Discrete Optimization in Architecture: Architectural & Urban Layout
Zawidzki, Machi, "Discrete Optimization in Architecture: Architectural & Urban Layout"
English | 2016 | ISBN-10: 9811011052 | 105 pages | EPUB | 8 MB
English | 2016 | ISBN-10: 9811011052 | 105 pages | EPUB | 8 MB
This book presents three projects that demonstrate the fundamental problems of architectural design and urban composition – the layout design, evaluation and optimization. Part I describes the functional layout design of a residential building, and an evaluation of the quality of a town square (plaza).
The algorithm for the functional layout design is based on backtracking using a constraint satisfaction approach combined with coarse grid discretization. The algorithm for the town square evaluation is based on geometrical properties derived directly from its plan.
Part II introduces a crowd-simulation application for the analysis of escape routes on floor plans, and optimization of a floor plan for smooth crowd flow. The algorithms presented employ agent-based modeling and cellular automata.