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        Self-organising floor plans in care homes

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        Carta, Silvio
        Turchi, Tommaso
        St Loe, Stephanie
        Simon, Joel
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        2299/22784
        Abstract
        This paper presents and discusses an optimisation approach applied to spatial layouts in care home building design. With this study, we introduce a method for increasing the floor plan efficiency using a self-organising genetic algorithm, thus reducing energy consumption, improving the wellbeing of residents and having an implicit impact on the costs of energy and health care. In order to find an optimal spatial configuration, we elaborated and tested a number of design criteria based on existing literature reviews and interpreted through initial considerations of care home layouts. These are used as objectives in a Genetic Algorithm (GA) to evaluate the best design solution. The self-organised floor plan is then used to run a final simulation to observe how residents could use the optimised spaces and to measure the improved efficiency of the new plans. The paper concludes with the discussion of the results and some considerations for future studies and experiments using emergence behaviour models to improve sustainable development in design.
        Publication date
        2020-06-01
        Published in
        Sustainability
        Published version
        https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114393
        Other links
        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/22784
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