Land Use
Under Land Use tab (Figure 4.61) you can add, edit or remove Land Uses used by Modelur4Rhino. This is the place to fine-tune all the parameters related to Land Uses which are used to calculate urban control values based on your current design in real-time, eg. Net Floor Area, Number of Apartments, Required Number of Parking Lots, etc.
General Settings¶
Land Use¶
Land Use dropdown lists all Land Uses in current model. In order to change parameters of specific Land Use, you need to select it here. Once the Land Use of your choice is selected, you can start editing all of its parameters.
Color¶
With the Color setting you can specify the color that is used to mark all Buildings and City Blocks that have selected Land Use applied. You can specify it directly as a hex value or your can click on the color button. Clicking on the button will open up a color picker so you can easily change the color of the selected Land Use.
Each Land Use is also connected to the respective Rhino Material and is synced automatically. So, if you change a color of a Land Use Material in Rhino, the change will be reflected in the Land Use color, too, and vice versa.
Add this Land Use values to the sum total¶
The checkbox tells Modelur if the urban control values (eg. Gross Floor Area, Required Number of Parking Lots, etc.) of the selected Land Use should be added to the sum of the Whole Plot or not. If the checkbox is checked, the selected Land Use urban control values will be added to the sum of the Whole Plot values. If the checkbox is not checked, the urban control values will not be added to the sum of the Whole Plot.
Add only Parking values to the sum total¶
The checkbox tells Modelur to add only values related to Parking Spaces to the sum of the Whole Plot. This is particularly useful if you create for example an underground Garage that is not supposed to be added to the Floor Area Ratio, Gross Floor Area, etc, but you want to take into account its Parking Spaces to calculate potential Parking deficit of the Whole Plot.
Units¶
Primary Unit¶
Name of the selected Land Use primary unit, which is used in GFA per Primary Unit calculation. Eg. Apartment in Residential Land Use, Office in Service Land Use, etc.
Secondary Unit¶
Name of the selected Land Use secondary unit, which is used in Secondary Unit per Primary Unit calculations. Eg. Residents in Residential Land Use, Workplaces in Service Land Use, etc.
Net Floor Area Calculation¶
Net Floor Area calculation in used to estimate Building's usable floor area.
NFA Factor Internal¶
Net Floor Area Factor Internal is an estimated percentage of how much internal (inside Building's walls) Gross Floor Area should be accounted to Net Floor Area of the Building. In contrast to Gross Floor Area, which sums up all floor areas of the Building, Net Floor Area usually doesn't contain walls, staircases, elevator shafts, etc. This way you can quickly estimate how much usable floor area there will be in the building.
NFA Factor Terrace¶
Net Floor Area Factor Terrace works the same way as NFA Factor Internal, but it is applied to Terrace areas only. Terrace is determined automatically by Modelur when manually editing the Building using the PushPull tool. Terrace is defined as an outside floor which is less then 80% covered.
NFA Factor Loggia¶
Net Floor Area Factor Loggia works the same way as NFA Factor Internal, but it is applied to Loggia areas only. Loggia is determined automatically by Modelur when manually editing the Building using the PushPull tool. Loggia is defined as an outside floor which is more then 80% covered by the next floor directly above. An outside floor that is covered by a floor that is 2 or more floors apart is not considered loggia.
Units Calculation¶
GFA per Primary Unit¶
Define average Gross Floor Area of one Primary Unit (eg. Apartment, Office, etc). Primary Unit is defined in Units section).
NFA per Primary Unit¶
Define average Net Floor Area of one Primary Unit (eg. Apartment, Office, etc). Please note that this will take into calculation different factors defined for Terraces and Loggias, too. Primary Unit is defined in Units section).
Primary Unit per Storey¶
Define how many Primary Units (eg. Apartments, Offices, etc) reside on one storey. Use this option if you want to fix how many units there are on each storey regarding of its floor area. Primary Unit is defined in Units section).
Secondary Unit per Primary Unit¶
How many Secondary Units are there per Primary Unit. Eg. How many Residents per Apartment or How many Workplaces per Office. Secondary and Primary Units are defined in the Units section.
Parking Space Calculation¶
Parking Space Calculation in used to estimate the number of Parking Spaces required per Building.
GFA per Parking Space¶
Define how much Gross Floor Area accounts for one Parking Space.
NFA per Parking Space¶
Define how much Net Floor Area accounts for one Parking Space.
PS per Primary Unit¶
How many Parking Spaces are required per Primary unit (eg. Apartment, Office, etc.). Primary unit is defined in the Units section.
Secondary Unit per PS¶
How many Secondary Units (eg. Residents, Workplaces, etc.) are there per one Parking Space. Secondary Unit is defined in the Units section.
Average Parking Area Size¶
The area of an average Parking Space. Used to calculate how much space we need to provide for all parking requirements.
Green Areas Calculation¶
Required GA per Primary Unit¶
How much Green Area is required per Primary Unit. Primary Unit is defined in the Units section.
Investment calculation¶
Having a cost estimate helps you choose between different Urban Plans.
Assessed Investment¶
Define estimated price per square meter for Buildings with the chosen Land Use assigned. This enables Modelur4Rhino to calculate estimated cost of the Buildings and total estimated cost of the Whole Plot.
Assessed Income¶
Define estimated income per square meter for Buildings with the chosen Land Use assigned. This enables Modelur4Rhino to calculate estimated income of the Buildings and total estimated income of the Whole Plot.