Generative design to support complete community quantitative and qualitative analysis

Generative design to support complete community quantitative and qualitative analysis brings together growing computational practices in generative design with the urban design challenge of planning and building transit oriented complete communities using urban data analysis. This grant explores the importance of qualitative factors such as social cohesion in complete community design and the opportunity to translate these to quantitative measurement. It emphasizes the value of participatory design in identifying possible trade-offs.This Mitacs grant will interact with the larger iCity 2.0 Urban Data Science for Urban Mobility Project of which Autodesk is a significant partner. Generative design to support complete community quantitative and qualitative analysis will build on Autodesk’s recent exploration of the application of generative design to urban planning (Nagy & Villaggi, 2020) and make a significant research contribution in applying generative design within “Complete Community” guidelines and planning processes. OCAD U continue to build its research capacity in geo-spatial visualization the context of the Autodesk platform.

Faculty Supervisor:

Sara Diamond

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Partner:

Autodesk

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing and Construction; Transportation (excluding aerospace); Information and Communications Technology

University:

Ontario College of Art & Design University

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