Developing an Interactive Method for Generation and Evaluation of Urban Environments

Abstract

The ongoing increase in the population sizes of urban dwellers around the globe translates into dense and crowded neighborhoods that may negatively impact residents' well-being. This research study presents a novel process for creating, evaluating, and filtering a range of suitable urban planning alternatives at the neighborhood scale, using generative tools and computerized analytical tools. This innovative model enables the proposal of a range of planning alternatives during the initial planning stages when changes can be made simply and without incurring unnecessary costs. Generative approaches that find optimal solutions tend to process that resemble the "black box". This can Couse the designer to feel a lack of involvement in the process. Therefore, the suggested method emphasizes interactions between the designer and computerized tools, providing an applicable algorithm that supports the designer in the decision-making process.