Please enter the following info in the fields above:
Your Name as the Card title
The link to your Module 7 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.
Please include:
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Step 1 - Generative Design Framework
Design Decision 1: Room Dimensions (Volume vs. Perimeter)
Design Variables
Room Length (slider from 10–50)
Room Width (slider from 10–50)
Room Height (slider from 8–20)
Evaluators
Total Wall Length / Perimeter (2 × (Length + Width))
Total Floor Area (Length × Width)
Total Room Volume (Area × Height)
Most Important Tradeoffs to Consider
Usable Space vs. Construction Cost: Maximizing the floor area and total spatial volume for the user while minimizing the overall wall length/perimeter to reduce the amount of siding, framing, and drywall materials needed.
Total Glazing Area (Height × Width × Number of Windows)
Estimated Glass Cost
Total Window Frame Length (Perimeter of windows × Number of Windows)
Most Important Tradeoffs to Consider
Daylight vs. Budget & Installation Time: Increasing window size and quantity improves natural light and wellness, but directly increases the material cost of the glass. Furthermore, more windows require more linear framing, which drives up thermal bridging and installation labor.
Design Decision 3: Simple Structural Grid (Openness vs. Material Volume)
Design Variables
Number of Columns along the X-axis
Number of Columns along the Y-axis
Column Radius / Thickness
Evaluators
Maximum Span (the open distance between columns)
Total Number of Columns (X-axis count × Y-axis count)
Total Concrete Volume (Cross-sectional area of columns × total columns × floor height)
Most Important Tradeoffs to Consider
Floor Flexibility vs. Material Cost & Dead Load: Using fewer columns creates larger spans, resulting in a more "open" and flexible floor plan. However, larger spans require much thicker, heavier columns (larger radius) to support the weight, which drastically increases the total concrete volume and material costs.
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Step 2 - Generative Design Study
A more detailed description of the design decision from Step 2 that you decided to run a Generative Design Study with.
Use the Generative Design Framework structure to explain how you’ve set up your Generative Design Study to keep it consistent.
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Step 3 - Generative Design Study Results
The screenshot of the Scatterplot or Parallel Coordinates Graph illustrating the tradeoff that you chose to model and study.
Provide a brief explanation of what’s being shown in the Scatterplot or Parallel Coordinates Graph and how the tradeoff being illustrated would impact the design decision. What would you do with this info?
An image of your Dynamo Study Graph (showing all your nodes and the connecting logic) -- You can use the File > Export Workspace As Image... command in Dynamo to save a PNG image to upload with your posting.