spinning-highrise-tower

// Spinning Highrise Tower // A conceptual high-rise tower with a central core and rotating floor slabs, demonstrating dynamic form through vertical repetition and transformation     @settings(defaultLengthUnit = m, kclVersion = 1.0)  // Define global parameters for floor geometry and building layout floorCount = 17 floorHeight = 5 slabWidth = 30 slabThickness = 0.5 rotationAngleStep = 5 handrailHeight = 1.2 handrailThickness = 0.3 balconyDepth = 3  // Calculate facade and core geometry from parameters facadeWidth = slabWidth - (balconyDepth * 2) facadeHeight = floorHeight - slabThickness coreHeight = floorCount * floorHeight - slabThickness frameSide = 0.1 windowTargetWidth = 6 windowTargetCount = facadeWidth / windowTargetWidth windowCount = round(windowTargetCount) windowWidth = facadeWidth / windowCount  // Helper function: Creates a box from a center plane with given width and height fn boxFn(plane, width, height) {  shape = startSketchOn(plane)  |> startProfile(at = [-width / 2, -width / 2])  |> line(end = [0, width])  |> line(end = [width, 0])  |> line(end = [0, -width])  |> line(endAbsolute = [profileStartX(%), profileStartY(%)])  |> close()  body = extrude(shape, length = height)  return body }  // Helper function: Defines transformation (translation and rotation) for each floor fn transformFn(@i) {  return {  translate = [0, 0, i * floorHeight],  rotation = { angle = rotationAngleStep * i }  } }  // Create building base baseThickness = 0.2 baseSlab = boxFn(plane = XY, width = slabWidth, height = -baseThickness)  |> appearance(color = "#dbd7d2")  // Create ground platform beneath the base groundSize = 50 groundBody = boxFn(plane = offsetPlane(XY, offset = -baseThickness), width = groundSize, height = -5)  |> appearance(color = "#3a3631")  // Create a single slab with handrail height to be reused with pattern slabAndHandrailGeometry = boxFn(plane = offsetPlane(XY, offset = floorHeight - slabThickness), width = slabWidth, height = slabThickness + handrailHeight) slabVoidStart = -slabWidth / 2 + handrailThickness slabVoidWidth = slabWidth - (handrailThickness * 2) slabVoidShape = startSketchOn(slabAndHandrailGeometry, face = END)  |> startProfile(at = [slabVoidStart, slabVoidStart])  |> line(end = [0, slabVoidWidth])  |> line(end = [slabVoidWidth, 0])  |> line(end = [0, -slabVoidWidth])  |> line(endAbsolute = [profileStartX(%), profileStartY(%)])  |> close()  // Generate and pattern slabs with voids across all floors slabBody = extrude(slabVoidShape, length = -handrailHeight)  |> patternTransform(instances = floorCount, transform = transformFn)  |> appearance(color = "#dbd7d2")  // Create structural core of the tower coreLength = 10 coreWidth = 8 core = startSketchOn(XY)  |> startProfile(at = [-coreLength / 2, -coreWidth / 2])  |> line(end = [0, coreWidth])  |> line(end = [coreLength, 0])  |> line(end = [-0.22, -coreWidth])  |> line(endAbsolute = [profileStartX(%), profileStartY(%)])  |> close()  |> extrude(length = coreHeight)  // Create facade panels for each floor facadeStart = facadeWidth / 2 facadeGeometry = boxFn(plane = XY, width = facadeWidth, height = facadeHeight)  |> patternTransform(instances = floorCount, transform = transformFn)  |> appearance(color = "#151819")