Abstract
This paper attempted the design method for the optimal parallel layout of Multistory Row House Clusters (MRHC) to maximize the overall quality of views from dwelling units with Genetic Algorithm (GA). The evaluation function of GA was designed based on the regression model established in our previous study. Five simulation models were executed respectively, which differed in the combination of Neighbor Blocks (NB) that MRHC faced and abutted. The optimal solutions to all the models can be sorted into similar three types of layouts which have common features such as: 1) improvement in the overall quality of views over the popular layout in the reality; 2) separated green lands inside MRHC; and 3) a not straightly aligned road. Furthermore, the discrepancy of the best solution in the models indicated that MRHC with different external surroundings demanded a different layout. Finally, the influences of the external surroundings on the quality of views in our model of MRHC were compared.
