A presentation about Generative Design 101 for Architecture, Engineering & Construction by Jad Dellel and Emily Bisaga Dunne.

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Generative Design 101 for Architecture,
Engineering & Construction
The 7 Habits of Highly Connected BIM People
Jad Dellel
Industry Lead, Architecture- Engineering & Construction

2. Welcome and introductions
Jad Dellel
AEC Industry Lead @AutodeskEP
@AutodeskEP
@JadAutodesk
Emily Bisaga Dunne
Generative Design & BIM @ AutodeskEP
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3. About This Course

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Defining Generative Design

10. What is Generative Design?
Generative Design is an algorithmic modeling process for optimization of
design elements

11. Why Generative Design?

12. Generative Design Solutions by Autodesk

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Trends Driving Generative Design

14. Rapidly Evolving Production Methods

15. BiomimicryBiomimicry

16. Cloud
Computing

17. Manual 2D
3D
Cloud Collaboration
AI
Computers
Algorithms
Paper
Technology Revolution
Rapid AEC Industry
Transformation
Thousands of years
1982
2004
2017
Generative Design

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Generative Design Examples

19. Airbus Airplane Optimization

20. Under Armour Performance Training
Shoe

21. X-VEIN Next-Generation Drone

22. Hack Rod

23. Arup Tensile Structure Joints

24. Autodesk MaRs Office Building
Toronto

25. Autodesk MaRs Office Building
Toronto

26. Autodesk MaRs Office Building
Toronto

27. Autodesk MaRs Office Building
Toronto
Geometry Performance Algorithm (MOGA) Analysis
Generative Design Process by The Living
MOGA = multi-objective genetic
algorithm
Pre-design
Post-design

28. Autodesk MaRs Office Building
Toronto
to create a
dynamic
+
highly functional
new office space for Autodesk in Toronto.
Vision Statement

29. Autodesk MaRs Office Building
Toronto
Constraints

30. Autodesk MaRs Office Building
Toronto
Surveys and Dialogues with Office Teams

31. Autodesk MaRs Office Building
Toronto
Design Goals

32. Autodesk MaRs Office Building
Toronto
Study Types for Algorithmic Processing
Adjacenc
y
Work
Style
Buzz Productivi
ty
Daylight Views

33. Autodesk MaRs Office Building
Toronto
MOGA Search Algorithm
Gen 1
Design
Gen 2
Design
Gen 3
Design Best Options
“Cross-breeding”
Random
Sample
High
Performers
Random Mix of Two High
Performing Designs
“Elitism”
Modified
Parameters
“Mutation”
Repeated over
Multiple generations
“Survival of the
Fittest”
Based on input
parameters
Aka ”Genome”

34. Autodesk MaRs Office Building
Toronto
Time Plot of Design Generations

35. Autodesk MaRs Office Building
Toronto
Principal Component Analysis of Distribution

36. Autodesk MaRs Office Building
Toronto
The Human Factor

37. Autodesk MaRs Office Building
Toronto

38. Humans + Machines
• Autodesk has provided
software to help customers
exploit technological
disruptions for 30 years
• From 2D CAD documentation to
3D modeling and optimization
• Now the Era of Connection,
inspiring engineers in new
ways – optimizing how things
are designed, built and
interconnected for use

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Quick Start Guide

40. Generative Design Workflow Applications
+
FractalDynamo Studio Dynamo for
Revit
Revit
Easy to use
Simple upload
process
Simple run
study process
Easier than
traditional scripting
Clear onboarding
with Dynamo Primer
Usability Assessment
Design-oriented
workspace
Integrated Revit
workflow nodes

41. Dynamo – Gateway to Algorithms
Identify
Parameters
Operate on
Parameters
Visualize
Operations
Study Options (one
option at a time)
Define
Parameters
+
FractalDynamo Studio Dynamo for Revit
Algorithms to Generative
Studies
Algorithms to Design Development
and Construction Documentation

