Constraint-based Decision Support System: Designing and Manufacturing Building Facades

摘要

Layout synthesis algorithms in civil engineering have two major strategies called constructive and iterative improvement. Both strategies have been successfully applied within different facility scenarios such as room configurations and apartment layouts. The present paper contributes with layout synthesis field by developing a constraint-based algorithm for the layout design of building facades. This work is part of a French project called CRIBA whose goal is to industrialize the thermal renovation of apartment buildings. Conception of the renovation, generation of bill of materials and generation of the working site assembly process are then supported by our system. Details of the layout design algorithm and its underlying model are the core of this paper.