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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.

B0027 · daylight-optimal · seed 0

B0027-heuristic-0~r52

HeuristicA · meets all 17 benchmark constraints. Brief B0027

Plan drawing of a fourplex on a 13.2 by 26.9 metre lot, 2 storeys, 4 dwellings, 22 rooms. Dwelling U0 (studio) has 4 rooms totalling 81 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 51 square metres. Dwelling U2 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 59 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 73 square metres. Building footprint 151 square metres; open space 201 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.92, daylight 0.69, privacy 0.75, circulation 0.63, carbon 0.79, cost 0.55.
B0027 · heuristic · seed 0scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✓ FEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a fourplex on a 13.2 by 26.9 metre lot, 2 storeys, 4 dwellings, 22 rooms. Dwelling U0 (studio) has 4 rooms totalling 81 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 51 square metres. Dwelling U2 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 59 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 73 square metres. Building footprint 151 square metres; open space 201 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.92, daylight 0.69, privacy 0.75, circulation 0.63, carbon 0.79, cost 0.55.

Objective vector

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

density
0.917
daylight
0.692
privacy
0.753
circulation
0.632
carbon
0.787
cost
0.555

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.85
site utilisation
0.946
gross floor area, m²
302.0
footprint, m²
151.0
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
337
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.44
worst habitable room, daylight
0.230
circulation share of GFA
17%
open space, net of parking
57%
courtyard void, m²
0.0
plumbing stacks
2
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
U0studio80.54
U11BR51.05
U21BR59.05
U32BR72.66
All 22 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared019.41.30 × 14.95
CORE@1shared circulationshared119.41.30 × 14.95
U1@0#2kitchenU108.02.70 × 2.95
U1@0#3bathroomU104.52.70 × 1.65
U1@0#0entryU103.22.70 × 1.20
U1@0#1livingU1017.43.00 × 5.80
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1018.03.10 × 5.80
U0@0#0entryU003.83.00 × 1.25
U0@0#3bathroomU008.43.00 × 2.80
U0@0#2kitchenU0015.33.00 × 5.10
U0@0#1livingU0053.15.80 × 9.15
U3@1#2kitchenU3110.32.50 × 4.10
U3@1#3bathroomU317.42.50 × 2.95
U3@1#0entryU313.02.50 × 1.20
U3@1#1livingU3126.83.25 × 8.25
U3@1#4bedroom primaryU3116.03.05 × 5.25
U3@1#5bedroom secondaryU319.23.05 × 3.00
U2@1#0entryU213.52.95 × 1.20
U2@1#3bathroomU215.02.95 × 1.70
U2@1#2kitchenU2111.22.95 × 3.80
U2@1#1livingU2119.12.85 × 6.70
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2120.13.00 × 6.70

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