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Architectural planning problem of assigning rooms and spaces within a building

In architecture and space planning, the space allocation problem (SAP) is the problem of assigning rooms and other spaces to positions, sizes and shapes within a building. The resulting layout must usually satisfy requirements concerning room area, dimensions, adjacency, access, circulation and the location of doors, windows and building services. Wikipedia →

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