Generative Design for Early-Stage Site Feasibility: Past Projects as Warm Starts, and Where AI Fits
GD–AI Loop 2.0 · Lab Notes #7 · From testbed to practice The previous six posts were notes from a simplified 1.5 m grid testbed. This one asks: “So what is it good for in actual design practice?” What was confirmed in the testbed and how it might carry over to practice (not yet validated) are separated by color. We then fed a single brief — “10 rooms, 2 floors” — into a fictional irregular lot and ran it end to end as one flow: from the instant answer, to a GA warm-started from past designs, to a comparison of egress evaluation criteria. After seeing those results, we added one wider lot, with room to choose exit stairs, as an example. Nov 1, 2026 (English edition Nov 6) · Previous: Lab Notes #6 — evacuation simulation as the fitness function Update, Nov 6, 2026. Takeaway ③ and §5 compare evacuation criteria with the v1 crowd model of Lab Notes #6, which has since been replaced by a validated model (Lab Notes #8, rewritten: continuous agents, SFPE door and stair limits, IMO test c...