Ye Zheng

(The figure above shows the optimized dimension and orientation of the building towards the lake)

This study is constructed based on a campus building project at University of Wisconsin Madison. The building consists of 3 levels with a maximum design floor area of 30,000 sf. Lake Mandota is located on the North of the project site, and the owners want more openings with view to the lake. This study creates an optimization problem to evaluate different design dimension and orientation of each floor for maximizing the view to lake and solar insolation with a minimum floor area.