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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 · knee point · seed 0

B0069-heuristic-0~r73

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 67 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 66 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 63 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 69 square metres. Building footprint 148 square metres; open space 238 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 1.00, daylight 0.70, privacy 0.78, circulation 0.65, 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 67 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 66 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 63 square metres. Dwelling U3 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 69 square metres. Building footprint 148 square metres; open space 238 square metres. This design satisfies every benchmark hard constraint. Objective scores, higher is better: density 1.00, daylight 0.70, privacy 0.78, circulation 0.65, 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
1.000
daylight
0.702
privacy
0.776
circulation
0.652
carbon
0.785
cost
0.543

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.76
site utilisation
1.000
gross floor area, m²
295.2
footprint, m²
147.6
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
337
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.46
worst habitable room, daylight
0.241
circulation share of GFA
15%
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
U01BR66.75
U11BR65.65
U22BR63.46
U32BR68.86
All 24 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared015.41.25 × 12.30
CORE@1shared circulationshared115.41.25 × 12.30
U0@0#2kitchenU008.12.80 × 2.90
U0@0#3bathroomU005.92.80 × 2.10
U0@0#0entryU003.42.80 × 1.20
U0@0#1livingU0018.93.05 × 6.20
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU0030.44.90 × 6.20
U1@0#0entryU103.52.95 × 1.20
U1@0#3bathroomU106.32.95 × 2.15
U1@0#2kitchenU108.12.95 × 2.75
U1@0#1livingU1018.33.00 × 6.10
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1029.34.80 × 6.10
U3@1#2kitchenU3111.33.05 × 3.70
U3@1#3bathroomU314.63.05 × 1.50
U3@1#0entryU313.73.05 × 1.20
U3@1#1livingU3129.44.60 × 6.40
U3@1#4bedroom primaryU3111.23.10 × 3.60
U3@1#5bedroom secondaryU318.73.10 × 2.80
U2@1#0entryU213.73.05 × 1.20
U2@1#3bathroomU214.63.05 × 1.50
U2@1#2kitchenU219.83.05 × 3.20
U2@1#1livingU2126.34.45 × 5.90
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2111.53.25 × 3.55
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU217.63.25 × 2.35

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