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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.

B0047 · best infeasible · seed 0

B0047-heuristic-0~r0

HeuristicA · violates 1 of 17 benchmark constraints (1 violations). Brief B0047

Plan drawing of a triplex on a 13.2 by 21.0 metre lot, 2 storeys, 3 dwellings, 17 rooms. Dwelling U0 (studio) has 4 rooms totalling 39 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 56 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 95 square metres. Building footprint 110 square metres; open space 164 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.88, daylight 0.55, privacy 0.74, circulation 0.63, carbon 0.75, cost 0.44.
B0047 · heuristic · seed 0scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✕ INFEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a triplex on a 13.2 by 21.0 metre lot, 2 storeys, 3 dwellings, 17 rooms. Dwelling U0 (studio) has 4 rooms totalling 39 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 56 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 95 square metres. Building footprint 110 square metres; open space 164 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.88, daylight 0.55, privacy 0.74, circulation 0.63, carbon 0.75, cost 0.44.

Objective vector

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

density
0.878
daylight
0.547
privacy
0.737
circulation
0.628
carbon
0.754
cost
0.445

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.80
site utilisation
0.921
gross floor area, m²
220.4
footprint, m²
110.2
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
349
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.61
worst habitable room, daylight
0.375
circulation share of GFA
17%
open space, net of parking
60%
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 failedliving aspect 3.22 > 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
U0studio39.44
U11BR55.85
U22BR95.16
All 17 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared015.11.30 × 11.60
CORE@1shared circulationshared115.11.30 × 11.60
U1@0#2kitchenU107.82.00 × 3.90
U1@0#3bathroomU103.42.00 × 1.70
U1@0#0entryU102.42.00 × 1.20
U1@0#1livingU1020.73.05 × 6.80
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1021.43.15 × 6.80
U0@0#0entryU003.22.70 × 1.20
U0@0#3bathroomU004.02.70 × 1.50
U0@0#2kitchenU005.72.70 × 2.10
U0@0#1livingU0026.45.50 × 4.80
U2@1#2kitchenU2110.11.85 × 5.45
U2@1#3bathroomU219.21.85 × 4.95
U2@1#0entryU212.21.85 × 1.20
U2@1#1livingU2141.83.60 × 11.60
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2116.42.75 × 5.95
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU2115.52.75 × 5.65

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