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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.

B0025 · best infeasible · seed 1

B0025-random-1-10

Random searchB · violates 7 of 17 benchmark constraints (33 violations). Brief B0025

Plan drawing of a courtyard on a 19.3 by 26.8 metre lot, 2 storeys, 5 dwellings, 27 rooms. Dwelling U0 (studio) has 4 rooms totalling 31 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 40 square metres. Dwelling U2 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 47 square metres. Dwelling U3 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 47 square metres. Dwelling U4 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 71 square metres. Building footprint 152 square metres; open space 368 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: adjacency violation, bad proportion, daylight failure, insufficient area, no street access. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.42, daylight 0.50, privacy 0.77, circulation 0.49, carbon 0.67, cost 0.06.
B0025 · random · seed 1scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✕ INFEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a courtyard on a 19.3 by 26.8 metre lot, 2 storeys, 5 dwellings, 27 rooms. Dwelling U0 (studio) has 4 rooms totalling 31 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 40 square metres. Dwelling U2 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 47 square metres. Dwelling U3 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 47 square metres. Dwelling U4 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 71 square metres. Building footprint 152 square metres; open space 368 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: adjacency violation, bad proportion, daylight failure, insufficient area, no street access. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.42, daylight 0.50, privacy 0.77, circulation 0.49, carbon 0.67, cost 0.06.

Objective vector

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

density
0.423
daylight
0.496
privacy
0.773
circulation
0.494
carbon
0.670
cost
0.058

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.59
site utilisation
0.625
gross floor area, m²
304.2
footprint, m²
152.1
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
379
cost index / m² (unitless)
3.21
worst habitable room, daylight
0.000
circulation share of GFA
28%
open space, net of parking
71%
courtyard void, m²
36.8
plumbing stacks
7
footprint corners
8
preferred adjacencies met
75%

Benchmark constraints

Benchmark rules, not building code.

  • C01geometry valid passed
  • C02no overlap passed
  • C03within buildable passed
  • C04min room area failedkitchen 4.6 < 5.5 m^2
  • C05min room dimension failedbathroom clear dim 1.25 < 1.50 mkitchen clear dim 1.25 < 1.80 mliving clear dim 2.45 < 2.70 m…and 11 more
  • C06max room aspect failedliving aspect 4.69 > 2.60bathroom aspect 3.48 > 3.00kitchen aspect 5.83 > 3.00…and 5 more
  • C07min unit area failedstudio 31.0 < 33.0 m^21BR 39.6 < 46.0 m^2
  • C08unit connectivity passed
  • C09street access failedentry not reachable from the streetentry not reachable from the street
  • C10habitable daylight failedkitchen has 0.00 m of window-capable wallbedroom_secondary has 0.00 m of window-capable wall
  • C11required adjacency failedrequired adjacency kitchen-living absentrequired adjacency entry-living absentrequired adjacency kitchen-living absent…and 1 more
  • C12forbidden door passed
  • C13open space passed
  • C14courtyard provision passed
  • C15programme complete passed
  • C16unit contiguity passed
  • C17vertical support passed

Dwellings and rooms

DwellingTypeArea m²Rooms
U0studio31.04
U11BR39.65
U21BR47.15
U31BR47.15
U42BR70.66
All 27 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared034.414.95 × 2.30
CORE@1shared circulationshared134.414.95 × 2.30
U1@0#3bathroomU104.71.25 × 3.75
U1@0#0entryU104.11.25 × 3.30
U1@0#2kitchenU104.61.25 × 3.65
U1@0#1livingU1014.22.45 × 5.80
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1012.02.45 × 4.90
U0@0#0entryU004.41.75 × 2.50
U0@0#1livingU0014.31.75 × 8.20
U0@0#3bathroomU004.61.15 × 4.00
U0@0#2kitchenU007.71.15 × 6.70
U4@1#2kitchenU418.43.10 × 2.70
U4@1#1livingU4124.83.10 × 8.00
U4@1#5bedroom secondaryU4110.11.95 × 5.20
U4@1#0entryU413.61.55 × 2.30
U4@1#3bathroomU414.51.55 × 2.90
U4@1#4bedroom primaryU4119.33.50 × 5.50
U2@0#4bedroom primaryU2013.11.45 × 9.05
U2@0#0entryU202.41.45 × 1.65
U2@0#1livingU2019.32.95 × 6.55
U2@0#3bathroomU203.52.95 × 1.20
U2@0#2kitchenU208.72.95 × 2.95
U3@1#2kitchenU315.72.25 × 2.55
U3@1#1livingU3118.32.25 × 8.15
U3@1#4bedroom primaryU3114.72.15 × 6.85
U3@1#0entryU313.10.80 × 3.85
U3@1#3bathroomU315.21.35 × 3.85

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