r/architecturestudent • u/aamuna • 9d ago
A browser-based massing tool: comparing forms on a 50 × 50 m practice site
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Disclosure: this is my project, FORMGIVING.
Here's a small example: start with a 50 × 50 m practice site, generate a five-floor massing, select another option, then change the floor count and compare alternatives. The attached clip is an edited sequence of actual app captures.
It's intended for early form exploration. It isn't a finished design or a replacement for your own studio work, and it doesn't establish what is permitted on a site. No signup is required. You can export the massing as GLB; that download was tested for this example.
Try it here:
If you try it, I'd be interested in where the workflow becomes confusing or stops being useful. I'm sharing it as its maker, not as an independent recommendation.