Architectural design

Example area schedule (what to ask the model to produce)
 
Space            Qty  Net m² each  Total  Notes
Living              1        28      28   south, garden view
Kitchen + dining    1        24      24   adjacent to living
Bedroom 1           1        14      14   en-suite, quiet side
Bedrooms 2–3        2        11      22   share bath 2
Bath 1 (en-suite)   1         5       5
Bath 2              1         5       5
Study               1         9       9   acoustically separate
Laundry + storage   1         6       6
                                ------
Net total                       113
Grossing factor              × 1.25   (state the assumption)
Gross floor area                ≈ 141 m²

<context>
Project: [project: new house | addition | renovation | ADU], at
[location and climate, e.g. Denver, cold winters, hot summers].
I'm not an architect.
</context>
 
<task>
Interview me the way an architect runs pre-design, before any
design work. Don't propose layouts or styles yet.
</task>
 
<requirements>
- At most 10 questions, grouped: site and zoning; users and
  program; budget and schedule; priorities and taste.
- For each question: why it matters to the design, and two or
  three typical answers I can pick from or adapt.
- Include the facts I must look up (north direction, slope,
  setbacks, height limit, FAR, lot coverage) and where to find
  each one.
</requirements>
 
<process>
Ask all the questions in one message, then stop and wait for my
answers. When I answer, restate the brief as a bullet list, mark
missing facts [NEEDS SOURCE] and zoning or code items
[CHECK LOCAL CODE], and end with a list of the assumptions you
made.
</process>

<materials>
[paste the confirmed brief from stage 1, and a program or area
schedule if you have one]
</materials>
 
<task>
Propose [number of options: 2 | 3 | 4] materially different partis
for this project, so I can choose one to develop in schematic
design.
</task>
 
<requirements>
- The options differ in organization, not decoration: e.g.
  [parti families, e.g. courtyard, long bar, split-level, compact
  block around a core].
- For each: a name and a one-sentence organizing idea; massing
  (floors, footprint dimensions, roof form); the fit inside the
  buildable envelope, with the arithmetic; sun, view and privacy
  response; circulation; relative cost and structural complexity
  (low, medium or high).
- No style talk yet.
- Never invent numbers, names, quotes or sources: write
  [NEEDS SOURCE] where support is missing, and [CHECK LOCAL CODE]
  for any zoning or code rule I haven't pasted.
</requirements>
 
<output_format>
A short section per option, then a table scoring every option 1-5
against my ranked priorities with a one-line reason per score,
then your recommendation and what I give up by taking it.
</output_format>
 
<process>
Stop after the recommendation and wait for my choice. End with a
list of the assumptions you made.
</process>

<materials>
[paste the brief from stage 1, the chosen option from stage 2, and
any site plan, survey notes or zoning text]
</materials>
 
<context>
[who you are and the project, e.g. homeowners planning a two-story
house for a family of four; not architects]
Phase: schematic design. North is [direction of north, e.g. toward
the street]. Latitude [latitude, e.g. 39.7° N].
The package goes to
[next reader: me only | an architect I'll hire | a contractor].
</context>
 
<examples>
[paste 1-3 houses or rooms you like and 1 you don't, each with why,
e.g. "my aunt's kitchen: light from two sides, a window seat"]
</examples>
 
<task>
Develop option [chosen option, e.g. B, "courtyard L"] into a
schematic design package I can review with an architect.
</task>
 
