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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 · best infeasible · seed 0

B0023-random-0-135

Random searchB · violates 3 of 17 benchmark constraints (9 violations). 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 55 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 52 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 107 square metres. Building footprint 145 square metres; open space 227 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion, no street access. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.85, daylight 0.32, privacy 0.78, circulation 0.52, carbon 0.81, cost 0.51.
B0023 · random · seed 0scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✕ INFEASIBLE

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 55 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 52 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 107 square metres. Building footprint 145 square metres; open space 227 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion, no street access. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.85, daylight 0.32, privacy 0.78, circulation 0.52, carbon 0.81, cost 0.51.

Objective vector

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

density
0.850
daylight
0.320
privacy
0.777
circulation
0.524
carbon
0.812
cost
0.514

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.79
site utilisation
0.902
gross floor area, m²
290.7
footprint, m²
145.3
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
328
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.50
worst habitable room, daylight
0.191
circulation share of GFA
32%
open space, net of parking
61%
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 failedkitchen clear dim 1.30 < 1.80 mbathroom clear dim 1.30 < 1.50 mliving clear dim 2.45 < 2.70 m
  • C06max room aspect failedkitchen aspect 4.50 > 3.00living aspect 2.75 > 2.60kitchen aspect 3.36 > 3.00…and 1 more
  • C07min unit area passed
  • C08unit connectivity passed
  • C09street access failedentry not reachable from the streetentry not reachable from the street
  • 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
U0studio55.44
U11BR51.75
U22BR107.16
All 17 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared038.38.50 × 4.50
CORE@1shared circulationshared138.38.50 × 4.50
U1@0#2kitchenU107.61.30 × 5.85
U1@0#0entryU104.21.30 × 3.20
U1@0#3bathroomU104.61.30 × 3.55
U1@0#1livingU1021.62.80 × 7.70
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1013.72.80 × 4.90
U0@0#3bathroomU006.21.95 × 3.20
U0@0#0entryU005.61.95 × 2.85
U0@0#2kitchenU0012.81.95 × 6.55
U0@0#1livingU0030.92.45 × 12.60
U2@1#0entryU215.63.10 × 1.80
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU2114.63.10 × 4.70
U2@1#2kitchenU2113.53.10 × 4.35
U2@1#3bathroomU215.43.10 × 1.75
U2@1#1livingU2148.15.40 × 8.90
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2120.05.40 × 3.70

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