Design as Exploration: Multi-Objective and Multi- Disciplinary Optimization (MOMDO) of Indoor Sports Halls

There are an increasing number of optimal-design paradigms used in architectural design nowadays. In these paradigms, a design task is formulated, or partially formulated, as an optimization problem. Multi-Disciplinary Optimization and Multi-Objective Optimization, as two important optimal-design paradigms, have shown their great potential in...

Architectural Design Performance Through Computational Intelligence: A Comprehensive Decision Support Framework

Identification of design solutions for a built environment that caters to the human needs at all levels, and more specifically, to the needs of the clients and the society, is the main task addressed by architectural design. Architectural design is a prime example of a design task that is characterized by a high degree of complexity....

Space layout and energy performance: Parametric optimisation of space layout for the energy performance of office buildings

Architectural design greatly influences building energy performance (BEP), and<br/>energy-efficient design is therefore often studied. Architectural space layout also can affect BEP. However, only a few of the numerous studies on energy-efficient design considered the effect of space layout. Within these studies, the isolated effect of space...

Solar Geometry in Performance of the Built Environment: An Integrated Computational Design Method for High-Performance Building Massing Based on Attribute Point Cloud Information

As part of the passive design strategy, the development of computational solar envelopes plays a major role to construct a cooperative environmental performance exchange between new buildings and their local contexts. However, the state-of-the-art computational solar envelopes pose a great challenge in understanding site characteristics from a...

Computational Design of Indoor Arenas (CDIA): Integrating multi-functional spaces and long-span roof structures

Indoor arenas are important public buildings catering for various activities (e.g., sports events, stage performances, assemblies, exhibitions, and daily sports for the public) and serving as landmarks in urban contexts. The multi-functional space and long-span roof structure of an indoor arena are highly interrelated, which impact the multi...