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    Evolutionary Computation for Architectural Design of Restaurant Layouts
    (IEEE, 2015) Cemre Ugurlu; Ioannis Chatzikonstantinou; Sevil Sariyildiz; M. Fatih Tasgetiren; Sariyildiz, Sevil; Chatzikonstantinou, Ioannis; Tasgetiren, M. Fatih; Ugurlu, Cemre
    This paper presents the results obtained by NSGA-II and DE on a restaurant layout optimization problem trying to maximize total profit while minimizing investment. The problem entails the configuration of restaurant functions the decisions regarding the restaurant shell composition (fraction and position of windows dimensions) and how to shape and place the kitchen and service areas. The NSGA-II and DE algorithms are implemented in a Parametric Design Environment that is familiar in the architectural practice. We demonstrate that the DE algorithm achieves slightly better performance in terms of hypervolume calculation and achieve promising results when the Pareto front approximation is examined. To the best of our knowledge this is the first application of multi-objective approach for restaurant design.
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    Identification of Sustainable Designs for Floating Settlements Using Computational Design Techniques
    (IEEE, 2015) Cemre Ugurlu; Ioannis Chatzikonstantinou; Sevil Sariyildiz; Mehmet Fatih Tasgetiren; Sariyildiz, Sevil; Chatzikonstantinou, Ioannis; Tasgetiren, M. Fatih; Ugurlu, Cemre
    This paper focuses on the conceptual design and the development of a floating neighborhood by taking advantage of computational methods. An application to a concept design of a floating neighborhood in the region of Urla - a coastal town close to Izmir in Turkey has been studied. The scenario that has been addressed concerns the development of an efficient floating settlement between four islands that are local to the study region. The whole study revolves around two issues first one is about configuration of the functions (accommodation marine yacht club public area) in order to maximize accessibility wind protection and visibility subject to both technical and nontechnical constraints. Second issue is to find a suitable form generated by shortest walk algorithm that decides how to create roads between functions where their places are gathered from optimization solutions. For the configuration of the functions since wind protection and visibility objectives as well as accessibility and visibility are conflicting with each other we make use of multi-objective evolutionary algorithms. The NSGA-II and DE algorithms are implemented in a Parametric Design Environment that is familiar in the architectural practice. We demonstrate that the NSGA-II performs slightly better in terms of hyper volume calculation and achieves promising results when the Pareto front approximation is examined.