updates this semester. I had a meeting with my thesis adviser today and I presented what I had done so far, which included showing new iterations I had done. There are three main things that I need to do for next time: 1) find the cost per square foot for office spaces in Chicago, 2) I need to test my different iterations in 3ds Max and make changes based on what the facade schemes are actually doing and what I want to happen, and 3) I need to double check the height of the floors in the Sears Tower to make sure of the floor to ceiling height. Out of those three, the most important one is to test the schemes and make according changes.

Hi all, sorry I didn't post anything yesterday. I was importing a Rhino model of a section of Chicago into 3ds Max, which took quite a bit of time. Now I have the Sears Tower and two blocks on either side of it in 3ds Max. I also had a meeting with my thesis adviser today and in order to continue forward, I have to start testing daylighting conditions in 3ds Max, play around with Grasshopper plugin for Rhino, and start developing a way to display the information that I gather. To start off I am going to document the existing daylighting conditions and play with how to change those conditions sectionally. .  

Sorry I haven't posted in a while! I had my first thesis review today (my presentation is here) so the past few days have been a bit crazy. For today I had some references to my work last semester, which dealt with day-lighting and offices, and some new stuff. I came up with three different schemes to show my professors, overall I think my review went well, I definitely got some good feedback and my professors are excited by my project. I just need to think more critically about what kind of light I want, the quality of that light, which spaces I want influenced by that light, how deep the day-lighting system is going to be, and I should add empirical data to my drawings. To do some of this I am learning how to use 3ds Max and how to use the program to get day-light information for each scheme and the Sears Tower for specific times of the day and year.