A Computer-aided Approach for Building Massing

量體設計乃是建築設計最初期的步驟，其設計內容決定了該建築物基本的面向，形狀，高度以及各樓層之樓地板面積。近年來，以電腦模擬分析建物能源管理的研究應用逐漸成熟，節能的概念也開始在建築設計中佔有一席之地。為了使建築物之後能夠得到更好的能源管理以及利用，從概念設計時就進行能源模擬來輔助決策量體的設計可以得到最好的效率。然而，囿於建築法規的複雜性，建築量體設計者未必能夠在一定時間內產生多種量體選擇並從中取出能源分析較優的方案。因此，本研究嘗試以電腦作為輔助提出一些方法來幫助設計者，在繁多的法規限制中，可以更有效率地設計出符合法規的初期量體，進一步，可以在一定時間內產出多個合乎法規的量體，並從中選出能源分析結果最理想的設計。This research aims to provide a computer-aided approach for building massing during the conceptual design phase. In recent year, computer simulation technology for building energy analysis has become well-developed, and also, more and more important due to the awareness of environmental protection consciousness. To obtain a better energy management of a building, applying energy analysis with the building massing at the earliest phase would be most efficient. However, because of the complexity of the building regulations and zoning laws, it is difficult for architects who are less experienced to complete several massing designs in a certain short time, thereby making it impossible to obtain one better massing design from energy analysis. To address this difficulty, a computer-aided approach is developed in this research to help the designer work more accurately and efficiently when designing building massing