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In this assignment, the main goal is to compare different building forms by chosen metrics. In my case, I think the total cost by floor area and solar insulation are the two most important values to be considered. At the same time, the gross floor area is also a big concern. My ranking approach assigned different factors to each of these values. I believe the gross floor area is the biggest concern and I want to maximize this value, so I give the floor area a factor of 5. In terms of the total cost, I want to minimize the cost, hence the factor is -3. And for the solar insulation value, I assigned a factor of 2 to calculate the combined score. In my case, the best choice is the last one with top height equals 750 and mid-height equals 300. The main reason is that based on my ranking logic, this combination gets the highest factored score. In other words, by looking at the specific value in the spreadsheet, the last case has the largest gross floor area and solar insulation. Though the cost is also the highest in all the cases, it still gets the highest score based on my ranking system.