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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.

B0063 · knee point · seed 1

B0063-sketch-1-946

Random sketch + repairF′ · meets all 17 benchmark constraints. Brief B0063

Plan drawing of a fourplex on a 14.6 by 26.9 metre lot, 2 storeys, 4 dwellings, 24 rooms. Dwelling U0 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 78 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 94 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 69 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 103 square metres. Building footprint 186 square metres; open space 202 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.95, daylight 0.42, privacy 0.87, circulation 0.63, carbon 0.82, cost 0.58.
B0063 · sketch · seed 1scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✓ FEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a fourplex on a 14.6 by 26.9 metre lot, 2 storeys, 4 dwellings, 24 rooms. Dwelling U0 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 78 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 94 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 69 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 103 square metres. Building footprint 186 square metres; open space 202 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.95, daylight 0.42, privacy 0.87, circulation 0.63, carbon 0.82, cost 0.58.

Objective vector

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

density
0.949
daylight
0.419
privacy
0.870
circulation
0.626
carbon
0.824
cost
0.583

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.95
site utilisation
0.967
gross floor area, m²
372.3
footprint, m²
186.1
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
323
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.40
worst habitable room, daylight
0.159
circulation share of GFA
17%
open space, net of parking
49%
courtyard void, m²
0.0
plumbing stacks
4
footprint corners
4
preferred adjacencies met
50%

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
U01BR77.75
U11BR93.65
U22BR68.76
U32BR102.76
All 24 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared014.811.35 × 1.30
CORE@1shared circulationshared114.811.35 × 1.30
U1@0#2kitchenU1020.96.05 × 3.45
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1029.06.05 × 4.80
U1@0#0entryU107.45.30 × 1.40
U1@0#1livingU1017.55.30 × 3.30
U1@0#3bathroomU1018.85.30 × 3.55
U0@0#3bathroomU007.33.95 × 1.85
U0@0#1livingU0019.83.95 × 5.00
U0@0#0entryU004.11.20 × 3.45
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU0021.46.20 × 3.45
U0@0#2kitchenU0025.27.40 × 3.40
U3@1#0entryU3116.76.80 × 2.45
U3@1#1livingU3126.26.80 × 3.85
U3@1#2kitchenU3129.96.80 × 4.40
U3@1#4bedroom primaryU3112.32.80 × 4.40
U3@1#3bathroomU317.71.75 × 4.40
U3@1#5bedroom secondaryU319.92.25 × 4.40
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2115.33.30 × 4.65
U2@1#0entryU215.81.25 × 4.65
U2@1#1livingU2114.84.55 × 3.25
U2@1#2kitchenU2119.34.55 × 4.25
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU218.62.90 × 2.95
U2@1#3bathroomU214.91.65 × 2.95

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