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Professional Project: Stantec<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Role: Computational Designer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team members: Esra Abumounshar, Tabeer Tariq<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Parametric Classroom layouts with rule-based seating and safety gaps.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Classrooms have various kinds of seating arrangement which help foster collaboration, interaction and a more involved education experience. Testing variety of options while keeping clearances, circulation and Net square footage in mind while maximizing number of desks can take a lot of time and become a complicated task. Thus the motivation: How can we test classroom layout options quickly and optimize based on NSF?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Typical computer classroom layout 1:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Typical computer classroom layout 2:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Typical computer classroom layout 3:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Matrix<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Room inputs:<\/strong> boundary curve\/polyline, usable internal edges, wall index<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Clearances:<\/strong> front-of-class teaching zone, side aisles, rear aisle, row-to-row, egress width, social distancing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Teaching area<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Desk counts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Net square footage<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Furniture:<\/strong> one or more Revit\/Rhino desk families with width\/depth\/rotation anchor; optional teacher desk.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Orientation:<\/strong> global desk angle (\u03b8) or align to a guiding line; optional \u201cface to teaching wall.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Rules to respect:<\/strong> distance rules i.e min seat spacing (social distance or code)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Outputs must:<\/strong> fit in room, avoid overlaps<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Smart packing:<\/strong> computes desk count per row and row spacing from clearances & desk depth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Centering & padding:<\/strong> auto-centers row spans so edge desks don\u2019t hug walls.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Row fields:<\/strong> supports multiple row \u201cbands\u201d (front, middle, back) with different rules if needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Layout arrangement:<\/strong> computes different arrangements according to the wall user chooses as primary wall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Angle control:<\/strong> global rotation or align to reference; auto-rebuilds vectors when \u03b8 changes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Obstacle-aware:<\/strong> trims placement curves around columns\/objects and door swing keepouts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Live toggles:<\/strong> switch desk family, change aisle width, flip orientation, adjust teacher zone layout updates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. Validation layer:<\/strong> overlap checks, aisle graph connectivity, min-width tests, ADA reach probe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Reports:<\/strong> seat count, NSF.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

      Design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      Design Rule For Users:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Provide a clean room boundary and select teaching wall or a guiding axis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Set clearances first; desk angle second; furniture third.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Keep \u03b8 consistent per room unless you intentionally segment bands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. If validation flags fail (aisle width, overlap), adjust inputs not geometry by hand.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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        Design Rules For Creator:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        1. Keep packing, centering, and validation as separable modules.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. All distances in consistent units; expose them via one schema (dictionary\/UI).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. Avoid geometry mutation in place output new curves\/CS each stage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        4. Make each test return booleans + messages to surface in the report UI.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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          Inputs: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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