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- For 2 or More Units: Create Two New Evaluator Nodes
- Images showing the node logic in your new evaluator nodes
- An Image/screenshot of your summary table (created in Word, Excel, Google Sheets, or any data table tool) showing the input values tested and the values computed for each of the reported parameters
- For 3 or More Units: Develop a Single-Objective Optimization Scheme
- Brief descriptions outlining:
- Your Single-Objective Optimization scheme (combination/comparison/ranking approach)
- Take column data of gross floor area, gross volume, etc. and make a range of worst to best from 0-1 using min and max.
- Rank the value of importance of each category to my understanding.
- Multiply the point per category from step 1 with the value of the rank.
- Sum the points of all factors.
- Highlight the best case and worst case using additional nodes.
- An Image/screenshot of your summary table (created in Word, Excel, Google Sheets, or any data table tool) showing the input values tested and the values computed for each of the reported parameters.
- Be sure to highlight your top 3 recommended design alternatives (for either one the example building forms or the new building form that you designed) and recommend the one design that you consider to be the “best”.
- An explanation of why you consider the recommended building form to be the “best” choice
- For 4 Units: Visualize the Recommended Alternative
- Images/screenshots showing the recommended building form based on your evaluation and analysis.
- If created in Revit or Grasshopper, show the panelized building form with visual feedback showing how your panels reflect one of the evaluations computed for the panels.
- If created in Autodesk Forma, share images/screenshots showing the results of the Daylight, Wind, and Solar Energy analysis.
- Your answers to the Points to Ponder questions for each stage of the assignment that you completed.
The best option is to use a radius of 80 with a rotation of 40. This creates the best case of prioritizing floor area to surface ratio, then lighting cost, then daylight potential, and volume at the end.
Do the new evaluation metrics that you’ve designed capture the meaningful differences between the building form alternatives?
- The evaluation metrics showcase costs and savings that are not visible by the gross characteristics of the physical building. These metrics are more useful to evaluate a better option.
What other metrics would be useful to compute to help understand and make the case for which alternatives are truly better than others?
- Some other metrics that are important to me is the cost and savings from doing different options. I feel these metrics are important to make our building more efficient.
What overall strategy do you feel best captures the relationship between the evaluation metrics?
- A good combination would be to create a system where each category can be measured with the same evaluation. To do this there most be a universa system.
Explain your reasoning -- include a brief analysis of why this alternative rose to the top of the list and why you consider it to be the best option.
- The physicality of the building is very important for costs and selling real estate. This was the highest value category. Then then cost of lighting along with the daylight potential are factors that are cruicial in a place with a lot of sunlight like Dubai. Finally the least important case was volume that can help us determine minimal details like cfm for cooling and heating. Although important, this metric is not a priority for me to start off.