My 2 custom nodes are testing the compactness ratio and the view quality score. The first one allows us to determine the amount of heat loss, because having a more compact building leads to a lower surface area per floor area. The second allows developers to understand how much visibility to the outside their building is providing based on a perimeter zone radius.
Point to ponder: The compactness ratio is able to capture the efficiency of the envelope. It would be helpful to also include the price of the facade and the developers intention into the custom node, to get a better understanding of how efficient it really is. For the second one, it would be helpful to include the amount of stories, because the more stories there are the more area is closer to the facade (because the building becomes narrower.
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.