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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-random-0-796

Random searchB · violates 7 of 17 benchmark constraints (20 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 28 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 37 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 65 square metres. Building footprint 79 square metres; open space 189 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: adjacency violation, bad proportion, daylight failure, insufficient area, no street access. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.73, daylight 0.49, privacy 0.77, circulation 0.60, carbon 0.68, cost 0.00.
B0071 · random · 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 28 square metres. Dwelling U1 (1BR) has 5 rooms totalling 37 square metres. Dwelling U2 (2BR) has 6 rooms totalling 65 square metres. Building footprint 79 square metres; open space 189 square metres. This design is infeasible; failing categories: adjacency violation, bad proportion, daylight failure, insufficient area, no street access. Objective scores, higher is better: density 0.73, daylight 0.49, privacy 0.77, circulation 0.60, carbon 0.68, cost 0.00.

Objective vector

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

density
0.728
daylight
0.493
privacy
0.769
circulation
0.601
carbon
0.682
cost
0.000

Reported quantities

FAR proxy (GFA / lot)
0.58
site utilisation
0.823
gross floor area, m²
157.5
footprint, m²
78.7
carbon proxy, kgCO₂e/m² (A1–A3)
374
cost index / m² (unitless)
3.52
worst habitable room, daylight
0.000
circulation share of GFA
22%
open space, net of parking
71%
courtyard void, m²
0.0
plumbing stacks
5
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 4.0 < 5.5 m^2entry 1.6 < 2.0 m^2bathroom 2.6 < 3.2 m^2…and 3 more
  • C05min room dimension failedkitchen clear dim 1.10 < 1.80 mentry clear dim 1.10 < 1.20 mbathroom clear dim 1.10 < 1.50 m…and 3 more
  • C06max room aspect failedkitchen aspect 3.32 > 3.00
  • C07min unit area failed1BR 27.9 < 46.0 m^21BR 36.9 < 46.0 m^2
  • C08unit connectivity passed
  • C09street access failedentry not reachable from the street
  • C10habitable daylight failedkitchen has 0.00 m of window-capable wallliving has 0.00 m of window-capable wall
  • C11required adjacency failedrequired adjacency kitchen-living absentrequired adjacency kitchen-living absent
  • C12forbidden door passed
  • C13open space passed
  • C14courtyard provision passed
  • C15programme complete passed
  • C16unit contiguity passed
  • C17vertical support passed

Dwellings and rooms

DwellingTypeArea m²Rooms
U01BR27.95
U11BR36.95
U22BR64.86
All 18 rooms
RoomTypeDwellingStoreyw × h m
CORE@0shared circulationshared013.98.70 × 1.60
CORE@1shared circulationshared113.98.70 × 1.60
U0@0#2kitchenU004.01.10 × 3.65
U0@0#0entryU001.61.10 × 1.45
U0@0#3bathroomU002.61.10 × 2.35
U0@0#4bedroom primaryU008.32.65 × 3.15
U0@0#1livingU0011.42.65 × 4.30
U1@0#4bedroom primaryU108.83.25 × 2.70
U1@0#1livingU1015.43.25 × 4.75
U1@0#2kitchenU107.11.70 × 4.20
U1@0#3bathroomU103.11.70 × 1.80
U1@0#0entryU102.51.70 × 1.45
U2@1#4bedroom primaryU2113.84.75 × 2.90
U2@1#5bedroom secondaryU2111.44.75 × 2.40
U2@1#2kitchenU2110.24.75 × 2.15
U2@1#1livingU2123.33.95 × 5.90
U2@1#0entryU212.21.45 × 1.55
U2@1#3bathroomU213.92.50 × 1.55

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