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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 · knee point · seed 0

B0009-heuristic-0~r36

HeuristicA · 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 83 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 79 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 79 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 83 square metres. Building footprint 184 square metres; open space 204 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 1.00, daylight 0.44, privacy 0.76, circulation 0.67, carbon 0.82, cost 0.67.
B0009 · heuristic · 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 83 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 79 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 79 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 83 square metres. Building footprint 184 square metres; open space 204 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 1.00, daylight 0.44, privacy 0.76, circulation 0.67, carbon 0.82, cost 0.67.

Objective vector

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

density
1.000
daylight
0.437
privacy
0.760
circulation
0.667
carbon
0.820
cost
0.665

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.93
site utilisation
1.000
gross floor area, m²
367.4
footprint, m²
183.7
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
325
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.27
worst habitable room, daylight
0.260
circulation share of GFA
15%
open space, net of parking
49%
courtyard void, m²
0.0
plumbing stacks
2
footprint corners
4
preferred adjacencies met
0%

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
U01BR82.95
U11BR79.15
U22BR78.66
U32BR83.46
All 24 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared021.71.30 × 16.70
CORE@1shared circulationshared121.71.30 × 16.70
U0@0#2kitchenU0011.01.95 × 5.65
U0@0#3bathroomU003.31.95 × 1.70
U0@0#0entryU002.31.95 × 1.20
U0@0#1livingU0029.53.45 × 8.55
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU0036.84.30 × 8.55
U1@0#0entryU102.52.10 × 1.20
U1@0#3bathroomU105.92.10 × 2.80
U1@0#2kitchenU108.72.10 × 4.15
U1@0#1livingU1026.53.25 × 8.15
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1035.54.35 × 8.15
U3@1#2kitchenU319.82.05 × 4.80
U3@1#3bathroomU315.32.05 × 2.60
U3@1#0entryU312.52.05 × 1.20
U3@1#1livingU3140.04.65 × 8.60
U3@1#4bedroom primaryU3111.73.00 × 3.90
U3@1#5bedroom secondaryU3114.13.00 × 4.70
U2@1#0entryU212.62.05 × 1.25
U2@1#3bathroomU213.32.05 × 1.60
U2@1#2kitchenU2110.82.05 × 5.25
U2@1#1livingU2136.04.45 × 8.10
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2118.13.20 × 5.65
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU217.83.20 × 2.45

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