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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.

B0009 · daylight-optimal · seed 0

B0009-cpsat-0-0

CP-SATE · meets all 17 benchmark constraints. Brief B0009

Plan drawing of a fourplex on a 14.6 by 27.0 metre lot, 2 storeys, 4 dwellings, 24 rooms. Dwelling U0 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 108 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 69 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 64 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 92 square metres. Building footprint 182 square metres; open space 210 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.89, daylight 0.47, privacy 0.90, circulation 0.68, carbon 0.78, cost 0.49.
B0009 · cpsat · seed 0scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✓ FEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a fourplex on a 14.6 by 27.0 metre lot, 2 storeys, 4 dwellings, 24 rooms. Dwelling U0 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 108 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 69 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 64 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 92 square metres. Building footprint 182 square metres; open space 210 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.89, daylight 0.47, privacy 0.90, circulation 0.68, carbon 0.78, cost 0.49.

Objective vector

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

density
0.892
daylight
0.470
privacy
0.900
circulation
0.678
carbon
0.783
cost
0.492

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.87
site utilisation
0.929
gross floor area, m²
341.5
footprint, m²
181.5
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
338
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.54
worst habitable room, daylight
0.143
circulation share of GFA
11%
open space, net of parking
50%
courtyard void, m²
0.0
plumbing stacks
4
footprint corners
4
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
U01BR107.85
U11BR69.35
U22BR63.56
U32BR92.06
All 24 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
U0@0#0entryU002.31.50 × 1.50
U0@0#1livingU0015.03.00 × 5.00
U0@0#2kitchenU0065.05.00 × 13.00
U0@0#3bathroomU004.53.00 × 1.50
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU0021.03.00 × 7.00
U1@0#0entryU102.31.50 × 1.50
U1@0#1livingU1017.55.00 × 3.50
U1@0#2kitchenU107.53.00 × 2.50
U1@0#3bathroomU1021.03.00 × 7.00
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1021.03.00 × 7.00
U2@1#0entryU214.53.00 × 1.50
U2@1#1livingU2112.03.00 × 4.00
U2@1#2kitchenU2110.05.00 × 2.00
U2@1#3bathroomU2112.52.50 × 5.00
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2112.03.00 × 4.00
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU2112.55.00 × 2.50
U3@1#0entryU3118.03.00 × 6.00
U3@1#1livingU3118.03.00 × 6.00
U3@1#2kitchenU316.02.00 × 3.00
U3@1#3bathroomU3116.53.00 × 5.50
U3@1#4bedroom primaryU3121.03.00 × 7.00
U3@1#5bedroom secondaryU3112.52.50 × 5.00
CORE@0shared circulationshared04.53.00 × 1.50
CORE@1shared circulationshared14.53.00 × 1.50

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