Design guidelines for automated floor plan generation applications – target group survey, results and reflections

Maciej Nisztuk

maciej.nisztuk@pwr.edu.pl
Faculty of Architecture, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6520-5128

Jacek Kościuk


Faculty of Architecture, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0623-8071

Paweł Myszkowski


Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2861-7240

Abstract

This article presents the results of a survey regarding architects’ expectations towards software for automated floor plan generation (AFPG) and optimisation processes in architectural design. More than 150 practising architects from Poland and abroad took part in the survey. Survey results were then extracted, ordered and interpreted with the use of data mining. The survey structure, methodology and analytical tools used are described in the paper.


Keywords:

automated floor plan generation, computer-aided architectural design, optimisation in CAAD, hybrid evolutionary algorithm, optimisation, survey

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2019-03-29

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Nisztuk, M., Kościuk, J., & Myszkowski, P. (2019). Design guidelines for automated floor plan generation applications – target group survey, results and reflections. Teka Komisji Architektury, Urbanistyki I Studiów Krajobrazowych, 15(1), 73–89. https://doi.org/10.35784/teka.1334

Authors

Maciej Nisztuk 
maciej.nisztuk@pwr.edu.pl
Faculty of Architecture, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6520-5128

mgr inż. arch.


Authors

Jacek Kościuk 

Faculty of Architecture, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0623-8071

dr hab. inż. arch.


Authors

Paweł Myszkowski 

Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2861-7240

dr inż.



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