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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.

B0020 · knee point · seed 1

B0020-sketch-1-1126

Random sketch + repairF′ · meets all 17 benchmark constraints. Brief B0020

Plan drawing of a duplex on a 18.0 by 21.2 metre lot, 2 storeys, 2 dwellings, 14 rooms. Dwelling U0 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 114 square metres. Dwelling U1 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 114 square metres. Building footprint 128 square metres; open space 250 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.93, daylight 0.65, privacy 0.93, circulation 0.62, carbon 0.82, cost 0.65.
B0020 · sketch · seed 1scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✓ FEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a duplex on a 18.0 by 21.2 metre lot, 2 storeys, 2 dwellings, 14 rooms. Dwelling U0 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 114 square metres. Dwelling U1 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 114 square metres. Building footprint 128 square metres; open space 250 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.93, daylight 0.65, privacy 0.93, circulation 0.62, carbon 0.82, cost 0.65.

Objective vector

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

density
0.930
daylight
0.645
privacy
0.927
circulation
0.624
carbon
0.816
cost
0.649

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.67
site utilisation
0.954
gross floor area, m²
255.7
footprint, m²
127.9
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
326
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.29
worst habitable room, daylight
0.535
circulation share of GFA
18%
open space, net of parking
66%
courtyard void, m²
0.0
plumbing stacks
2
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
U02BR114.46
U12BR114.46
All 14 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared013.51.40 × 9.65
CORE@1shared circulationshared113.51.40 × 9.65
U0@0#0entryU006.01.90 × 3.15
U0@0#2kitchenU0012.43.95 × 3.15
U0@0#1livingU0038.05.85 × 6.50
U0@0#5bedroom secondaryU0016.86.00 × 2.80
U0@0#3bathroomU0012.36.00 × 2.05
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU0028.86.00 × 4.80
U1@1#2kitchenU1138.97.20 × 5.40
U1@1#4bedroom primaryU1125.14.65 × 5.40
U1@1#0entryU1111.92.80 × 4.25
U1@1#1livingU1114.93.50 × 4.25
U1@1#5bedroom secondaryU1113.83.25 × 4.25
U1@1#3bathroomU119.82.30 × 4.25

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