A super-structure based optimisation approach for building spatial designs

K. van der Blom, S. Boonstra, H. Hofmeyer, M.T.M. Emmerich

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Abstract

Building design can be supported effectively by computer-aided design exploration. This paper investigates optimisation based on a mixed-integer super-structure representation of the search space of building spatial designs. It can take into account parametric as well as topological variations. In the suggested super-structure – the so-called supercube representation – discrete and continuous variables determine the existence, respectively, dimensioning of spaces of the building spatial design. Constraints are formulated as closed form equations and can be used to numerically assess the feasibility of designs. A population-based constraint-handling evolutionary strategy is developed. In the constraint handling repair and penalty methods are combined in a domain specific way. The method is tested on different search space sizes and first promising results are reported.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationECCOMAS Congress 2016, VII European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Crete Island, Greece
EditorsM. Papadrakakis, V. Papadopoulos, G. Stefanou, V. Plevris
PublisherECCOMAS
Pages1-14
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event7th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS 2016 - Creta Maris Conference Centre, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece
Duration: 5 Jun 201610 Jun 2016
Conference number: 7
https://www.eccomas2016.org/

Conference

Conference7th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS 2016
Abbreviated titleECCOMAS 2016
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityHersonissos, Crete
Period5/06/1610/06/16
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