Facade elements with fractal characteristics: parametric design process and its consequential behavior in daylight

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https://doi.org/10.11606/gtp.v17i2.185169

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Fractal geometry, Parametric process, Generative process, Facade elements, Simulation

Abstract

This research deals with the development of a parametric process for the application of fractal geometric patterns in architectural façade elements. Aiming to develop and evaluate a design process that makes it possible to generate facade components with characteristics of linear fractal geometry, organize them according to the incident radiation and verify the complexity of their composition through the fractal dimension. For this, a parametric and generative process was built in a visual programming tool and plug-ins, following an adapted performance model. As a result, it is possible to identify and verify the behavior of daylight in indoor environments, resulting from the choice of the linear fractal pattern of the composition organized from the radiation and the urban environment used. Subsequently, based on the results, a correlation was developed between the compositions and the urban environment, demonstrating that the use of controllers allows the interior daylight to be controlled by the designer, distributing light regardless of the verticalization of the urban environment.

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  • Pedro Oscar Pizzetti Mariano, Universidade do Federal de Santa Catarina

    Possui graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina - UDESC (2014). Pós-graduação em Arquitetura, Construção e Gestão de Edificações Sustentáveis, pela AVM Faculdade Integrada (2016). E é mestre pelo programa Pós-Arq da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, com a dissertação de título: Processo de Projeto Paramétrico de Elementos de Fachada com Características da Geometria Fractal Considerando seu Comportamento Lumínico. E atualmente é doutorando pelo programa Pós-Arq da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

  • Alice Theresinha Cybis Pereira, Federal University of Santa Catarina

    Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1982); specialization in Housing by the same University (1984); PhD in Architecture; at the Faculty of Architectural Studies at the University of Sheffield having been supervised by Bryan Lawson (1992) and Postdoctoral at De Monfort University in Leicester / UK working with Andrew Huggil (2013). Professor at the Department. of Graphic Expression at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1994-2016). She became Full Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in 2016. From 2017, she works as a permanent professor in the graduate course in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in the Voluntary modality. The areas of expertise are Virtual Learning Environments, Hypermedia Learning Resources, CAAD and BIM, Sound Design on digital interfaces and Distance Education. She has extensive experience in mentoring students for advanced studies and has contributed to approximately 63 masters and 13 doctorates. She leads the CNPq research group entitled: Study group in Hipermidias environments focused on the teaching and learning process created in 1997 with Profa. Vania Ribas Ulbricht. She organized and chaired 3 National congresses (COINFA'98; CONAHPA 2009 and 2011), 2 International (ICBL 2009; SIGRADI 2015), 3 Animation shows (AnimaCatarina 2010, 2012, 2015). She has been a member of the International Executive Committee of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics since 2015. She serves on the Editorial Board of Revista Estudos em Design (since 2013). She served as Design Coordinator for AVEA of the UFSC Letras Libras Project (2005-2015). She coordinated the project AVA_AD: Virtual Learning Environment in Architecture and Design (2001-2015). Since 2013, she coordinates the TEAR_AD project, a network that integrates several universities in order to promote the use of technologies in Teaching and Learning strategies in the areas of Architecture and Design, having made available in 2016 the official website: http://tearad.ufsc.br .

  • Gabriela Pinho Mallmann, Federal University of Santa Catarina

    Undergraduate student in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). Currently she is a fellow of the PET group (Tutorial Education Program) of the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at UFSC.

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MARIANO, Pedro Oscar Pizzetti; PEREIRA, Alice Theresinha Cybis; MALLMANN, Gabriela Pinho. Facade elements with fractal characteristics: parametric design process and its consequential behavior in daylight. Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos (Design Management and Technology), São Carlos, v. 17, n. 2, p. 39–55, 2022. DOI: 10.11606/gtp.v17i2.185169. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/gestaodeprojetos/article/view/185169.. Acesso em: 11 jan. 2026.