Building types can be regarded as ready-made solutions for fulfilling certain functions. Especially in the residential sector and the office sector multiple building types have emerged over the last decades/centuries. In a master thesis, these building types should first be parametrized (creating a parametric model which allows to vary different dimensions). Second, with the help of such a parametric model the performance of the resulting variants should be explored. This can create useful knowledge about the suitability of certain building types in different boundary conditions (e.g. context, budget).

For the office sector, e.g. the circulation concept (possibility to lease to separate occupants), escape route distances, accessibility to daylight can be taken into account. The building geometry should also follow common standard dimensions in terms of tract depths and office sizes.

For the residential sector, living qualities (accessibility, daylight, visibility) are to be compared to economic (e.g. building costs) and ecological aspects (e.g. energy demand). Also here, standard dimensions (min/max) for rooms, windows, circulation should be considered.

Required Skills: Parametric Modeling, Computational Analysis

Supervisors: Sven Schneider, Reinhard König (JP Computational Architecture), Teresa Fink (AIT Vienna), Abdulmalik Abdulmawla