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Urban atoll islands are most susceptible to rising sea levels due to low altitudes. The constant immigration of the local population to the water surface affects the growth of the existing spatial configurations of floating settlements and calls into question their stability. The aim of the research in this paper is to find out which spatial configuration would correspond to the unhindered expansion and dynamic geography of a floating settlement for an unlimited number of inhabitants. Hexagonal modular forms, branch structures and principles of generative design will be helpful. By defining 100 inhabitants as a sample and representing 3 different types of floating houses in percentages, a generative design process can be started. The aim of the research is to find a solution with the least number of different types of modular platforms and to show the possibility of unhindered expansion after generating possible combinations of floating houses on one platform and combinations of platforms necessary for a floating settlement.
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Stanković, J., Stoiljković, B., Krasić, S., Kocić, N. (2023). Generating Spatial Configurations of Floating Settlement Branch Structures for Urban Atoll Islands. In: Cheng, LY. (eds) ICGG 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Geometry and Graphics. ICGG 2022. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 146. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13588-0_45
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