SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology Discrete Optimization in Architecture - Machi Zawidzki Kartoniert (TB)

This book presents three projects that demonstrate thefundamental problems of architectural design and urban composition - the layoutdesign evaluation and optimization. Part I describes the functional layoutdesign of a residential building and an evaluation of the quality of a townsquare (plaza). The algorithm for the functional layout design is based onbacktracking using a constraint satisfaction approach combined with coarse griddiscretization. The algorithm for the town square evaluation is based ongeometrical properties derived directly from its plan. Part II introduces a crowd-simulatio n application for theanalysis of escape routes on floor plans and optimization of a floor plan forsmooth crowd flow. The algorithms presented employ agent-based modeling andcellular automata.