42. Learn Dynamo - Dynamo Primer
http://dynamoprimer.com/e

43. Get Help With Dynamo – Dynamo BIM forum
https://forum.dynamobim.c

44. Dynamo BIM Home Page
http://dynamobim.org/learn/

45. Project Fractal – Gateway to Generative Design
Run
Options
Analysis
Export
Results for
Further
Analysis
Set final options
in Dynamo script
for Revit
integration
Send script to
Fractal cloud Possible to add custom watch nodes as reporting values for analysis.
Review
Visualized
Results
Must work in Dynamo Studio and must not use custom nodes
FractalDynamo Studio

46. Fractal Home Page
http://home.fractal.live

47. How do AEC generative design tools differ from the
manufacturing?
Key AEC Generative Design Factors
In a design space where everything matters,
how do we decide what matters the most?
ManufacturingAEC Overlap
▪ Fixed parameters
▪ Lightweighting
▪ Optimization
▪ Cost Analysis
▪ Any parameters
▪ Any objective

48. The Importance of Early Stage Definitions
Your model becomes what you believe.
▪ Identify values
▪ Identify the site
▪ Model the site
▪ Identify the parcel
▪ Identify comparative data
▪ Identify parameters
▪ Identify areas of flexibility vs. constraint
▪ Identify analysis goals

49. Autodesk Mars Office Building
Toronto
Pre-Generative Design: Values
Autodesk Mars Office Building
Toronto
Personal, Team, Corporation, Client, Contextual
▪ Personal: efficient design process with connected workflows to produce
elegant multi-family development
▪ Team: honest, sustainable design with an FAR value in the 15 – 20 range
and a fast-tracked design process
▪ Corporation: a multi-family development that will
make the world a better place to live in and inspire the future of design.
▪ Client: a high return on investment and a managed-cost design
▪ Contextual: a flagship building that will demonstrate the Seaport as an
innovation district and Boston as a world-class city.

50. Autodesk Mars Office Building
Toronto
Pre-Generative Design: Site Identification
Theoretical
Area for
Development
Identified in
Boston
Seaport
Autodesk Boston

51. Autodesk Mars Office Building
Toronto
Pre-Generative Design: Site Model

52. Autodesk Mars Office Building
Toronto
Pre-Generative Design: Parcel Identification

53. Autodesk Mars Office Building
Toronto
Pre-Generative Design: Comparative Data
Early Stage Financial Elements
▪ Floor Area Ratio defined as Gross Floor Area / Lot Area
▪ Estimated rent at $60 / SF / Month with a 4% vacancy rate estimate
▪ Construction cost estimate at $500 / SF based on 2014 real estate
development article from Boston
▪ Land acquisition cost estimate of $359 million based on sale of adjacent
12.5 acre parcel in Seaport called ‘Seaport Square’.
▪ Estimated rental rate per square foot of anywhere from $50 - $100

54. Pre-Generative Design: Building Typology
High-rise Multi-family Residential Real Estate Development
▪ Typically contains podium, tower(s) and custom highest upper level.
▪ For this example we will explore this basic rectangular form

55. 3. Colored blocks are referred to as groups
1. Gray blocks are referred to as nodes
2. Nodes may have inputs and outputs,
and are connected by wires. Each node
contains an operation.
Anatomy of a High-rise Typology Dynamo Script
4. All of these nodes connected to
create this basic geometry.

56. Autodesk Mars Office Building
Toronto
Color-Coding Nodes

57. Dynamo Studio Tower Algorithm for Fractal

58. File> Send to Web… Publish for Fractal!

59. Fractal Generative Design Study for Tower

60. Fractal Combination Processing

61. Dynamo for Revit Tower Script

62. Nodes close-up to show how geometry is created in the Revit model.
Creates wall geometry in
Revit model.

63. Native Revit Geometry from Dynamo Script

64. Questions
&
Answers

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Emily Bisaga Dunne
Jad Dellel

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