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      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

        • 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

      • 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

      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



      • 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

        • Custom Garden Outline - 3 story Garden Massing Outline with surface parking
        • Garden - 3 story prototypical building with surface parking

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      • Mass-based

        • Basic  - Massing space with Data
        • 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
        • 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



      • 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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      Datacenter

      • Data Centers - Large Dbl Load No Office- Large site with double loaded datacenters
      • Data Centers - Large Double Loaded - Large site with double loaded datacenters
      • Data Centers - Large Single Load No Office - Large site with single loaded datacenters
      • Data Centers - Large Single Loaded - Large site with single loaded datacenters
      • Data Centers - Small - Small site with datacenters
      • Data Centers - Small No Office - Small site with datacenters