Voronoi Tower

Location: San Francisco, CA
Floors: 25-story tower
Year: 2025
Marc Northstar role: Façade & Computational Designer

AI-Generated Day SceneThe daytime visualization, enhanced through AI, captures the façade’s interaction with natural light, emphasizing its shading efficiency and seamless integration within the San Francisco skyline. Architect Marc Northstar
AI-Generated Night SceneThe night rendering highlights the tower’s illuminated pattern, showcasing its dynamic presence and enhancing the architectural narrative through strategic lighting and atmospheric effects. American Architect Marc Northstar

The façade of the 25-story Voronoi Tower was generated using Grasshopper scripting, leveraging parametric design to achieve an optimized pattern inspired by natural Voronoi tessellations. This computational approach allowed for precise control over panel sizes, distribution, and structural integration, ensuring both aesthetic appeal and functional performance in a Mediterranean-type  climate. The script facilitated an efficient workflow, minimizing material waste and enhancing solar shading efficiency.

In the visualization phase, the design was rendered in Lumion, followed by AI-generated enhancements to depict both day and night scenarios within the Californian context of San Francisco. These renderings effectively communicate the façade’s dynamic interaction with natural light and its integration into the urban environment.

Lumion Draft Workflow
Initial visualization was developed in Lumion, providing a foundational representation of the Voronoi Tower’s materiality, lighting, and spatial presence. This phase served as a draft to establish key visual elements and overall composition.

AI-Generated Night Scene
The night rendering highlights the tower’s illuminated pattern, showcasing its dynamic presence and enhancing the architectural narrative through strategic lighting and atmospheric effects.

AI-Generated Night SceneThe night rendering highlights the tower’s illuminated pattern, showcasing its dynamic presence and enhancing the architectural narrative through strategic lighting and atmospheric effects. American Architect Marc Northstar

AI-Generated Day Scene
The daytime visualization, enhanced through AI, captures the façade’s interaction with natural light, emphasizing its shading efficiency and seamless integration within the San Francisco skyline.

AI-Generated Day SceneThe daytime visualization, enhanced through AI, captures the façade’s interaction with natural light, emphasizing its shading efficiency and seamless integration within the San Francisco skyline. Architect Marc Northstar