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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.

B0053 · best infeasible · seed 2

B0053-nsga2-2-1454

NSGA-IID · violates 3 of 17 benchmark constraints (5 violations). Brief B0053

Plan drawing of a triplex on a 15.9 by 19.8 metre lot, 2 storeys, 3 dwellings, 20 rooms. Dwelling U0 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 56 square metres. Dwelling U1 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 58 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 113 square metres. Building footprint 123 square metres; open space 190 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion, insufficient area. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.99, daylight 0.58, privacy 0.82, circulation 0.63, carbon 0.77, cost 0.31.
B0053 · nsga2 · seed 2scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✕ INFEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a triplex on a 15.9 by 19.8 metre lot, 2 storeys, 3 dwellings, 20 rooms. Dwelling U0 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 56 square metres. Dwelling U1 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 58 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 113 square metres. Building footprint 123 square metres; open space 190 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion, insufficient area. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.99, daylight 0.58, privacy 0.82, circulation 0.63, carbon 0.77, cost 0.31.

Objective vector

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

density
0.992
daylight
0.581
privacy
0.819
circulation
0.629
carbon
0.775
cost
0.310

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.78
site utilisation
0.995
gross floor area, m²
245.7
footprint, m²
122.8
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
341
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.82
worst habitable room, daylight
0.229
circulation share of GFA
16%
open space, net of parking
51%
courtyard void, m²
0.0
plumbing stacks
5
footprint corners
4
preferred adjacencies met
67%

Benchmark constraints

Benchmark rules, not building code.

  • C01geometry valid passed
  • C02no overlap passed
  • C03within buildable passed
  • C04min room area failedbedroom_secondary 7.4 < 7.5 m^2
  • C05min room dimension failedshared_circulation clear dim 1.00 < 1.20 mshared_circulation clear dim 1.00 < 1.20 m
  • C06max room aspect passed
  • C07min unit area failed2BR 55.6 < 63.0 m^22BR 57.5 < 63.0 m^2
  • 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
U02BR55.66
U12BR57.56
U22BR113.16
All 20 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared09.81.00 × 9.75
CORE@1shared circulationshared19.81.00 × 9.75
U0@0#2kitchenU007.32.85 × 2.55
U0@0#0entryU008.32.85 × 2.90
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU0012.32.85 × 4.30
U0@0#1livingU0015.22.85 × 5.35
U0@0#3bathroomU004.82.85 × 1.70
U0@0#5bedroom secondaryU007.72.85 × 2.70
U1@0#1livingU1021.83.20 × 6.80
U1@0#2kitchenU105.81.95 × 2.95
U1@0#0entryU103.71.25 × 2.95
U1@0#5bedroom secondaryU108.82.70 × 3.25
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1013.52.70 × 5.00
U1@0#3bathroomU104.02.70 × 1.50
U2@1#3bathroomU214.72.00 × 2.35
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU217.43.15 × 2.35
U2@1#0entryU218.55.15 × 1.65
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2129.65.15 × 5.75
U2@1#2kitchenU2119.76.45 × 3.05
U2@1#1livingU2143.26.45 × 6.70

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