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CityFormGen

Generative and optimisation methods for middle housing, compared under matched compute

RESEARCH GENERATIVE-DESIGN BENCHMARK - NOT CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION OR CODE CERTIFICATION.

B0001 · knee point · seed 1

B0001-sketch-1-323

Random sketch + repairF′ · meets all 17 benchmark constraints. Brief B0001

Plan drawing of a courtyard on a 19.2 by 24.8 metre lot, 2 storeys, 4 dwellings, 24 rooms. Dwelling U0 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 78 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 90 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 90 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 78 square metres. Building footprint 222 square metres; open space 256 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.75, daylight 0.56, privacy 0.82, circulation 0.53, carbon 0.79, cost 0.60.
B0001 · sketch · seed 1scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✓ FEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a courtyard on a 19.2 by 24.8 metre lot, 2 storeys, 4 dwellings, 24 rooms. Dwelling U0 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 78 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 90 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 90 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 78 square metres. Building footprint 222 square metres; open space 256 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.75, daylight 0.56, privacy 0.82, circulation 0.53, carbon 0.79, cost 0.60.

Objective vector

Proxy scores in [0, 1], higher is better. Kept as a vector; there is no overall score.

density
0.749
daylight
0.560
privacy
0.824
circulation
0.526
carbon
0.794
cost
0.599

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.93
site utilisation
0.837
gross floor area, m²
444.3
footprint, m²
222.1
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
334
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.37
worst habitable room, daylight
0.298
circulation share of GFA
37%
open space, net of parking
53%
courtyard void, m²
37.5
plumbing stacks
4
footprint corners
8
preferred adjacencies met
100%

Benchmark constraints

Benchmark rules, not building code.

  • C01geometry valid passed
  • C02no overlap passed
  • C03within buildable passed
  • C04min room area passed
  • C05min room dimension passed
  • C06max room aspect passed
  • C07min unit area passed
  • C08unit connectivity passed
  • C09street access passed
  • C10habitable daylight passed
  • C11required adjacency passed
  • C12forbidden door passed
  • C13open space passed
  • C14courtyard provision passed
  • C15programme complete passed
  • C16unit contiguity passed
  • C17vertical support passed

Dwellings and rooms

DwellingTypeArea m²Rooms
U01BR77.85
U11BR89.75
U22BR89.76
U32BR77.86
All 24 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared054.616.30 × 3.35
CORE@1shared circulationshared154.616.30 × 3.35
U1@0#3bathroomU1017.93.40 × 5.25
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1024.83.40 × 7.30
U1@0#0entryU106.63.75 × 1.75
U1@0#1livingU1019.73.75 × 5.25
U1@0#2kitchenU1020.83.75 × 5.55
U2@1#0entryU2115.47.15 × 2.15
U2@1#2kitchenU2111.53.60 × 3.20
U2@1#1livingU2111.43.55 × 3.20
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2113.13.80 × 3.45
U2@1#3bathroomU2111.63.35 × 3.45
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU2126.87.15 × 3.75
U0@0#2kitchenU0021.14.05 × 5.20
U0@0#1livingU0014.04.05 × 3.45
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU0015.84.05 × 3.90
U0@0#0entryU0014.62.15 × 6.80
U0@0#3bathroomU0012.42.15 × 5.75
U3@1#2kitchenU3110.23.15 × 3.25
U3@1#1livingU3116.53.15 × 5.25
U3@1#5bedroom secondaryU3112.83.15 × 4.05
U3@1#0entryU3120.63.05 × 6.75
U3@1#3bathroomU315.53.05 × 1.80
U3@1#4bedroom primaryU3112.23.05 × 4.00

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