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This paper proposes a methodology for the automated construction
of rectangular floorplans (RFPs) while addressing dimensional
constraints and adjacency relations. Here, adjacency relations are taken
in the form of a dimensionless rectangular arrangement (RA) ensuring
the existence of a RFP, while dimensional constraints are given in terms
of minimum width and aspect ratio range for each room. A linear optimization
model is then presented to obtain a feasible dimensioned RFP
for user-defined constraints. A GUI is also developed for the automated
generation of RFPs. The proposed model is able to generate feasible
solutions for every possible RA in a reasonable amount of time.
From the architectural prospective, this work can be seen as a re-generation
of well-known architectural plans with modified dimensions. At the end,
the regeneration of existing legacy RFPs (corresponding to the user defined
dimensions) has been demonstrated, taking their image as input. |
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