Parametric Urban Design

Grasshopper
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Hello

I wanted to know how to design a parametric site layout on grasshopper, by giving the program for example the mass%, Road %, landscape % and service % (parameters of the needed design) and it generates all the possible options where i can choose the most suitable ones, of coarse after introducing the site itself for grasshopper.
Is such a thing possible on grasshopper ?

Thank you in advance.

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In order to attempt to do something similar (even remotely related with some remote reality) you’ll need:

  1. A BIM umbrella (AECOSim or Revit).
  2. Localized Urban/Building Regulations (*).
  3. Rules that may conflict (kinda a fuzzy set) and are prone to change any time.
  4. A team of experts in coding (and a flirt with AI).
  5. Delevoping time.
  6. Depending on the complexity … maybe (just maybe) CUDA or at least an intranet of I9’s (or Ryzen).

(*) Plus - maybe - special ones like a Waldram analysis (NY etc etc).

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Thank you for ur reply

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Oh that’s all you want? I know there’s a hidden test command in Rhino 7 called SimpleProductAmericaWants, but I think you’re looking for something a little more elaborate.

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The iterations part sounds right up Wallace’s alley.

https://www.food4rhino.com/app/wallacei-0

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BTW: Anyway it’s worth to read what the Prophet has to say in the broad sense (I do hope that you know who’s C Alexander):

CAlexander_GenerativeCodes_V10.pdf (350.3 KB) The_Fifteen_Rules_Of_Apocalypse.pdf (967.7 KB)

And here’s the state of things post-Prophet:

Nguyen_asu_0010E_14850.pdf (5.4 MB)

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Amazing references! Keep 'em coming, Peter! Thanks.

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And since any solution is based (or originates) on some sort of Cluster Analysis (of HAC type) while the adjacency Matrices are in reality fuzzy or chaotic or ill-defined on the fly or “evolving” or … here’s the other Prophet talking:

FST_Zadeh_FuzzySetTheory_1965.pdf (2.1 MB) FST_zimmermann_review.pdf (219.7 KB)

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