Automatic interior space arrangement of mid-sized superyachts using a constraint-based genetic algorithm

The interior of superyachts is either designed by an expert or modeled on previous layouts that have been successfully designed. Changing one arrangement to the other is challenging and has not been tried without the buyer’s request, mostly dissuaded by the current manual design procedure. In this work, an approach to determine the interior space arrangement is introduced. Space arrangement is performed by considering various design constraints that are expressed in terms of numerical values such as space occupation, shapes of spaces, and distance of stairs connecting relevant spaces, and a combination of those. The genetic algorithm is adopted to yield the space arrangement formulated as an optimization problem containing multiple objectives. The solution to the space arrangement problem has proven that the designer is able to generate a specific result due to the degree of freedom allowed by the formulation. The proposed design approach has led to efficient layouts for general arrangement of mid-sized superyachts. These possible candidates help the designer to choose a right arrangement based on his or her design concept or intention, which will make the interior arrangement task much easier and faster.