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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 · knee point · seed 0

B0023-heuristic_nsga2-0-672

Heuristic-seeded NSGA-IIA+D · 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 54 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 91 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 146 square metres. Building footprint 158 square metres; open space 205 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.97, daylight 0.51, privacy 0.77, circulation 0.76, carbon 0.83, cost 0.63.
B0023 · heuristic_nsga2 · seed 0scale 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 54 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 91 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 146 square metres. Building footprint 158 square metres; open space 205 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.97, daylight 0.51, privacy 0.77, circulation 0.76, carbon 0.83, cost 0.63.

Objective vector

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

density
0.974
daylight
0.508
privacy
0.767
circulation
0.756
carbon
0.834
cost
0.631

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.86
site utilisation
0.983
gross floor area, m²
316.8
footprint, m²
158.4
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
320
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.32
worst habitable room, daylight
0.169
circulation share of GFA
11%
open space, net of parking
57%
courtyard void, m²
0.0
plumbing stacks
3
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
U0studio54.34
U11BR91.45
U22BR145.76
All 17 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared012.78.75 × 1.45
CORE@1shared circulationshared112.78.75 × 1.45
U1@0#2kitchenU1011.65.50 × 2.10
U1@0#3bathroomU103.71.75 × 2.10
U1@0#0entryU103.11.50 × 2.10
U1@0#1livingU1033.78.75 × 3.85
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1039.48.75 × 4.50
U0@0#2kitchenU007.93.85 × 2.05
U0@0#0entryU002.71.30 × 2.05
U0@0#3bathroomU007.43.60 × 2.05
U0@0#1livingU0036.38.75 × 4.15
U2@1#3bathroomU214.81.90 × 2.50
U2@1#0entryU213.61.45 × 2.50
U2@1#2kitchenU2113.55.40 × 2.50
U2@1#1livingU2171.88.75 × 8.20
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2129.85.00 × 5.95
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU2122.33.75 × 5.95

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