Parametric Design

A parametric design in the Tygron Platform can be used to automatically place elements of a spatial plan, such as Buildings, roads, green, and waterways in a certain layout for a given area. Requirements for the design can be configured using a set of parameters. These describe the rules and boundaries, as well as attributes for the created Buildings and Terrain Types. The algorithm behind the parametric design tries to comply to the provided requirements as much as possible when generating a design.

Configuration

A parametric design consist of the following seven elements which make up the spatial plan:

Roads
Water
Parking
Side walk
Building, up to 6 different plot designs
Garden
Public Green

For each of the elements a Function or Terrain Type can be chosen. Other parameters such as the width of the roads and the number of floors for the building can be adjusted. To generate the design, the amount in percentages of each function (with the exception of the side walk function) can be adjusted with a slider. If using multiple building plot designs, specify the percentage distribution between them.

The general strategy is to provide a selection area and a design type. Then use the sliders to set the percentage per function you would like to see in the design. Once generated, the pie chart in the bottom panel displays the actual percentages calculated by the algorithm. When you are happy with the generated design, the plan can either be saved to the Current Situation, added as a Measure or constructed in Future Design.

Notes

Parametric Design is a Sourced Item, which means it records which Sources created it and which Sources changed any of its properties.
Save to current: a Test Run is not started. Instead it is applied to the Current Situation. This method is not easily reversed.
Especially for road aligned designs it can sometimes be needed to add a road to the area manually in advance, in order to get proper road alignment. The Tygron Platform only adds roads within an area, never on the edge, to avoid adjacent road placement.
- Existing roads in the area are included when calculating the road percentage for the generated design. The more roads are present beforehand, the fewer additional roads are generated to reach the target percentage.