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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 0

B0071-heuristic-0

HeuristicA · violates 4 of 17 benchmark constraints (6 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 43 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 41 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 84 square metres. Building footprint 96 square metres; open space 170 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion, insufficient area. Objective scores, higher is better: density 1.00, daylight 0.67, privacy 0.74, circulation 0.64, carbon 0.72, cost 0.33.
B0071 · heuristic · seed 0scale 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 43 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 41 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 84 square metres. Building footprint 96 square metres; open space 170 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion, insufficient area. Objective scores, higher is better: density 1.00, daylight 0.67, privacy 0.74, circulation 0.64, carbon 0.72, cost 0.33.

Objective vector

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

density
1.000
daylight
0.667
privacy
0.744
circulation
0.640
carbon
0.719
cost
0.331

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.70
site utilisation
1.000
gross floor area, m²
191.4
footprint, m²
95.7
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
361
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.79
worst habitable room, daylight
0.512
circulation share of GFA
17%
open space, net of parking
65%
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 failedkitchen 5.4 < 5.5 m^2
  • C05min room dimension failedshared_circulation clear dim 1.15 < 1.20 mshared_circulation clear dim 1.15 < 1.20 m
  • C06max room aspect failedliving aspect 3.01 > 2.60
  • C07min unit area failed1BR 42.7 < 46.0 m^21BR 41.1 < 46.0 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
U01BR42.75
U11BR41.15
U22BR83.76
All 18 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared012.01.15 × 10.40
CORE@1shared circulationshared112.01.15 × 10.40
U0@0#2kitchenU005.82.35 × 2.45
U0@0#3bathroomU003.92.35 × 1.65
U0@0#0entryU002.82.35 × 1.20
U0@0#1livingU0014.32.70 × 5.30
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU0015.93.00 × 5.30
U1@0#0entryU102.92.45 × 1.20
U1@0#3bathroomU104.22.45 × 1.70
U1@0#2kitchenU105.42.45 × 2.20
U1@0#1livingU1014.02.75 × 5.10
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1014.52.85 × 5.10
U2@1#2kitchenU2110.71.90 × 5.65
U2@1#3bathroomU216.71.90 × 3.55
U2@1#0entryU212.31.90 × 1.20
U2@1#1livingU2135.93.45 × 10.40
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2116.12.70 × 5.95
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU2112.02.70 × 4.45

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