Think of this as a smart assistant for architects that can quickly sketch many versions of a modular building layout, check them against rules and constraints, and help narrow down to the best options—like a turbocharged Lego planner for real buildings.
Traditional modular design for buildings is slow, iterative, and heavily manual. Architects and planners spend significant time generating, checking, and revising layout options for modular structures (e.g., housing, offices, interiors). This research-type system aims to automate and optimize parts of that process, exploring many more configurations in less time while respecting design rules, structural constraints, and space standards.
Domain-specific methods and datasets for modular architectural design (rules, constraints, parametric templates) plus tight integration into professional design workflows can form a defensible advantage.
Hybrid
Structured SQL
High (Custom Models/Infra)
Complexity of encoding architectural rules/constraints and the computational cost of generating and evaluating large numbers of design variants.
Early Adopters
Focuses specifically on modular design generation as a technical research area, going deeper into algorithms and optimization than typical commercial BIM tools, which are more general-purpose and workflow-oriented.