Reversal

Looking at the 斗拱 (dougong) in Chinese architecture and thinking of ways to incorporate this into my design (one of my original ideas) made me experiment with flipping the skeleton around. I like the more enclosed feeling form it has created and the resemblance to a lotus flower. The reason for the 斗拱 was to give the roof a wider overhang, protecting the structure from rain, and to enable the eaves to be upturned, permitting light to enter despite the extra wide eaves.

I thought I could build a roof structure using using dougong and turned the skeleton around to allow this. I don't like how complex the structure is becoming though so I may think of another way to create the roof form I want without using dougong. The upturned eaves will also give the form a resemblance of lotus petals turning up and the ends. 

It is taking me too long to figure out how to do this in Rhino so I will export my file and try it in Revit for the concept.