[a]sorted selection : improving building performance and diversity using a new form of interactive evolutionary algorithm
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Author(s)
Ingram, Joshua (Joshua Wayne)
Advisor(s)
Terry Knight and Una-May O'Reilly.
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Assorted selection : improving building performance and diversity using a new form of interactive evolutionary algorithm
Sorted selection : improving building performance and diversity using a new form of interactive evolutionary algorithm
Improving building performance and diversity using a new form of interactive evolutionary algorithm
Date Issued
2012
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
There have been numerous studies demonstrating the use of optimization in architecture, yet it has not been adopted in the field, especially in the early stages of design. As buildings become more complex, the use of optimization in design becomes more relevant. Still, there is a gap between the way architects work and the role optimization plays in the design process. This work presents a new methodology, IDEA (interactive diversity-driven evolutionary algorithm), for designers to engage optimization in the early stages of design. IDEA is designed to work in a manner that is comfortable to the designer and easily integrated into the design process. By focusing on similarities and differences of form, designers sort design options into clusters. The clusters are used to develop a diversity-metric that IDEA uses to generate diverse design options that satisfy the objective. This work demonstrates a novel approach to interaction to better assist in early stages design.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2012.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [49]).
Subjects
Architecture.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
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