URBAN INTELLIGENCE ENGINE v2

Parametric Zoning, Hydrology & FAR-Controlled Massing for Grasshopper

This Is Not a Form Generator.

This Is an Urban System.

Urban Intelligence Engine v2 is a complete, research-grade Grasshopper script series that transforms raw geometry into policy-driven architectural massing.

Built as a modular STEP_00–STEP_10 pipeline, this system encodes the logic of terrain, infrastructure, hydrology, zoning law, setbacks, FAR, and performance constraints directly into geometry — producing massing that behaves like real cities do.

If you’ve ever felt that most parametric urban tools are visually clever but intellectually shallow, this system was built for you.

🔍 What This System Actually Does

Urban Intelligence Engine v2 converts continuous data → discrete regulation → architectural form:

• Generates terrain-aware scalar fields
• Rasterizes space into analyzable urban cells
• Simulates flood propagation and basin behavior
• Translates hydrology into flood risk zones
• Converts zoning policy into buildability masks
• Generates FAR-compliant, stepped building envelopes
• Manages performance safely at city scale
• Exports geometry and data for real pipelines

Every step is explicit.

Every decision is inspectable.

Nothing is a black box.

🧠 Designed for How Cities Actually Work

This system is inspired by real planning workflows:

• Hydrology before zoning
• Zoning before form
• Policy before aesthetics
• Performance before export

You don’t “draw buildings” —

you compute the conditions under which buildings are allowed to exist.

🧩 The STEP System (What You Get)

STEP_00 Vector & Infrastructure Authoring

STEP_01 Terrain & Scalar Field Synthesis

STEP_02 Raster Grid & Adjacency Graphs

STEP_03 Vector-to-Raster Influence Masks

STEP_04 Hydrology & Flood Propagation

STEP_05 Flood Zones & Risk Classes

STEP_06 Buildability, Protected Zones & Setbacks

STEP_07 Envelope Extrusion & Buildable Plates

STEP_08 FAR Control & Stepbacks

STEP_09 Performance Optimization & Caching

STEP_10 Export (Mesh / JSON / GIS / IFC-ready)

Each STEP is a standalone Grasshopper node, designed to be:

• Inspectable
• Replaceable
• Teachable
• Extensible

🚀 Who This Is For

✔ Advanced Grasshopper users

✔ Computational architects & urban designers

✔ Research studios & graduate programs

✔ Designers working at district or city scale

✔ Anyone tired of shallow parametric massing

This is not a beginner script.

It’s a thinking tool.

🏙️ What Makes It Different

Most parametric urban tools:

• Jump straight to geometry
• Ignore regulation
• Collapse under scale
• Hide logic

Urban Intelligence Engine v2:

• Starts with data
• Simulates processes
• Encodes policy
• Scales safely
• Produces export-ready results

This is parametric urbanism done correctly.

📦 What You Receive

• Complete STEP_00–STEP_10 Grasshopper script series
• Clean, editable C# nodes (no plugins required)
• CFG & SFG parameter systems for deep control
• Preset configurations (urban core, mid-rise, campus)
• Export-ready geometry and data
• Documentation & diagrams

Built the Wickerson Way: modular, explicit, powerful.

🧭 How People Are Using It

• Urban design competitions
• Graduate studios
• Research publications
• District-scale feasibility studies
• Computational planning workflows
• Teaching zoning logic through geometry

⚠️ Important Note

This system does not generate “pretty shapes” by default.

It generates credible massing —

the kind that emerges when rules, risks, and constraints are taken seriously.

Beauty comes later.

🔮 Future-Ready

Urban Intelligence Engine v2 is designed to evolve.

Planned extensions include:

• Multi-parcel FAR pooling
• Transfer of development rights
• District-level zoning economies
• Real estate logic & land-use optimization

You’re not buying a script.

You’re buying an urban computation framework.

🔗 Available Now at

www.wickersonstudios.com

Urban Intelligence Engine v2

Because cities deserve better algorithms.