3d city models are used in a huge number of applications today. They are applicable in the area of urban planning and city development, tourism and marketing and as well for navigation. All these applications need a 3d city model of a large area. And in these days the desire for actuality and a high degree of details is rising. Due to this the modelling of buildings as block models as before is...

The research was specifically focused on the renewable energy factors associated with thousands of hexagonal micro-module wind turbines, solar cell modules, and modules for solar-reflecting pipes. This involved utilization windmills cells designed a non-structural facade front building envelope through double technique. Moreover, electrical obtained from each windmill module, while extra electr...

In this paper we report on a system to extract 3D information from oriented digital facade images using various feature extraction/matching methods. We emphasize on 2D feature extraction from digital images including contour chains, line segments and vanishing points. The extraction of 3D primitives is based on line matching over multiple oriented views and 3D plane detection by a line grouping...

In this paper we present a practical approach for generating an occlusion-free textured 3D map of urban facades by the synergistic use of terrestrial images, 3D point clouds and area-based information. Particularly in dense urban environments, the high presence of urban objects in front of the facades causes significant difficulties for several stages in computational building modeling. Major c...

The article discusses the possibility of automation in refurbishment processes of social dwelling built from 1950 to 1970. These massively produced buildings were mostly designed prior to the law enforcement regarding thermal insulation or accessibility. Nowadays, many of these buildings are being retrofitted. The article focuses on the works in the external envelope. The task of renewing the w...

Automatically‐operated dynamic facades can play an important role in reducing building energy consumption while maintaining high levels of indoor environmental quality. Facade automation, however, has a controversial reputation due to concerns about increased risks for occupant distraction and discomfort. This paper explores and quantifies the influence of automated facade operation on user sat...

abstract background: the loop colostomy is one of the most popular techniques used as a protective maneuver for a distal anastomosis and/or temporary fecal diversion. we are introducing the use of a full thickness skin bridge under the large bowel instead of a glass rod which alleviates problems such as protrusion of the large bowel, retraction of the bowel into the abdomen after removing the r...

Building facade classification by architectural styles allows categorization of large databases of building images into semantic categories belonging to certain historic periods, regions and cultural influences. Image databases sorted by architectural styles permit effective and fast image search for the purposes of content-based image retrieval, 3D reconstruction, 3D city-modeling, virtual tou...

Within the paper we present the current activities of the Institute for Photogrammetry in cultural heritage documentation in Jordan. In particular two sites, Petra and Jerash, were recorded using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS). We present the results and the current status of the recording. Experiences drawn from these projects have led us to investigate more automated approaches to TLS data ...