<requirements>
- Work big to small: site and orientation, massing, plan
  organization, rooms. Stay within AIA schematic-design scope: no
  construction details.
- Area schedule: net m² per space, a grossing factor with its
  reason, net and gross totals; check gross floor area against FAR
  and the footprint against lot coverage, with the arithmetic.
- Plans: a dimensioned room list per floor, then an SVG plan drawn
  to scale at [scale, e.g. 1:100] with a north arrow.
- One section through the main living space: floor-to-ceiling
  heights, level changes, roof form, and where the sun reaches in
  June and December (overhang depth reasoning).
- Passive design by facade: shading, glazing, cross-ventilation.
- Accessibility, describing the step-free route if there is one:
  [access need: none | one step-free bedroom and bath | full].
- Three render prompts (street, garden, main interior) that keep
  this massing.
- Units: [units: metric | US customary].
- Egress, stairs, fire separation and accessibility: mark
  [CHECK LOCAL CODE]; the IBC, IRC and ADA apply only as adopted
  where I build. Spans over [span, e.g. 6 m], cantilevers, removed
  walls and retaining walls: flag for a structural engineer.
- Never invent numbers, names, quotes or sources: write
  [NEEDS SOURCE] where support is missing.
</requirements>
 
<quality_bar>
Before answering, check your draft against:
- The building fits inside the setbacks and height limit, with the
  buildable width and depth computed.
- Areas sum, gross = net × the stated factor, and the same numbers
  appear in the schedule, the plans and the section.
- Main rooms face the sun or the view; every habitable room has a
  window; no bedroom is reached through another room.
- Walls stack between floors, or the transfer is flagged.
- Furniture fits: a queen bed (≈ 1.5 × 2.0 m) with clearance on
  three sides, dining for the whole household.
</quality_bar>
 
<output_format>
Sections in this order: site response; massing; area schedule
(table); plans per floor (room-list table, then SVG); section
(described, with heights); passive strategy (table by facade); code
and engineer flags; render prompts.
</output_format>
 
<process>
Ask me up to 3 questions first if anything missing would change
your answer; otherwise go on. End with a list of the assumptions
you made.
</process>

<materials>
<brief>
[paste the brief from stage 1]
</brief>
<draft>
[paste the schematic design package from stage 3]
</draft>
</materials>
 
<task>
Review this schematic design against the brief, as a design
review. Critique only: don't rewrite or redesign it.
</task>
 
<requirements>
- Score each criterion 1-5 with evidence quoted from the draft:
  program fit; site response; circulation; furniture fit; daylight
  and air; structure; code awareness; consistency between schedule,
  plans and section; cost realism.
- Recompute every area, FAR and setback figure yourself.
- Never invent numbers, names, quotes or sources: write
  [NEEDS SOURCE] where support is missing; mark code questions
  [CHECK LOCAL CODE] instead of ruling on them.
</requirements>
 
<quality_bar>
Before answering, check your review against:
- Every score cites a line or a number from the draft.
- Each problem comes with the cheapest fix that solves it.
- Nothing in the review redesigns the scheme.
</quality_bar>
 
<output_format>
A rubric table (criterion, score, evidence); the top 5 fixes ranked
by impact on the brief, each with the cost of changing it now (low,
medium or high); what can't be judged from text alone.
</output_format>
 
<process>
End with a list of the assumptions you made.
</process>

Turn this wish list into a room program for [building, e.g. a
three-bedroom house]: [paste wish list]. Give an area schedule (net
m², grossing factor with reason, gross total) and an adjacency matrix
(must touch, near, neutral, keep apart). Check that every total sums.

<materials>
[paste your wish list, notes on how you live now, and the plan of
your current home if it helps]
</materials>
 
<context>
[household, e.g. two adults working from home, children 8 and 11,
grandparents visit monthly].
Project: [project: new house | addition | renovation | fit-out].
Climate: [climate, e.g. cold winters, hot dry summers].
I'm not an architect: define terms the first time you use them.
</context>
 
<examples>
[paste 1-2 homes or rooms that worked for you and 1 that didn't,
each with why, e.g. "old flat's hall: bags piled on the floor
because there was no drop zone"]
</examples>
 
<task>
Write the pre-design program and area schedule that schematic
design will start from, so I can see whether my wish list fits the
budget.
</task>
 
