Rommy Joyce - Urban Planning Modules: Dynamo Custom Nodes for Parametric Land Use Planning (Poster)

DYNAMO CUSTOM NODES FOR PARAMETRIC LAND USE PLANNINGURBAN PL ANNING MODULES

CEE 220: BIM Specia l StudiesROMMY JOYCE

Fo r t h e B e r r ye s s a D e ve l o p m e nt P ro j e c t , we d i d t h e l a n d - u s e p l a n n i n g m a n u a l l y. I t to o k u s a l o n g ti m e a n d i t wa s h a rd to u p d ate i t a n d ke e p i t u p to d ate . W h at we re a l l y wa nte d to t r y d o wa s to c re ate a to o l t h at w i l l l e t u s d o t h i s wo r k m o re fl u e nt l y, m o re a u to m ati ca l l y s o t h at we co u l d te st m a ny a l te r n ati ve s a s o p p o s e d to h av i n g to d o t h e m m a n u a l l y. T h e a d va nta ge o f c re ati n g t h i s to o l i s t h at we co u l d te st m o re a l te r n ati ve s w i t h l e s s wo r k a n d u l ti m ate l y fi n d t h e b e st a l te r n ati ve .

I n o rd e r to a u to m ati ca l l y c re ate , a n a l yze , a n d o p ti m i ze d i ffe re nt a l te r n ati ve s , we d e ve l o p e d a f ra m e wo r k t h at d e co m p o s e s t h i s p ro b l e m i nto s o m e t h i n g t h at i s m at h e m ati ca l l y d r i ve n . We te ste d t h i s f ra m e wo r k b y d e ve l o p i n g o n e s e r i e s o f m o d u l e s a s a p ro o f o f co n c e p t . G i ve n t h e f ra m e wo r k , s o m e o n e e l s e ca n a d d a d d i ti o n a l m o d u l e s to te st d i ffe re nt s t rate g i e s a n d p l u g t h e m i nto o u r f ra m e wo r k .

A s we p ro c e d e , we w i l l ke e p o n d e ve l o p i n g n e w m o d u l e s t h at w i l l a l l o w u s to i m p l e m e nt a n d te st m o re co m p l ex p l a n n i n g a s s u m p ti o n s t h at ex h i b i t d i ffe re nt t y p e s o f p l a n n i n g b e h av i o rs . We co u l d a l s o a d d d i ffe re nt m e a s u re s fo r e va l u ati n g h o w go o d o u r p o te nti a l s o l u ti o n s a re . I n t h e e n d , we a re ge n e rati n g a n d te sti n g a l o t o f d ata to p re s e nt a l te r n ati ve s i n a way t h at i s i n t u i ti ve a n d g i ve s d e c i s i o n m a ke rs i n s i g ht s to h e l p t h e m m a ke b e tte r d e c i s i o n s .

O u r m o d u l e s fo c u s o n t h e o ve ra l l l a n d u s e st rate g y, ge n e rati n g p o s s i b l e l ayo u t s o f u r b a n a re a s . I n e s s e n c e , t h e s e m o d u l e s d i v i d e t h e p ro j e c t s i te i n to s u b - p a rc e l s , a d d i n g ro u te s , m a j o r s t re e t s , a l l e y ways , s e t b a c ks , a n d m a j o r co n st ra i nt s t h at t h e p ro j e c t s i te m i g ht h ave .

T h e s e m o d u l e s i m p l e m e nt a s e t o f r u l e s to s u g ge st t h e t y p e o f fo r m s a n d b u i l d i n g s fo r e a c h s p a c e . Fo r t h e b u i l d i n g ge n e rato r m o d u l e , we u s e a s i m p l e l i n e a r re l ati o n s h i p . We co u l d a l s o ge n e rate b u i l d i n g s w i t h d i ffe re nt u s e s b a s e d o n t h e d i s ta n c e o r d i ffe re nt d e n s i t y.

We u s e t h e d i ffe re nt a l te r n ati ve s ge n e rate d to e va l u ate e n e rg y u s e . We co u l d a l s o ta ke i nto a c co u nt t h e p e rc e nta ge o f o p e n s p a c e , co st o f co n st r u c ti o n , s h a d i n g , p e rc e nta ge o f d ay l i g ht o n e a c h s p a c e , a n d wa l ka b i l i t y p o te nti a l .

We co u l d o p ti m i ze b y co n s i d e r i n g d i ffe re nt a l te r n ati ve s a n d e va l u ati n g t h e t ra d e o ff b e t we e n d i ffe re nt c r i te r i a s u c h a s b u i l d i n g p rox i m i t y ve rs u s b u i l d i n g e n e rg y. Fo r t h e m e t r i c s a n d e va l u ato rs , t h e re a re a l o t o f t h i n g s t h at we co u l d b e m e a s u r i n g . We co u l d e ve n co m e u p w i t h t h e wa l ka b i l i t y d e s i ra b i l i t y m e a s u re a n d d i ffe re nt m e a s u re s fo r e va l u ati n g h o w go o d o u r p o te nti a l s o l u ti o n s a re .

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