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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.

B0023 · daylight-optimal · seed 2

B0023-anneal-2-572

Simulated annealingC · meets all 17 benchmark constraints. Brief B0023

Plan drawing of a triplex on a 13.5 by 27.4 metre lot, 2 storeys, 3 dwellings, 17 rooms. Dwelling U0 (studio) has 4 rooms totalling 33 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 60 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 93 square metres. Building footprint 101 square metres; open space 270 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.43, daylight 0.69, privacy 0.75, circulation 0.68, carbon 0.74, cost 0.30.
B0023 · anneal · seed 2scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✓ FEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a triplex on a 13.5 by 27.4 metre lot, 2 storeys, 3 dwellings, 17 rooms. Dwelling U0 (studio) has 4 rooms totalling 33 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 60 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 93 square metres. Building footprint 101 square metres; open space 270 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.43, daylight 0.69, privacy 0.75, circulation 0.68, carbon 0.74, cost 0.30.

Objective vector

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

density
0.430
daylight
0.686
privacy
0.754
circulation
0.677
carbon
0.738
cost
0.298

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.55
site utilisation
0.630
gross floor area, m²
202.9
footprint, m²
101.4
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
354
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.84
worst habitable room, daylight
0.327
circulation share of GFA
16%
open space, net of parking
73%
courtyard void, m²
0.0
plumbing stacks
3
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
U0studio33.14
U11BR60.05
U22BR93.26
All 17 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared08.36.90 × 1.20
CORE@1shared circulationshared18.36.90 × 1.20
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1011.73.35 × 3.50
U1@0#3bathroomU1017.43.35 × 5.20
U1@0#0entryU106.21.40 × 4.45
U1@0#2kitchenU109.62.15 × 4.45
U1@0#1livingU1015.13.55 × 4.25
U0@0#1livingU0019.03.95 × 4.80
U0@0#3bathroomU004.42.95 × 1.50
U0@0#0entryU004.12.95 × 1.40
U0@0#2kitchenU005.62.95 × 1.90
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2118.33.45 × 5.30
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU2128.33.45 × 8.20
U2@1#3bathroomU214.41.70 × 2.60
U2@1#0entryU214.51.75 × 2.60
U2@1#1livingU2121.93.45 × 6.35
U2@1#2kitchenU2115.73.45 × 4.55

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