<requirements>
- Program: each space with purpose, users, hours of use, needs.
- Area schedule: space, quantity, net m² each, total; a grossing
  factor with the reason for that value; net and gross totals.
- Adjacency matrix: must touch, near, neutral, keep apart.
- Cost check: gross area × [cost per m², e.g. a local builder's
  figure] against [budget, e.g. $650,000 construction only].
- Mark each space must-have or nice-to-have from my priorities:
  [ranked priorities, e.g. 1. daylight 2. storage 3. guest room].
- Never invent numbers, names, quotes or sources: write
  [NEEDS SOURCE] where support is missing, e.g. for unit costs.
</requirements>
 
<quality_bar>
Before answering, check your draft against:
- The schedule sums, and gross = net × the stated factor.
- Every wish-list item is in the program or listed as cut, with why.
- The matrix exposes the conflicts in my list (a private guest room
  next to the entry, a quiet study beside the kitchen).
- Room sizes fit their furniture; name the furniture you assumed.
</quality_bar>
 
<output_format>
Program table; area schedule table; adjacency matrix as a grid;
three conflicts with options for each; questions for schematic
design.
</output_format>
 
<process>
Ask me up to 3 questions first if anything missing would change
your answer; otherwise go on. End with a list of the assumptions
you made.
</process>

Here is the zoning text for my district: [paste district text]. Lot:
[lot, e.g. 15 × 40 m interior lot]. List uses, height, setbacks,
coverage, FAR and parking, quoting the clause for each; compute the
maximum footprint and floor area step by step. Mark anything the
text doesn't settle [CHECK LOCAL CODE].

<materials>
[paste the zoning district text, any overlay rules, and the
definitions section; add the zoning map excerpt if you have it]
</materials>
 
<context>
Lot: [lot, e.g. 15 m wide × 40 m deep, interior lot, street on the
north]. District: [district from the zoning map, e.g. R-2]. I want
to know what I can build before I pay for design. I'm not a
planner.
</context>
 
<task>
Summarize the zoning envelope for this lot (the 3D box and the uses
the rules allow) as a one-page brief for a pre-application meeting.
</task>
 
<requirements>
- Cover permitted uses, including
  [extra use to check: ADU | home office | duplex | short-term rental];
  height and how it is measured; front, side and rear setbacks; lot
  coverage; FAR; parking; accessory buildings.
- Quote the clause behind every rule. Use only the text I pasted.
- Compute the buildable width and depth (lot minus setbacks), the
  maximum footprint and the maximum floor area, showing each step.
- Zoning only: building-code questions go in a separate list.
- Never invent numbers, names, quotes or sources: write
  [CHECK LOCAL CODE] where the text doesn't settle a rule and
  [NEEDS SOURCE] for anything outside it.
</requirements>
 
<quality_bar>
Before answering, check your draft against:
- Every number is quoted from the text or computed from quoted
  numbers, and the arithmetic is redone once.
- Zoning and building code are kept apart.
- Ambiguities become questions, not guesses.
</quality_bar>
 
<output_format>
Table: rule, value, clause quoted, note. Then the envelope
arithmetic. Then numbered questions for the planning office.
</output_format>
 
<process>
End with a list of the assumptions you made.
</process>

Climate: [location, e.g. Denver, 39.7° N, heating-dominated]. Scheme:
[orientation and glazing, e.g. long side faces south, most glass
south]. Rank passive strategies for this climate by impact, with the
overhang depth for the south windows worked out from the sun angles.
Give a source or an assumption for every number.

