In this project, I tried to
explore the daylight impact of a proposed high-rise building on an existing
low-rise courtyard building. Then I used Genetic Algorithm to optimize the
shape and height of the high-rise building that maximized the solar gain on the
existing low-rise building.
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At first, I created the existing low-rise building with courtyard in Grasshopper.
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Then I used DIVA plug-in to carry out the daylight simulation on this block. I chose outside façade as the building material and a typical summer day in Houston, TX for the simulation.
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In the next step, I created
the proposed high-rise building to the south side of the existing building,
with the width and volume fixed, and the length and height variable.
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Then I performed daylight
simulation in DIVA with the same material and weather condition as the existing
building.
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In the last step, I used
Galapagos to optimize the shape of the tower to maximize the solar gain of the
low-rise building.
