Title: Discrete Optimization in Architecture
Description: This book presents three projects that demonstrate the fundamental problems of architectural design and urban composition - the layout design, evaluation and optimization. Part I describes the functional layout design of a residential building, and an evaluation of the quality of a town square (plaza). The algorithm for the functional layout design is based on backtracking using a constraint satisfaction approach combined with coarse grid discretization. The algorithm for the town square evaluation is based on geometrical properties derived directly from its plan. Part II introduces a crowd-simulation application for the analysis of escape routes on floor plans, and optimization of a floor plan for smooth crowd flow. The algorithms presented employ agent-based modeling and cellular automata. -
Subjects: Architecture, designs and plans, Architecture, data processing, Mathematical optimization, Architecture, Data processing, Mathematical models, Designs and plans, Computer-aided engineering, City planning, Crowds, Collective behavior