<materials>
[paste the scheme: orientation, plans or room list, glazing by
facade, construction type]
</materials>
 
<context>
Location: [city and latitude, e.g. Denver, 39.7° N]. Climate:
[climate: heating-dominated | hot-dry | hot-humid | mixed]. Goal:
[goal, e.g. low heating bills and no air conditioning].
</context>
 
<task>
Write a passive design strategy for this scheme that an energy
modeler or architect can then check.
</task>
 
<requirements>
- Rank by impact for this climate: orientation; shading by facade;
  glazing area and SHGC by facade; insulation and airtightness;
  thermal mass; natural ventilation (cross and stack).
- Overhangs: depth from the noon sun altitude at the solstices
  (≈ 90° − latitude ± 23.4°) and the window sill and head heights;
  show the trigonometry.
- Name the standard behind any target (e.g. Passive House 0.6
  ACH50); energy code requirements: [CHECK LOCAL CODE].
- Never invent numbers, names, quotes or sources: write
  [NEEDS SOURCE] where support is missing.
</requirements>
 
<quality_bar>
Before answering, check your draft against:
- The advice fits this climate and orientation; it isn't a generic
  list.
- East and west glass get vertical shading or less glass, not
  overhangs alone.
- Every U-value, SHGC or ACH50 figure states its units and source.
- Each strategy says what an energy model or engineer should verify.
</quality_bar>
 
<output_format>
Table: strategy, what to do on this scheme, why, rough cost (low,
medium or high), what to verify. Then the overhang calculation.
</output_format>
 
<process>
Ask me up to 3 questions first if anything missing would change
your answer; otherwise go on. End with a list of the assumptions
you made.
</process>

Room: [room, e.g. 4 × 5 m living room, south window, 2.6 m ceiling].
Give three distinct interior directions, each with a name, three
adjectives, a four-material palette and a lighting plan (ambient,
task, accent). Check that the furniture fits with 0.9 m walkways,
compare cost and upkeep in a table, then stop so I can choose.

<materials>
[paste the room's dimensions, window and door positions, ceiling
height and what stays; attach photos]
</materials>
 
<context>
[how the room is used, e.g. family living room: two kids, a dog, TV
and reading]. Budget: [budget, e.g. $8,000 for furniture and
finishes].
</context>
 
<examples>
[paste 1-3 rooms you like and 1 you don't, each with why, e.g.
"liked: a Japanese inn room, calm because of the low, continuous
datum; disliked: an all-gray flat that felt like an office"]
</examples>
 
<task>
Propose three materially different interior directions for this
room so I can choose one before buying anything.
</task>
 
<requirements>
- The directions differ in material, light and mood, not only in
  color.
- Each: a name; three adjectives; a material palette of 4 specific
  nouns; a color palette (hex); a lighting plan (ambient, task,
  accent); key furniture with sizes; one image prompt (eye level,
  24 mm, natural light from the window side, 4:5).
- Say what my examples have in common and keep it in all three.
- Never invent numbers, names, quotes or sources: write
  [NEEDS SOURCE] for prices you can't support.
</requirements>
 
<quality_bar>
Before answering, check your draft against:
- Furniture fits the room with walkways of about 0.9 m.
- Each direction suits how the room is used, including the people
  and pets I named.
- The three are distinct enough that choosing is a real decision.
</quality_bar>
 
<output_format>
Three short sections, then a table: direction, cost (low, medium or
high), maintenance, durability, fit with the use.
</output_format>
 
<process>
Stop after the table and wait for my choice. End with a list of the
assumptions you made.
</process>

For [rooms, e.g. the kitchen, two baths and the hall], write room data
sheets (size; floor, wall and ceiling finishes; fixtures; power;
lighting) using a palette of at most four main materials. Compare
each material's durability, upkeep and cost in one table, and mark
any fire, slip or accessibility rule [CHECK LOCAL CODE].

<materials>
[paste the room list or plan, the chosen scheme, and any products
you already like]
</materials>
 
<context>
Project: [project, e.g. a two-story house in a cold, snowy
climate]. Phase: design development. Users: [users, e.g. two
adults, two kids, a dog].
Upkeep I can live with: [maintenance: low | medium | high].
</context>
 
<examples>
[paste 1-3 buildings or rooms whose materials you like and 1 you
don't, each with why, e.g. "liked: brick, oak and lime plaster in a
small library, warm and robust; disliked: high-gloss white kitchen,
shows every fingerprint"]
</examples>
 
