mostafawageih / dots

design optimization tool set

Created to validate my PhD in design & computation at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
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# DOTS Design Optimization Tool Set is a Grasshopper plugin for architecture and urban design
Rhino-GH: Download & install: drag-drop DotsProj.gha into grasshopper

Directory: example_files provides sample gh files, rhino3d files and sample*.csv files which can be for reference.

Sample of applications: Link Here

Explanatory videos on youtube: Link Here

Publication on Dots:
Saha, Nirvik, Haymaker, John, Shelden Dennis, 2020, Space Allocation Techniques Proceedings Acadia...

Publication: research using Dots:
Yang PP-J, Chang S, Saha N, Helen C, Data-driven Planning Support System for a Campus Design, (2020), Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science Manuscript ID EPB-2019-0299

Chang S, Saha N, Castro-Lacouture D and Yang PP-J (2019a), Multivariate relationships be-tween campus design parameters and energy performance using reinforcement learning and parametric modeling. Applied Energy 249. Elsevier: 253–264. DOI: 10.1016/J.APENERGY.2019.04.109

Chang S, Saha N, Castro-Lacouture D and Yang PP-J (2019b), Generative design and performance modeling for relationships between urban built forms, sky opening, solar radiation, and energy. Energy Procedia 158. Elsevier: 3994–4002. DOI:10.1016/J.EGYPRO.2019.01.841

Rezaee, R., Marshall, T., Bernal, M., Saha, N., Haymaker, J. (2019). Constructing and Exploring Building Configurations Based on Design and Multi-Performance Criteria. IBPSA Building Simulation Conference, Rome, Italy.