Parametric Windcatcher Model Prototype
Texas A&M University Department of Architecture ARCH 653 - Prof. Wei Yan, PhD Antonio A Vázquez Molinary Project 1 Description Project 1 served as a great opportunity to develop a parametric model prototype for my own research using Revit. As a PhD student, I plan on conducting a parametric analysis of a windcatcher's natural ventilation and daylighting performance within a tropical hot and humid climate. Windcatchers are roof mounted devices that direct the wind to the interior spaces, and they can also act as a light scoop. The windcatcher was integrated in a generic double-loaded corridor building model. Both the windcatcher and the host building were modeled parametrically. The model was initially created using a conceptual mass family in which the rooms and windcatcher were modeled as separate volumes. This mass family was then loaded into a project file and where the floor, walls and roofs were generated using the massing tools. The openings of the windcatcher and the