Chapter 16 - Adaptive master plans: Flexible modular design strategies

Martin Bielik, Reinhard König, Sven Schneider

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Abstract

Digitalization is changing the way cities are planned. Technological innovations in AI and data analysis are leading to new design strategies and processes in which urban designers must constantly redefine their role in the interaction with digital tools. In this chapter, we demonstrate how various generative and analytical methods can be used to create adaptive master plans (AMPs). AMPs are computational models that are able to generate urban plans based on context information, boundary conditions, and design performance goals. In contrast to traditional urban design models, where one static representation of a design is created, AMPs represent a flexible design solution, allowing the designer—or other stakeholders—to change the input parameters and explore their effects on the resulting design. In this chapter, we briefly summarize the origins of AMPs and show some of their basic components. By means of two examples—the design of numerous small cities in Ethiopia and of a new urban district on Singapore's waterfront, we show the potential that such AMPs have for the creation, analysis, and optimization of urban plans.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationArtificial Intelligence in Urban Planning and Design
EditorsImdat As, Prithwish Basu, Pratap Talwar
PublisherElsevier
Pages323-337
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9780128239414
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Research Field

  • Former Research Field - Integrated Digital Urban Planning

Keywords

  • Adaptive master plans; Computational urban planning; Generative design; Optimization; Artificial intelligence (AI); Urban geography; Geomatics; AI in design

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