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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.

B0033 · best infeasible · seed 0

B0033-random-0-47

Random searchB · violates 6 of 17 benchmark constraints (20 violations). Brief B0033

Plan drawing of a fourplex on a 15.0 by 23.9 metre lot, 2 storeys, 4 dwellings, 22 rooms. Dwelling U0 (studio) has 4 rooms totalling 36 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 52 square metres. Dwelling U2 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 40 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 48 square metres. Building footprint 99 square metres; open space 261 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: adjacency violation, bad proportion, insufficient area, no street access. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.73, daylight 0.64, privacy 0.77, circulation 0.65, carbon 0.70, cost 0.06.
B0033 · random · seed 0scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✕ INFEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a fourplex on a 15.0 by 23.9 metre lot, 2 storeys, 4 dwellings, 22 rooms. Dwelling U0 (studio) has 4 rooms totalling 36 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 52 square metres. Dwelling U2 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 40 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 48 square metres. Building footprint 99 square metres; open space 261 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: adjacency violation, bad proportion, insufficient area, no street access. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.73, daylight 0.64, privacy 0.77, circulation 0.65, carbon 0.70, cost 0.06.

Objective vector

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

density
0.731
daylight
0.640
privacy
0.768
circulation
0.647
carbon
0.695
cost
0.064

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.55
site utilisation
0.825
gross floor area, m²
197.8
footprint, m²
98.9
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
370
cost index / m² (unitless)
3.20
worst habitable room, daylight
0.393
circulation share of GFA
17%
open space, net of parking
72%
courtyard void, m²
0.0
plumbing stacks
4
footprint corners
4
preferred adjacencies met
33%

Benchmark constraints

Benchmark rules, not building code.

  • C01geometry valid passed
  • C02no overlap passed
  • C03within buildable passed
  • C04min room area failedbedroom_primary 9.9 < 11.0 m^2bedroom_primary 8.9 < 11.0 m^2
  • C05min room dimension failedliving clear dim 2.60 < 2.70 mkitchen clear dim 1.65 < 1.80 mliving clear dim 2.30 < 2.70 m…and 5 more
  • C06max room aspect failedkitchen aspect 3.24 > 3.00living aspect 3.43 > 2.60entry aspect 4.21 > 4.00…and 1 more
  • C07min unit area failed1BR 39.6 < 46.0 m^22BR 48.3 < 63.0 m^2
  • C08unit connectivity passed
  • C09street access failedentry not reachable from the streetentry not reachable from the street
  • C10habitable daylight passed
  • C11required adjacency failedrequired adjacency entry-living absentrequired adjacency kitchen-living absent
  • C12forbidden door passed
  • C13open space passed
  • C14courtyard provision passed
  • C15programme complete passed
  • C16unit contiguity passed
  • C17vertical support passed

Dwellings and rooms

DwellingTypeArea m²Rooms
U0studio36.34
U11BR51.55
U21BR39.65
U32BR48.36
All 22 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared011.01.20 × 9.20
CORE@1shared circulationshared111.01.20 × 9.20
U1@0#1livingU1015.62.60 × 6.00
U1@0#2kitchenU108.32.60 × 3.20
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1018.93.00 × 6.30
U1@0#3bathroomU104.91.70 × 2.90
U1@0#0entryU103.81.30 × 2.90
U0@0#2kitchenU008.81.65 × 5.35
U0@0#3bathroomU006.41.65 × 3.85
U0@0#0entryU003.02.30 × 1.30
U0@0#1livingU0018.22.30 × 7.90
U3@1#4bedroom primaryU319.92.30 × 4.30
U3@1#5bedroom secondaryU3111.32.30 × 4.90
U3@1#1livingU3116.22.95 × 5.50
U3@1#0entryU312.12.95 × 0.70
U3@1#3bathroomU313.31.10 × 3.00
U3@1#2kitchenU315.51.85 × 3.00
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU218.92.00 × 4.45
U2@1#0entryU212.52.00 × 1.25
U2@1#2kitchenU217.02.00 × 3.50
U2@1#1livingU2117.02.30 × 7.40
U2@1#3bathroomU214.12.30 × 1.80

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