A design evaluation model for architectural competitions: Measuring entropy of multiple factors in the case of municipality buildings

Abstract

Various types of information embedded in the built environment or buildings can be measured by using methods such as entropy to give objective, precise and quantitative results. Jury evaluation is a process where buildings are evaluated subjectively without predefined selection criteria, and that criteria are weighted. The model developed in this study investigates the relationship between entropy values calculated for buildings, and the success obtained as a result of the jury evaluation. Since both design and jury evaluation are not dependent on a single factor, the relationship between single entropy values and the success of the projects cannot be questioned. Therefore, the model being developed in this study handles 5 different entropy values calculated according to 5 factors, weighted independently, and finds total entropy values. To achieve similar results to jury evaluation, a non-dominated sorting algorithm for weighting factors was utilized in relation to an inverted U graph. By finding the weighting between the entropy values, the study aims to resolve a parametric foundation for jury evaluation. Within the scope of this study, 24 municipality building projects designed for architectural project competition between 2015 and 2016 in Turkey, and which have received awards have been evaluated.

A Study on Measuring Complexity in Muqarnas Patterns

“…In other words, as being a content-independent measurement, it is possible to adopt entropy measurements to any selected content. Previous studies in the literature recoded images or drawings to perform entropy calculations (Krampen, 1997;Stamps, 2004;Güzelci & Şener, 2018). Coding the different images and drawings in the same language is essential for achieving meaningful, precise and consistent entropy measurements and comparisons.…”

“…To calculate the complexity of muqarnas patterns, we have reinterpreted the shape entropy calculation methods used in previous studies. Previous studies have used shape factors to calculate the entropy of LEGO models of well-known buildings (Crompton, 2012) and three-dimensional abstract compositions created with LEGO models (Stamps, 2012), whereas, building's floor plans Güzelci & Şener, 2018) were reinterpreted in this study to calculate the entropy in two-dimensional muqarnas patterns where each element of the whole were represented with letters.…”