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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-heuristic_nsga2-1-916

Heuristic-seeded NSGA-IIA+D · violates 5 of 17 benchmark constraints (9 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 42 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 38 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 80 square metres. Building footprint 89 square metres; open space 181 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion, daylight failure, insufficient area. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.90, daylight 0.37, privacy 0.75, circulation 0.68, carbon 0.71, cost 0.28.
B0071 · heuristic_nsga2 · 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 42 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 38 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 80 square metres. Building footprint 89 square metres; open space 181 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: bad proportion, daylight failure, insufficient area. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.90, daylight 0.37, privacy 0.75, circulation 0.68, carbon 0.71, cost 0.28.

Objective vector

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

density
0.900
daylight
0.371
privacy
0.752
circulation
0.675
carbon
0.708
cost
0.279

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.66
site utilisation
0.935
gross floor area, m²
178.9
footprint, m²
89.4
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
365
cost index / m² (unitless)
2.87
worst habitable room, daylight
0.000
circulation share of GFA
17%
open space, net of parking
67%
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 5.1 < 5.5 m^2
  • C05min room dimension failedshared_circulation clear dim 1.15 < 1.20 mshared_circulation clear dim 1.15 < 1.20 mentry clear dim 1.10 < 1.20 m…and 1 more
  • C06max room aspect failedliving aspect 2.65 > 2.60
  • C07min unit area failed1BR 41.6 < 46.0 m^21BR 37.9 < 46.0 m^2
  • C08unit connectivity passed
  • C09street access passed
  • C10habitable daylight failedkitchen has 0.00 m of window-capable wall
  • 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
U01BR41.65
U11BR37.95
U22BR79.56
All 18 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared09.98.60 × 1.15
CORE@1shared circulationshared19.98.60 × 1.15
U0@0#2kitchenU005.71.90 × 3.00
U0@0#0entryU003.31.10 × 3.00
U0@0#3bathroomU004.51.50 × 3.00
U0@0#1livingU0015.54.50 × 3.45
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU0012.64.50 × 2.80
U1@0#0entryU104.51.40 × 3.25
U1@0#3bathroomU103.62.70 × 1.35
U1@0#2kitchenU105.12.70 × 1.90
U1@0#1livingU1013.14.10 × 3.20
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU1011.54.10 × 2.80
U2@1#2kitchenU2111.85.35 × 2.20
U2@1#0entryU212.81.25 × 2.20
U2@1#3bathroomU214.42.00 × 2.20
U2@1#1livingU2127.98.60 × 3.25
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2120.75.45 × 3.80
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU2112.03.15 × 3.80

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