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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.

B0045 · daylight-optimal · seed 0

B0045-heuristic-0~r1

HeuristicA · meets all 17 benchmark constraints. Brief B0045

Plan drawing of a fourplex on a 17.0 by 26.0 metre lot, 2 storeys, 4 dwellings, 26 rooms. Dwelling U0 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 64 square metres. Dwelling U1 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 98 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 79 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 82 square metres. Building footprint 180 square metres; open space 254 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.92, daylight 0.70, privacy 0.82, circulation 0.62, carbon 0.82, cost 0.66.
B0045 · heuristic · seed 0scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✓ FEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a fourplex on a 17.0 by 26.0 metre lot, 2 storeys, 4 dwellings, 26 rooms. Dwelling U0 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 64 square metres. Dwelling U1 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 98 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 79 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 82 square metres. Building footprint 180 square metres; open space 254 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.92, daylight 0.70, privacy 0.82, circulation 0.62, carbon 0.82, cost 0.66.

Objective vector

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

density
0.920
daylight
0.703
privacy
0.822
circulation
0.625
carbon
0.818
cost
0.657

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.82
site utilisation
0.948
gross floor area, m²
360.7
footprint, m²
180.3
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
325
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.28
worst habitable room, daylight
0.403
circulation share of GFA
15%
open space, net of parking
59%
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
U02BR63.66
U12BR97.66
U22BR79.56
U32BR81.76
All 26 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared019.21.35 × 14.20
CORE@1shared circulationshared119.21.35 × 14.20
U0@0#2kitchenU008.53.05 × 2.80
U0@0#3bathroomU004.73.05 × 1.55
U0@0#0entryU003.83.05 × 1.25
U0@0#1livingU0026.94.80 × 5.60
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU0011.23.50 × 3.20
U0@0#5bedroom secondaryU008.43.50 × 2.40
U1@0#0entryU104.13.05 × 1.35
U1@0#3bathroomU109.03.05 × 2.95
U1@0#2kitchenU1013.13.05 × 4.30
U1@0#1livingU1041.34.80 × 8.60
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1020.83.50 × 5.95
U1@0#5bedroom secondaryU109.33.50 × 2.65
U3@1#2kitchenU3111.03.05 × 3.60
U3@1#3bathroomU316.13.05 × 2.00
U3@1#0entryU314.93.05 × 1.60
U3@1#1livingU3134.64.80 × 7.20
U3@1#4bedroom primaryU3111.43.50 × 3.25
U3@1#5bedroom secondaryU3113.83.50 × 3.95
U2@1#0entryU214.73.05 × 1.55
U2@1#3bathroomU215.93.05 × 1.95
U2@1#2kitchenU2110.73.05 × 3.50
U2@1#1livingU2133.64.80 × 7.00
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2114.03.50 × 4.00
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU2110.53.50 × 3.00

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