<task>
Write the material palette and a room data sheet for each of
[rooms, e.g. kitchen, two baths, hall, living room], so finishes and
fixtures can be priced.
</task>
 
<requirements>
- Palette: at most [main materials: 3 | 4 | 5] main materials used
  throughout, each with pros, cons, maintenance and relative cost.
- Room data sheet per room: size; floor, wall and ceiling finishes;
  fixtures; power and data points; lighting (ambient, task, accent);
  special needs.
- Wet rooms: name the slip resistance and waterproofing approach;
  any fire, slip or accessibility rule: [CHECK LOCAL CODE].
- Never invent numbers, names, quotes or sources: write
  [NEEDS SOURCE] for product data and prices.
</requirements>
 
<quality_bar>
Before answering, check your draft against:
- The palette reads as one family across rooms and keeps what my
  examples share.
- Each finish suits its room's water, wear and cleaning.
- Each room data sheet is complete enough for a contractor to price.
</quality_bar>
 
<output_format>
Palette table (material, where, pros, cons, maintenance, cost low,
medium or high), then one room data sheet table per room.
</output_format>
 
<process>
Ask me up to 3 questions first if anything missing would change
your answer; otherwise go on. End with a list of the assumptions
you made.
</process>

Architectural photograph of this exact massing, from the
[view: street | garden | interior | aerial], facade of [materials,
e.g. lime-washed brick, oiled oak, zinc], camera at 1.6 m, 24 mm
tilt-shift, verticals parallel, [light, e.g. low sun from the left],
sparse entourage, 3:2. No text; same floors and windows as the image.

<materials>
[paste or attach the massing screenshot from SketchUp or Blender,
and the plan or room list]
</materials>
 
<context>
Design: [design, e.g. two-story house, gabled roof, long side facing
a south garden].
Images for: [use: choosing materials | showing neighbors | a mood board].
Generator: [generator, e.g. Midjourney, Flux or Adobe Firefly], with
the screenshot as a structure or image reference.
</context>
 
<examples>
[paste 1-3 architectural photos you like and 1 you don't, each with
why, e.g. "liked: overcast light, materials read clearly; disliked:
dusk shot with an orange glow, looks like an ad"]
</examples>
 
<task>
Write three render prompts (street, garden, main interior) that keep
this massing, to help me choose [decision, e.g. between brick and
timber cladding].
</task>
 
<requirements>
- Describe each shot like an architectural photographer: view,
  camera height, lens, time and weather, light direction, materials
  as nouns, entourage, aspect ratio.
- Keep the geometry: the screenshot's floors, roof form and window
  count.
- Vary one thing between versions:
  [variable: material | time of day | season | entourage].
- Put tool-specific parameters at the end of each prompt, apart from
  the description, so I can strip them for another tool.
- Never invent numbers, names, quotes or sources: write
  [NEEDS SOURCE] next to any tool parameter you are unsure exists.
</requirements>
 
<quality_bar>
Before answering, check your draft against:
- Each prompt is visual description only: no reasons, no requests.
- Verticals parallel, no lens distortion, no text in the image.
- Nothing adds floors, balconies or glass that the screenshot lacks.
</quality_bar>
 
<output_format>
Three prompts in plain-text blocks, each followed by one line on
what to check in the result.
</output_format>
 
<process>
End with a list of the assumptions you made, then the three things
renders most often get wrong that I should check.
</process>

Write a scope of work for a [room: kitchen | bathroom | basement]
remodel: [paste what exists and what you want]. List work included
and excluded, allowances, who supplies what, and a bid form with line
items. Mark any wall change "structural engineer review" and permits
[CHECK LOCAL CODE]; check that two bidders would price the same work.

