Sloping façade building section: an

exploratory study with shape grammar

Sloping façades planes

Ex: figure 05

Envelope

Ex: figure 06

Structural elements

Ex: figure 22

Sloping planes +

structural elements

Ex: figure 35

I N T E R N AT I O N A L S L O P I N G

FA Ç A D E S B U I L D I N G S x

BRAZILIANS SLOPING FAÇADES

BUILDINGS

SLOPING FAÇADES TYPES EXTRUDED / REVOLVED VOLUMES

Extruded volume

Ex: figure 35

Revolved volume

Ex: figure 25

SOME BUILDINGS AND THEIR SECTIONS - MAXIMAL SHAPES

This undergoing research proposes the categorization of

buildings based on morphologic criteria. A group buildings

which have sloping façades as a common characteristic was

defined. Next, a shape grammar was developed, with the

objective of establishing a set of rules that could be used to

confirm if other designs belong to the same family of objects,

and to which extent.

SHAPE RULES

DERIVATION OF PAULISTANO ATLHETIC CLUB

RULE 01 - R1 RULE 02 - R2 RULE 03 - R3 RULE 04 - R4 REGRA 05 - R5

RULE 06 - R6 RULE 07 - R7

PAULISTANO ATLHETIC CLUB SECTION

SIMPLIFIED SECTION REVOLVED VOLUME