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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.

B0035 · best infeasible · seed 1

B0035-nsga2-1-1449

NSGA-IID · violates 5 of 17 benchmark constraints (11 violations). Brief B0035

Plan drawing of a triplex on a 14.9 by 24.4 metre lot, 2 storeys, 3 dwellings, 20 rooms. Dwelling U0 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 54 square metres. Dwelling U1 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 57 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 111 square metres. Building footprint 124 square metres; open space 242 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion, insufficient area, no street access. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.98, daylight 0.35, privacy 0.82, circulation 0.66, carbon 0.77, cost 0.38.
B0035 · nsga2 · seed 1scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✕ INFEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a triplex on a 14.9 by 24.4 metre lot, 2 storeys, 3 dwellings, 20 rooms. Dwelling U0 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 54 square metres. Dwelling U1 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 57 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 111 square metres. Building footprint 124 square metres; open space 242 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion, insufficient area, no street access. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.98, daylight 0.35, privacy 0.82, circulation 0.66, carbon 0.77, cost 0.38.

Objective vector

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

density
0.980
daylight
0.354
privacy
0.820
circulation
0.655
carbon
0.773
cost
0.381

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.68
site utilisation
0.987
gross floor area, m²
247.7
footprint, m²
123.8
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
342
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.71
worst habitable room, daylight
0.207
circulation share of GFA
16%
open space, net of parking
66%
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 failedkitchen 5.0 < 5.5 m^2bedroom_secondary 6.8 < 7.5 m^2bedroom_secondary 7.2 < 7.5 m^2
  • C05min room dimension failedbedroom_primary clear dim 2.50 < 2.70 mliving clear dim 2.50 < 2.70 mbedroom_primary clear dim 2.45 < 2.70 m
  • C06max room aspect failedliving aspect 2.65 > 2.60bedroom_primary aspect 2.47 > 2.40
  • C07min unit area failed2BR 54.2 < 63.0 m^22BR 56.9 < 63.0 m^2
  • C08unit connectivity passed
  • C09street access failedentry 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
U02BR54.26
U12BR56.96
U22BR111.16
All 20 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared012.710.15 × 1.25
CORE@1shared circulationshared112.710.15 × 1.25
U1@0#1livingU1019.32.70 × 7.15
U1@0#3bathroomU1010.32.70 × 3.80
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1012.62.50 × 5.05
U1@0#0entryU103.02.50 × 1.20
U1@0#2kitchenU105.02.50 × 2.00
U1@0#5bedroom secondaryU106.82.50 × 2.70
U0@0#5bedroom secondaryU007.32.50 × 2.90
U0@0#1livingU0014.32.50 × 5.70
U0@0#2kitchenU005.92.50 × 2.35
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU0014.82.45 × 6.05
U0@0#0entryU004.32.45 × 1.75
U0@0#3bathroomU007.72.45 × 3.15
U2@1#3bathroomU2113.74.35 × 3.15
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU2116.34.35 × 3.75
U2@1#2kitchenU2111.74.35 × 2.70
U2@1#0entryU215.94.35 × 1.35
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2124.15.80 × 4.15
U2@1#1livingU2139.45.80 × 6.80

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