Building Typologies

Building typologies define the preset parameters and configurator that will be used in your project.

TestFit has 6 typologies and associated configurators, to help generate site and buildings according to the presets in the configurator.

The 6 typologies are:

  • Higher Density
  • Lower Density
  • Core-based Buildings
  • Garden Homes
  • Mass based Buildings
  • Industrial Buildings

Within each typology there are specific building types to choose from.


  • High Density

    • Gurban - 4 story urban units with surface parking
    • Podium - 5 story building with fill structured parking 
    • Podium with Wrapped Units - 5 Stories of Building above Structured Parking with Units wrapping the garage
    • Precast Podium - 5 Story Building above Structured Rectangular Parking
    • Structured Parking - Structured Parking Garage
    • Tower - Same as a podium, but 18 stories above structured parking
    • Unparked - 5 Story Building with no parking on site
    • Wrap - 5 story buildings surrounding rectangular structured parking

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  • Lower Density

    • Duplex - Two units per building, 10' between buildings
    • Parcel with Fixed Building - Specific footprint size with flexible parcel size
    • Parcel with Max Building - 3 parcel types with a target footprint area
    • Parcels - 3 parcel types without building footprints
    • Single Family - 1 unit per building. 10' between buildings
    • Townhomes - 3 stories, 4 units per building, 10' between buildings

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  • Core-based

    • Infill Office Site - Non-orthographic building that allows single loaded corridors
    • Spec Office - Orthographic building, fully encapsulated core
    • Tower Office - 25 floors, large vertical circulation

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  • Garden

    • Garden - 3 story prototypical building with surface parking

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  • Mass-based

    • Office - Fills site with parking and adds a single box for office with a void space as a plaza
    • Park - Fills sire with a green space/park
    • Retail - Fills site with parking and adds a single box for retail
    • Retail Plaza - Fills site with parking and adds 2 retail boxes and a void space as a plaza
    • Surface Parked - Site filled with surface parking


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  • Industrial

    • Cross-loaded, Parked - Max 80 bays deep/wide, cross-loaded, no parking
    • Double-Loaded, Parked - 11 bays deep/wide, double-loaded, parked
    • Prototype 3x6 -Prototypical 3x6 bay, single-loaded, parked
    • Single-Loaded, Max Building - Max 80 bays deep/wide, single-loaded, no parking
    • Single-Loaded, Parked - 5 bays deep, single-loaded, parked
    • Urban Infill , No Parking - Single-loaded, no ring road, no parking

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