<materials>
[paste the existing room's dimensions and photos, the layout you
want, and fixture and finish choices]
</materials>
 
<context>
House: [house, e.g. 1960s single-story, wood frame, slab on grade].
I'll send this to [bidders, e.g. three local contractors].
</context>
 
<task>
Write a scope-of-work document and bid form for a
[room: kitchen | bathroom | basement] remodel, so the bids I get
compare line by line.
</task>
 
<requirements>
- Sections: existing conditions; work included; work excluded;
  allowances for finishes not yet chosen; owner- vs
  contractor-supplied items; demolition and disposal; protection and
  cleanup; schedule and working hours; permits and inspections;
  warranty; change-order process.
- Any removed wall, new opening or beam: "requires structural
  engineer review".
- Permits, electrical, plumbing, ventilation and egress:
  [CHECK LOCAL CODE]; the contractor confirms what is required.
- Never invent numbers, names, quotes or sources: write
  [NEEDS SOURCE] where a price or rule needs support.
</requirements>
 
<quality_bar>
Before answering, check your draft against:
- Two contractors reading it would price the same work.
- Every finish without a chosen product has an allowance.
- Nothing structural or code-related is decided; it is flagged.
- The bid form lines map one-to-one to the scope sections.
</quality_bar>
 
<output_format>
The scope as numbered sections, then a bid form table: line item,
quantity, unit, price, notes.
</output_format>
 
<process>
Ask me up to 3 questions first if anything missing would change
your answer; otherwise go on. End with a list of the assumptions
you made.
</process>

Critique this floor plan [paste or attach the plan or a dimensioned
room list] for [household, e.g. a family of four]; north is [north,
e.g. up]. Rank the five biggest problems (circulation, light, storage,
privacy, furniture fit), each with the cheapest fix, then three
strengths to keep. Say what you can't judge from this drawing.

<materials>
[paste or attach the plan, or a room list with dimensions; add the
section or elevations if you have them]
</materials>
 
<context>
Household: [household, e.g. two adults, one child, one works from
home]. North is [north, e.g. up on the plan].
The plan is [source: a stock plan | an architect's draft | a listing],
and I'm deciding whether to [decision: buy | build | ask for changes].
</context>
 
<examples>
[paste a home you lived in whose layout worked and one that didn't,
each with why]
</examples>
 
<task>
Critique this plan for my household, as a design review. Don't
redraw it.
</task>
 
<requirements>
- Check in this order: circulation (dead ends, rooms reached
  through rooms, share of area in corridors); daylight and
  orientation; furniture fit (beds with clearance, dining for the
  household, sofa and TV wall); storage, laundry and an entry drop
  zone; privacy and noise between zones.
- Stairs, egress windows and removed walls: mark
  [CHECK LOCAL CODE] or flag for an engineer; don't rule on them.
- Never invent numbers, names, quotes or sources: write
  [NEEDS SOURCE] where the drawing doesn't show a dimension.
</requirements>
 
<quality_bar>
Before answering, check your draft against:
- Each problem points at a specific room or wall on the plan.
- Furniture checks use real sizes (queen bed ≈ 1.5 × 2.0 m) and
  stated clearances.
- Fixes are ranked by impact, cheapest effective fix first.
</quality_bar>
 
<output_format>
Top 5 problems ranked (problem, where, why it matters, cheapest
fix); three strengths to keep; what this drawing can't show.
</output_format>
 
<process>
End with a list of the assumptions you made.
</process>

Design me a modern house with an open kitchen and lots of light.

<context>
I'm a homeowner, not an architect; define terms the first time.
Site: 15 m wide × 40 m deep lot at 39.7° N, cold winters and hot
dry summers. Street on the north (short) side, so the rear garden
faces south; the lot falls 2 m toward the rear; mountain view to
the west. Zoning: setbacks 6 m front, 1.5 m sides, 7.5 m rear;
height limit 9 m; FAR 0.5.
Household: two adults working from home, two children (8 and 11);
grandparents stay monthly and can't use stairs.
</context>
 
<task>
Pre-design: an area schedule and three partis for this house, so
we can choose one to develop in schematic design.
</task>
 
