Toolbox for super-structured and super-structure free multi-disciplinary building spatial design optimisation. (April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boonstra, Sjonnie; van der Blom, Koen; Hofmeyer, Hèrm; Emmerich, Michael T.M.; van Schijndel, Jos; de Wilde, Pieter
• Is Part Of: Advanced engineering informatics. Volume 36(2018)
• Page Start: 86
• Page End: 100
• Publication Date: 2018-04
• Subjects: Building optimisation -- Multi-disciplinary optimisation -- Super-structures -- Structural design -- Building physics; Computer-aided engineering -- Periodicals; Engineering -- Data processing -- Periodicals; 620.00285
• DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2018.01.003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1474-0346

Abstract

Abstract: Multi-disciplinary optimisation of building spatial designs is characterised by large solution spaces. Here two approaches are introduced, one being super-structured and the other super-structure free. Both are different in nature and perform differently for large solution spaces and each requires its own representation of a building spatial design, which are also presented here. A method to combine the two approaches is proposed, because the two are prospected to supplement each other. Accordingly a toolbox is presented, which can evaluate the structural and thermal performances of a building spatial design to provide a user with the means to define optimisation procedures. A demonstration of the toolbox is given where the toolbox has been used for an elementary implementation of a simulation of co-evolutionary design processes. The optimisation approaches and the toolbox that are presented in this paper will be used in future efforts for research into- and development of optimisation methods for multi-disciplinary building spatial design optimisation.