--- title: Building Typologies description: Building typologies define the preset parameters and configurator that will be used in your project. --- [Skip to content](https://support.testfit.io/knowledge/getting-started/building-typologies#main-content) [![](https://support.testfit.io/hs-fs/hubfs/primary%20wordmark.png?width=150&height=113&name=primary%20wordmark.png)](https://testfit.io/?hsLang=en) Open main navigation Close main navigation - - [Contact us](https://support.testfit.io/knowledge/kb-tickets/new) [Contact us](https://support.testfit.io/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) Welcome to the TestFit Knowledge Base - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [TestFit Knowledge Base](https://support.testfit.io/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [Getting Started](https://support.testfit.io/knowledge/getting-started?hsLang=en) 3. [Site Design & Configuration](https://support.testfit.io/knowledge/getting-started?hsLang=en#site-design-configuration) October 16, 2025 # Building Typologies ## Building typologies define the preset parameters and configurator that will be used in your project. TestFit has 7 typologies and associated configurators, to help generate site and buildings according to the presets in the configurator. The 7 typologies are: - Higher Density - Lower Density - Parcels - Core-based  - Garden Homes - Mass based Buildings - Industrial Buildings - Datacenter Within each typology there are specific building types to choose from. --- - #### High Density - **Blocks** - Buildings split by max block area - **Gurban** - 4 story urban units with surface parking - **Infill Podium** - 5 story building with fill structured parking with smaller units and parking - **Infill Unparked **- 5 Story Building with no parking on site with smaller unit sizes - - **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 ![](https://support.testfit.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-16-2025-03-20-07-8471-PM.png?width=327&height=736&name=image-png-Oct-16-2025-03-20-07-8471-PM.png) --- - #### Lower Density - **Duplex -** Two units per building, 10' between buildings - **Single Family** - 1 unit per building. 10' between buildings - **Townhomes -** 3 stories, 4 units per building, 10' between buildings ![](https://support.testfit.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-16-2025-03-21-33-7601-PM.png?width=363&height=525&name=image-png-Oct-16-2025-03-21-33-7601-PM.png) --- #### Parcels - **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 ![](https://support.testfit.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-16-2025-03-22-23-9133-PM.png?width=346&height=563&name=image-png-Oct-16-2025-03-22-23-9133-PM.png) --- - #### 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 ![](https://support.testfit.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-16-2025-07-33-22-4960-PM.png?width=332&height=334&name=image-png-Oct-16-2025-07-33-22-4960-PM.png) --- - #### Garden - **Custom Garden Outline **- 3 story Garden Massing Outline with surface parking - **Garden** - 3 story prototypical building with surface parking ![](https://support.testfit.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-16-2025-07-33-56-2537-PM.png?width=337&height=307&name=image-png-Oct-16-2025-07-33-56-2537-PM.png) --- - #### Mass-based - **Basic ** - Massing space with metadata - **Blank** - An empty site for Urban Planning  - **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 - **Pad** - Fills site with parking and adds a single box for 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 - **Structured Parking** - Area filled with a structured parking garage - **Park** - A tree filled green space - **Impervious** -  A generic paved impervious area ![](https://support.testfit.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-16-2025-07-34-24-9915-PM.png?width=336&height=555&name=image-png-Oct-16-2025-07-34-24-9915-PM.png) --- - #### 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 ![](https://support.testfit.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-16-2025-07-36-56-8148-PM.png?width=325&height=424&name=image-png-Oct-16-2025-07-36-56-8148-PM.png) --- - Datacenter - **Data Centers - End Bays - **Single sided datacenter with end bays  - **Data Centers - Small** - Small site with datacenters - **Data Centers - Small No Office** - Small site with datacenters ![](https://support.testfit.io/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-16-2025-07-37-29-4570-PM.png?width=329&height=323&name=image-png-Oct-16-2025-07-37-29-4570-PM.png) --- - Hotel - **Keys Gurban -**4stories of Hotel room units with surface parking - 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