Toolbox for super-structured and super-structure free multi-disciplinary building spatial design optimisation

Author(s):
Boonstra, S.; Blom, K. van der (0000-0002-4653-0707); Hofmeyer, H.; Emmerich, M.T.M. (0000-0002-7342-2090); Schijndel, J. van; Wilde, P. de
Published
2018
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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.

Building optimisationMulti-disciplinary optimisationSuper-structuresStructural designBuilding physics
Date issued
2018-03-20
Language
English
Is part of
Advanced Engineering Informatics (2018), Vol. 36, p. 86-100
hdl
1887/69389
doi
10.1016/j.aei.2018.01.003