Bar Code Housing System

Block as aggregation of housing units. The circulation system is conceived of as a separate structure, inserted into the mass of housing units

Diagrams

The Housing Unit generator. It allows the user to explore the space of design solutions interactively. By controlling the parameters during the process of exploration, the user can direct the search [opens in a popup window - 62 KB image]

The Block generator. Interface to control the generative process that gives rise to the block. The user can let the system explore automatically the design solutions or control each step of the process of growth [opens in a popup window - 91 KB image]

The Facade generator. Facade compositions can be created interacting with the diagrams representing the design parameters and their interrelationship [opens in a popup window - 82 KB image]

Generation system for housing units: search process of space-bar combinations [opens in a popup window - 465 KB image]

Generation system for blocks [opens in a popup window - 636 KB image]

Section of a block [opens in a popup window - 32 KB image]

Housing unit [opens in a popup window - 26 KB image]

Print-out of the description of a block generated by the system [opens in a popup window - 83 KB image]

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Credits

• Text and photographs: Courtesy, the Architect
• Compiled and Edited by Varun M. Ajani

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