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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.

B0071 · best infeasible · seed 1

B0071-anneal-1-1470

Simulated annealingC · violates 4 of 17 benchmark constraints (5 violations). Brief B0071

Plan drawing of a triplex on a 11.6 by 23.5 metre lot, 2 storeys, 3 dwellings, 18 rooms. Dwelling U0 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 38 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 38 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 76 square metres. Building footprint 86 square metres; open space 186 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion, insufficient area, no street access. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.84, daylight 0.38, privacy 0.82, circulation 0.59, carbon 0.70, cost 0.00.
B0071 · anneal · seed 1scale bar 5 m · north arrow top right✕ INFEASIBLE

Plan drawing of a triplex on a 11.6 by 23.5 metre lot, 2 storeys, 3 dwellings, 18 rooms. Dwelling U0 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 38 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 38 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 76 square metres. Building footprint 86 square metres; open space 186 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion, insufficient area, no street access. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.84, daylight 0.38, privacy 0.82, circulation 0.59, carbon 0.70, cost 0.00.

Objective vector

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

density
0.838
daylight
0.384
privacy
0.818
circulation
0.595
carbon
0.698
cost
0.000

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.63
site utilisation
0.895
gross floor area, m²
171.2
footprint, m²
85.6
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
369
cost index / m² (unitless)
3.53
worst habitable room, daylight
0.137
circulation share of GFA
19%
open space, net of parking
69%
courtyard void, m²
0.0
plumbing stacks
6
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 failedkitchen 5.4 < 5.5 m^2
  • C05min room dimension failedkitchen clear dim 1.65 < 1.80 m
  • C06max room aspect passed
  • C07min unit area failed1BR 37.6 < 46.0 m^21BR 38.0 < 46.0 m^2
  • C08unit connectivity passed
  • C09street access failedentry not reachable from the street
  • 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
U01BR37.65
U11BR38.05
U22BR75.66
All 18 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared010.08.35 × 1.20
CORE@1shared circulationshared110.08.35 × 1.20
U0@0#1livingU0011.74.10 × 2.85
U0@0#2kitchenU006.84.10 × 1.65
U0@0#0entryU004.12.30 × 1.80
U0@0#3bathroomU003.51.95 × 1.80
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU0011.54.25 × 2.70
U1@0#2kitchenU105.42.90 × 1.85
U1@0#3bathroomU103.82.05 × 1.85
U1@0#1livingU1013.44.95 × 2.70
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1011.23.40 × 3.30
U1@0#0entryU104.33.40 × 1.25
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU2111.45.20 × 2.20
U2@1#2kitchenU2111.45.20 × 2.20
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2124.25.20 × 4.65
U2@1#0entryU213.31.30 × 2.50
U2@1#3bathroomU214.61.85 × 2.50
U2@1#1livingU2120.63.15 × 6.55

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