Planting Design by Simulated Competition - A computational-ecological model for the selection and distribution of plant species on urban roof terraces

This paper investigates ecologically-inspired computational strategies for the intelligent performance based landscape design of urban rooftop gardens. Plant communities in nature form resilient layouts that maximise use of available resources through a process of competitive pressure. Simulating these processes could allow us to design vegetation systems for the built environment that are adapted to variables on site, while meeting our design goals. This paper uses an agent-based model to ask if simulated ecological competition can be used as a computational method for producing effective planting layouts for urban roof terraces. A case study will be conducted to review the performance of the simulation. Through further research we will examine whether these strategies can also optimise for benefits including increased biodiversity, favourable microclimate, and reduced energy and water use.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Proceedings of the 24th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) [Volume 2]

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  Unknown publication date

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.031
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