Step 1 - Generative Design Framework
Step 2 - Generative Design Study
I decided to explore the design for a 3-part building. I used two boxes and a cylinder to make the structure. The cylinder connected both cube forms. The goal was to explore different combinations of the buildings. This included the height and placements of the three forms. The goal was to maximize the floor area, while minimizing the heat loss, embodied carbon and cost of the building.
The generative design takes inputs that are constant and variable. The variable inputs for this design are Box 1 Height, Box 2 Y Position, Cylinder Height and Cylinder Position X.
I created outputs to analyze. I decided on heat loss, embodied carbon, cost, and the floor area. Floor area is directly correlated to the code created, based on the floors created. I stated that each floor is 10ft. Cost is a function of the floor area. I researched and stated the cost per sqft of a reinforced concrete building is $150. The embodied carbon is a function of the volume. I research the embodied carbon coefficient for reinforced concrete and it is 0.198kgCO2e/kg of conc and the factor to go from CF to kg of concrete is 66.15kg per CF. The heat loss is a function of the surface area/volume. The surface area directly relates to the number of windows. We want a larger number of windows, so it is maximized. We want to minimize the cost, embodied carbon, and heat loss and surface area.
Step 3 - Generative Design Study Results
This is the entire code.
