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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.

B0030 · best infeasible · seed 0

B0030-heuristic-0

HeuristicA · violates 1 of 17 benchmark constraints (1 violations). Brief B0030

Plan drawing of a adu pair on a 12.9 by 18.0 metre lot, 2 storeys, 2 dwellings, 13 rooms. Dwelling U0 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 63 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 63 square metres. Building footprint 73 square metres; open space 158 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.86, daylight 0.64, privacy 0.77, circulation 0.63, carbon 0.70, cost 0.38.
B0030 · heuristic · seed 0scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✕ INFEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a adu pair on a 12.9 by 18.0 metre lot, 2 storeys, 2 dwellings, 13 rooms. Dwelling U0 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 63 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 63 square metres. Building footprint 73 square metres; open space 158 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.86, daylight 0.64, privacy 0.77, circulation 0.63, carbon 0.70, cost 0.38.

Objective vector

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

density
0.857
daylight
0.645
privacy
0.774
circulation
0.632
carbon
0.702
cost
0.377

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.63
site utilisation
0.907
gross floor area, m²
146.6
footprint, m²
73.3
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
367
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.72
worst habitable room, daylight
0.333
circulation share of GFA
17%
open space, net of parking
62%
courtyard void, m²
0.0
plumbing stacks
1
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 failedliving aspect 2.64 > 2.60
  • 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
U02BR63.26
U11BR63.25
All 13 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared010.11.30 × 7.80
CORE@1shared circulationshared110.11.30 × 7.80
U0@0#2kitchenU007.61.95 × 3.90
U0@0#3bathroomU005.31.95 × 2.70
U0@0#0entryU002.31.95 × 1.20
U0@0#1livingU0023.43.00 × 7.80
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU0017.03.15 × 5.40
U0@0#5bedroom secondaryU007.63.15 × 2.40
U1@1#2kitchenU118.51.90 × 4.45
U1@1#3bathroomU114.11.90 × 2.15
U1@1#0entryU112.31.90 × 1.20
U1@1#1livingU1123.02.95 × 7.80
U1@1#4bedroom primaryU1125.43.25 × 7.80

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