Please enter the following info in the fields above:

• Your Name as the Card title
• The link to your Module 6 folder in our Autodesk Construction Cloud project

Please also type the first few letters of your first name into the Link to Student field, then hover over your name from the list of matching records and click the blue plus sign to link this entry to your Design Journal.

Then, share your Design Journal entry here (replacing these instructions) ... Click the text area below the headers and just start typing your response. There's no need to add new properties.

• 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)
• 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.

Stage 1

Evaluator Node 1 - Perimeter to Floor Area Ratio

The first evaluator node that I created computes the perimeter to floor area ratio. Inside the node, I computed the perimeter and floor area at each mass level, and then computed the perimeter to floor area ratio at each level. I then summed the ratios over all levels to get the total perimeter to floor area (P-A) ratio. A higher value indicates that there is more exterior surface of the building compared to floor area.

A greater P-A ratio could be interpreted as an advantage or disadvantage. An advantage of a high P-A ratio could be that there is more access to windows and this might improve the happiness of people living/working inside the building. A disadvantage is that the building may be less energy efficient since the exterior of the building is where heat transfer occurs.

Evaluator Node 2 -

Description

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Summary Table

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Point to Ponder

Answer

Stage 2