Parametric Modeling As A Tool For Designing A Bamboo Roof In A Building For An Indigenous Population

This work presents part of an indigenous cultural center developed for the Potiguara people of Paraíba, who, due to the acculturation process they have undergone, currently face a lack of spaces that reflects their identity. The main goal is to present the process of creating a contemporary space for maintaining indigenous culture, using parametric modeling to integrate symbolic characteristics of indigenous community with characteristics of a bamboo building structure. The methodology adopted was 1) comprehension of indigenous graphism; 2) study of the bamboo construction system; 3) creation of parametric model; 4) refinements in parametric modeling regarding the construction system; and 5) choice of design alternative from the parametric code. As a result, the development of the code and logic used for parametric modeling and design of the bamboo structure is presented. The discussions reflect on the connections of structures without regular angles, and the challenges faced in designing the code.