<requirements>
- Area schedule: net m² per space, grossing factor with its reason,
  net and gross totals.
- Three partis that differ in organization, each inside the
  buildable envelope.
- One bedroom and bath on the ground floor, step-free.
- Budget: $650,000 construction only; say if the area won't fit it.
- Priorities, ranked: 1. daylight in main rooms 2. low heating
  bills 3. separate quiet studies 4. storage 5. a calm modern look.
- Metric units. Egress, stairs and accessibility:
  [CHECK LOCAL CODE]. Spans, cantilevers and retaining walls: flag
  for a structural engineer.
- Never invent numbers, names, quotes or sources: write
  [NEEDS SOURCE] where support is missing.
</requirements>
 
<quality_bar>
Before answering, check your draft against:
- Each parti fits inside the setbacks, with the buildable width and
  depth computed.
- Areas sum; gross = net × the stated factor; total floor area is
  within the FAR limit.
- Living spaces face south or the west view; entry from the street.
- The ground-floor suite has a step-free route from the entry.
</quality_bar>
 
<output_format>
Area schedule table. For each parti: name, organizing idea, massing
(floors, footprint dimensions, roof), sun and view response. A table
scoring the partis 1-5 against my priorities. A recommendation.
</output_format>
 
<process>
Ask me up to 3 questions first if anything missing would change
your answer; otherwise go on. End with a list of the assumptions
you made.
</process>

AREA SCHEDULE (net m²)
Living 30 · Kitchen + dining 26 · Study 1: 9 · Study 2: 9
Bedroom 1 + bath, ground floor, step-free: 19
Bedrooms 2-3: 22 · Bath 2: 5 · Laundry + mudroom: 8 · Storage: 6
Net 134 m² × grossing factor 1.25 (walls, stair, halls) ≈ 168 m²
FAR check: 0.5 × 600 m² = 300 m² allowed; 168 m² fits.
Cost: 168 m² × $3,000-3,800/m² [NEEDS SOURCE: local cost data]
≈ $504,000-638,000, inside the budget.
 
PARTI A, "South bar": two-story bar, 14 × 6 m per floor, long side
facing the garden. Living and kitchen across the whole south face;
studies at the east and west ends upstairs; grandparents' suite at
the west end of the ground floor, with the mountain view.
PARTI B, "Courtyard L": one story plus a partial upper floor,
wrapping a south-west courtyard...
PARTI C, "Split-level": three half-levels stepping down the 2 m
fall...
 
SCORES (1-5)     Daylight  Heating  Studies  Storage  Look
A South bar          5        5        4        3       4
B Courtyard L        4        3        5        4       5
C Split-level        4        4        3        4       4
 
RECOMMENDATION: A. The most south glass, a compact form and the
simplest structure. You give up a sheltered outdoor room.
FLAGS: stair geometry and the suite's door widths
[CHECK LOCAL CODE]; the 2 m fall may need a retaining wall:
structural engineer.
ASSUMPTIONS: 2.7 m floor-to-floor; ...

Parti A breaks the side setbacks: 15 m − 2 × 1.5 m = 12 m of
buildable width, and the bar is 14 m. Compute the buildable width
and depth first, with the arithmetic. Then rework A to fit (for
example 12 × 7 m per floor), state the plan depth of every parti,
re-score all three on daylight, and tell me whether the
recommendation changes. Keep the area schedule as it is.

Follow-up critique prompts
 
- "Recompute the area schedule and show the sum. Where did the
  grossing factor come from?"
- "Draw the buildable envelope first (lot minus setbacks), then
  check every option against it."
- "Walk me through the plan as a visitor, then as a child going to
  bed, then as someone in a wheelchair. Where does each struggle?"
- "Which three decisions in this scheme are hardest to change
  later? Which are the most expensive?"
- "Trace the load path: which walls don't stack, which spans or
  cantilevers would a structural engineer question first?"
- "List every claim you made about codes and rate your confidence.
  Which must I verify, and with whom?"
- "What does this scheme sacrifice to meet priority 1?"