Generative Design

Encode your product standards into computational design

Your product and process are your intellectual property — but right now, they live in the minds of your team and in disconnected files. Giraffe turns them into computational design tools that generate, test, and optimise site layouts in minutes.

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The Traditional Workflow

Design iteration is typically manual, disconnected, and slow:

When geometry changes, nothing else updates automatically.

  • Architects produce test fits in CAD, detached from financial models
  • Feasibility teams rebuild spreadsheets for every design change
  • Product standards live in people's heads, not in reusable logic
  • Scenario comparison requires weeks of back-and-forth between disciplines
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The Giraffe Approach

These are not black-box algorithms. They are fully configurable engines that encode your building standards, setback rules, efficiency benchmarks, and product types into reusable design logic.

Every generated layout is connected to real financial metrics — areas, revenue, cost, and return update as geometry changes. Design and finance are always in sync.

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What You Get

  • Solve Sites Systematically — Out-of-the-box algorithms configurable across markets and products.
  • Design Connected to Finance — Every layout change recalculates areas, revenue, cost, and return.
  • From Algorithm to Alignment — Compare, refine, and present schemes interactively.
  • From Configurator to Enterprise Capability — Scale from a single configurator to portfolio-wide design automation.
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Solve Sites Systematically

Giraffe includes out-of-the-box algorithms that solve sites immediately — optimising for zoning compliance, yield, parking ratios, solar access, and buildability. These algorithms are fully configurable by your team across markets, products, and development strategies.

  • Instant Layout Generation: Produce compliant massing schemes grounded in regulatory and financial constraints.
  • Yield-Aware Optimisation: Generate options that respond to pro forma assumptions in real time.
  • Multi-Product Flexibility: Solve for multifamily, industrial, mixed-use, or custom typologies.
Solve Sites Systematically

Design Connected to Finance

Giraffe's generative engine does not just draw shapes — it connects every building footprint to area schedules, cost plans, and revenue models in real time. Generate 20 site scenarios and instantly see which one delivers the best return. Design and finance are always in sync.

  • Live Financial Feedback: Every layout change recalculates area, revenue, cost, and return.
  • Scenario Comparison: Rank options by financial performance, compliance, or custom metrics.
  • Assumption Stress-Testing: Change cost rates, yield assumptions, or efficiency benchmarks and watch outcomes update.

From Algorithm to Alignment

Generative design is not just about computation — it is about communicating options to stakeholders. Giraffe lets you compare, refine, and present schemes interactively while maintaining constraint awareness.

  • Compare design schemes side by side.
  • Present multiple optimised options to clients and investment committees.
  • Refine layouts while keeping outputs tied directly to feasibility metrics.
From Algorithm to Alignment

From Configurator to Enterprise Capability

Start with a single building configurator. Scale to a portfolio-wide design automation engine. Giraffe is built for ecosystem — low code, API, or JavaScript via the SDK.

  • Custom Configurators: Encode your product types into reusable design tools your team can deploy across any site.
  • SDK Access: Connect generative design to custom proformas, GIS layers, or automated workflows.
  • Enterprise Scale: Standardise design intelligence across markets, teams, and portfolios.
From Configurator to Enterprise Capability

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