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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.

B0069 · daylight-optimal · seed 0

B0069-heuristic-0~r57

HeuristicA · meets all 17 benchmark constraints. Brief B0069

Plan drawing of a fourplex on a 16.4 by 23.7 metre lot, 2 storeys, 4 dwellings, 24 rooms. Dwelling U0 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 64 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 64 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 63 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 65 square metres. Building footprint 146 square metres; open space 244 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.98, daylight 0.71, privacy 0.78, circulation 0.63, carbon 0.78, cost 0.54.
B0069 · heuristic · seed 0scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✓ FEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a fourplex on a 16.4 by 23.7 metre lot, 2 storeys, 4 dwellings, 24 rooms. Dwelling U0 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 64 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 64 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 63 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 65 square metres. Building footprint 146 square metres; open space 244 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.98, daylight 0.71, privacy 0.78, circulation 0.63, carbon 0.78, cost 0.54.

Objective vector

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

density
0.981
daylight
0.714
privacy
0.778
circulation
0.626
carbon
0.783
cost
0.535

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.75
site utilisation
0.988
gross floor area, m²
291.6
footprint, m²
145.8
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
338
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.47
worst habitable room, daylight
0.224
circulation share of GFA
17%
open space, net of parking
58%
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
U01BR64.45
U11BR63.85
U22BR63.36
U32BR64.96
All 24 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared017.61.45 × 12.15
CORE@1shared circulationshared117.61.45 × 12.15
U0@0#2kitchenU008.53.10 × 2.75
U0@0#3bathroomU006.73.10 × 2.15
U0@0#0entryU003.73.10 × 1.20
U0@0#1livingU0018.33.00 × 6.10
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU0027.14.45 × 6.10
U1@0#0entryU103.73.10 × 1.20
U1@0#3bathroomU106.73.10 × 2.15
U1@0#2kitchenU108.43.10 × 2.70
U1@0#1livingU1018.13.00 × 6.05
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1026.94.45 × 6.05
U3@1#2kitchenU3110.93.15 × 3.45
U3@1#3bathroomU314.73.15 × 1.50
U3@1#0entryU313.83.15 × 1.20
U3@1#1livingU3126.44.30 × 6.15
U3@1#4bedroom primaryU3111.03.10 × 3.55
U3@1#5bedroom secondaryU318.13.10 × 2.60
U2@1#0entryU213.42.85 × 1.20
U2@1#3bathroomU214.62.85 × 1.60
U2@1#2kitchenU219.12.85 × 3.20
U2@1#1livingU2126.74.45 × 6.00
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2111.93.25 × 3.65
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU217.63.25 × 2.35

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