Non-trivial self-organised floor plans: a Breakthrough in Computational Floor Plan Design on NEXUS Network Journal
I’m excited to share a significant milestone in My Research journey as an independent researcher. I’ve collaborated with a remarkable team of experts to publish a paper in the prestigious NEXUS Network Journal, a leading academic publication that explores the fascinating intersection between mathematics and architecture.
Our paper, “Non-trivial self-organised floor plans: an optimisation strategy”, represents a true interdisciplinary effort. I’m particularly grateful to Prof. Silvio Carta and Prof. Krishnendra Shekhawat, whose deep expertise in architecture and mathematics, but also to Dr Tommaso Turchi and Dr Miguel Vidal, respectively have been instrumental in shaping this research.
As a computational researcher, it’s been incredibly rewarding to contribute to a study that bridges these two fundamental disciplines.
The research introduces a novel computational approach to generating non-rectangular floor plans, combining mathematical optimization with architectural design principles (which is well-suited for future insights and implementations.). What makes this work particularly exciting is how it demonstrates the power of interdisciplinary collaboration – where mathematical precision meets architectural creativity to create more efficient and sustainable building layouts.
NEXUS Network Journal is renowned for fostering dialogue between mathematics and architecture, making it the perfect platform for our research. Being published here from my side as an “independent Researcher”, especially as part of a team of academic expert researchers spanning multiple countries, is particularly meaningful.
Our study presents innovative findings about how non-rectangular floor plans can outperform traditional rectangular layouts in certain sustainable parameters, especially in optimizing solar radiation exposure. This could have significant implications for future architectural design practices.
For the complete research findings and methodology, I invite you to read the full paper in the NEXUS Network Journal on Springer’s platform, where we detail our computational workflow and validation process.
Abstract. We present a novel workflow where non-rectangular floor plans (NRFPs), namely plans with at least one concave corner, are self-generated using a model that directly encodes key optimisation factors on spatial quality and energy consumption, with non-rectangular building envelopes. The modelling considers a number of key factors including architectural and urban quality, net zero factors and
adherence to general residents’ feedback from previous studies. We provide evidence that the
proposed workflow outperforms a number of optimisation solvers generally used in computational design, in those cases where solar radiation is most needed. Our study combines a syntactic
approach with a computational one with a novel workflow to encode tangible and intangible factors to improve a specific class of non-trivial floor plans (L-shaped).
Keywords: L-shaped floor plans, non-trivial floor plans, optimisation, factor encoding, self-organising floor plans
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