Theodoros Dounas
Dense urban typologies and the game of life: evolving cellular automata.
Dounas, Theodoros; Spaeth, Benjamin; Wu, Hao; Zhang, Chenke
Authors
Benjamin Spaeth
Hao Wu
Chenke Zhang
Contributors
G�len �a?da?
Editor
Mine �zkar
Editor
Leman Figen G�l
Editor
Ethem G�rer
Editor
Abstract
The ongoing rate of urbanization in China is the motivator behind this paper. As a response to the observed monotonous housing developments in Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) and elsewhere, our method exploits Cellular Automata (CA) combined with fitness evaluation algorithms to explore speculatively the potential of existing developments and respective building regulations for increased density and diversity through an automated design algorithm. The well-known Game of Life CA is extended from its original two-dimensional functionality into the realm of three dimensions and enriched with the opportunity of resizing the involved cells according to their function. Moreover, our method integrates an earlier technique of constrcuctivists - namely the social condenser as a means of diversifying functional distribution within the Cellular Automata - as well as solar radiation as requested by the existing building regulation. The method achieves a densification of the development from 31% to 39% ratio of footprint to occupied volume whilst obeying the solar radiation rule and offering a more diverse functional occupation. This proof of concept demonstrates a solid approach to the automated design of housing developments at an urban scale with a limited evaluation procedure including solar radiation, which can be extended to other performance criteria in future work.
Citation
DOUNAS, T., SPAETH, A.B., WU, H. and ZHANG, C. 2017. Dense urban typologies and the game of life: evolving cellular automata. In Çagdas, G., Özkar, M., Gül, L.F. and Gürer, E. (eds.) Proceedings of the 17th International conference on computer aided architectural design futures (CAAD Futures 2017): future trajectories of computation in design, 12-14 July 2017, Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul: Istanbul Technical University [online], pages 648-666. Available from: http://caadfutures2017.itu.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CAADFutures2017_Proceedings-updated-20092017.pdf
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (published) |
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Conference Name | 17th International conference on computer aided architectural design futures (CAAD Futures 2017) |
Start Date | Jul 12, 2017 |
End Date | Jul 14, 2017 |
Acceptance Date | Apr 23, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 12, 2017 |
Publication Date | Jul 14, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Feb 28, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 28, 2018 |
Publisher | Istanbul Technical University |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 648-666 |
Keywords | Evolutionary design; Generative urbanism; Integrated strategy |
Public URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2782 |
Publisher URL | http://caadfutures2017.itu.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CAADFutures2017_Proceedings-updated-20092017.pdf |
Contract Date | Feb 28, 2018 |
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