An interactive approach for evolving pareto optimal architectural form

Camilo Cruz, Michael Kirley, Justyna Karakiewicz

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Abstract

Architectural design is regarded as a challenging open ended activity aimed to transform an existing reality into a desired one. This transformation takes place via the generation of design alternatives. Digital morphogenesis techniques lend themselves to the task of producing design alternatives quicker and easily. In this paper, we introduce an interactive population-based model for evolving design alternatives. Our model enables designers to steer the trajectory of the evolutionary process. We use a population-based evolutionary approach that allows us to represent, evaluate and evolve design alternatives. We illustrate how the model is capable of generating a diverse space of alternatives, increasing the probability of finding unexpected designs. Finally we examine the results obtained, by defining measures of quality related to design intentions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSIMAUD'17, Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design
EditorsMichela Turrin, Brady Peters, Timur Dogan, William O’Brien, Rudi Stouffs
Place of PublicationSan Diego SA USA
PublisherThe Society for Modeling & Simulation International
Pages33-40
Number of pages8
Edition11
ISBN (Electronic)9781510870185
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
EventAnnual Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design 2017 - Toronto, Canada
Duration: 22 May 201724 May 2017
Conference number: 8th
https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.5555/3289787 (Proceedings)

Publication series

NameSimulation Series
PublisherThe Society for Modeling & Simulation International
Number11
Volume49
ISSN (Print)0735-9276

Conference

ConferenceAnnual Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design 2017
Abbreviated titleSimAUD 2017
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto
Period22/05/1724/05/17
Internet address

Keywords

  • Digital morphogenesis
  • Evolutionary computing
  • Genetic algorithm
  • Interactive design

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