Adjacency matrix

Hi everyone,

I am trying to create different floor plan layouts given the sizes of the spaces (represented as rectangles in pic 01) to be included.

Have you any idea how I could create a matrix with the desired adjacencies of the rectangles so I can control that their edges coincide?(see pic 02)

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Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on October 26, 2017 at 4:14am

In general this is utterly impossible without coding (that appears "simple" but is not).

Just imagine 100++ spaces, their sizes/connections (derived from some classic space schedule Lists as is the norm in our trade) as an adjacency Matrix ... and real-life boundary limitations plus local (per space) topology restrictions (like furniture and the likes) plus building regulation restrictions plus load bearing restrictions plus ...

Unless this is a thesis and you want to spend A LOT of time ... well ... I would strongly suggest to do it "manually".

In the mean time: Notes on the synthesis of form (by the Messiah of all similar matters).

Permalink Reply by Richard Schaffranek on October 26, 2017 at 4:45am

Hi peter,

have a look @ https://vimeo.com/136231619

would be interested in your comments ...

Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on October 26, 2017 at 5:44am

Bravo: I see a man walking the walk (the hilly part) ... but rationalism in contemporary Architecture is a no-no (look what's happening all over the world).

Maybe some Skype thingy is required here.

Provide your mail (ping a friend's request).

Moral: Thermopylae or Salamis?

Permalink Reply by Richard Schaffranek on October 26, 2017 at 4:42am

Hi there,

I wouldn't be so negative as peter, however in one point he is right, it is not as simple.

And well in my opinion there has been a lot of development since Christoph Alexander.....

Some Ideas and references:

1. The Geometry of the Envoirnment, Lionel March and Philip Steadman, Chapeter 10 - 11

2. There is a good overview on Floorplan generation methodes under this link:

http://entwurfsforschung.de/layout/

3. Have a look @Space Syntax grasshopper plugin