Combining structural analysis and multi-objective criteria for evolutionary architectural design

  • Authors:
  • Jonathan Byrne;Michael Fenton;Erik Hemberg;James McDermott;Michael O'Neill;Elizabeth Shotton;Ciaran Nally

  • Affiliations:
  • Natural Computing Research & Applications Group, University College Dublin, Ireland;Natural Computing Research & Applications Group, University College Dublin, Ireland;Natural Computing Research & Applications Group, University College Dublin, Ireland;Natural Computing Research & Applications Group, University College Dublin, Ireland;Natural Computing Research & Applications Group, University College Dublin, Ireland;Natural Computing Research & Applications Group, University College Dublin, Ireland;Natural Computing Research & Applications Group, University College Dublin, Ireland

  • Venue:
  • EvoApplications'11 Proceedings of the 2011 international conference on Applications of evolutionary computation - Volume Part II
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

This study evolves and categorises a population of conceptual designs by their ability to handle physical constraints. The design process involves a trade-off between form and function. The aesthetic considerations of the designer are constrained by physical considerations and material cost. In previous work, we developed a design grammar capable of evolving aesthetically pleasing designs through the use of an interactive evolutionary algorithm. This work implements a fitness function capable of applying engineering objectives to automatically evaluate designs and, in turn, reduce the search space that is presented to the user.