Abstract This study presents an analysis of two aesthetic properties, complexity and diversity , in Palladian architecture. The former highlights the fractal dimension façade geometry, latter its semantic randomness. Along with a methodological description advice on settings, this contributes to discussion about mathematical beauty

Robots were originally introduced in the production of industrialized building components and modular housing. Later mobile robots were developed for special on-site construction tasks. Automated construction sites use robotics for logistics and assembly. The technological progress of robotics allows recently the automated production of facades, which is described in this keynote.

Models of social influence have explored the dynamics of social contagion, imitation, and diffusion of different types of traits, opinions, and conducts. However, few behavioral data indicating social influence dynamics have been obtained from direct observation in "natural" social contexts. The present research provides that kind of evidence in the case of the public expression of political pr...

In this paper we report on a new system to augment a 3D block model of a real city with geo-referenced terrestrial images of the facades. The terrestrial images are taken by a hand-held digital consumer camera using short baselines. The relative orientation of the photographs is calculated automatically and fitted towards the 3D block model with minimized human input using vanishing points. The...

The green hydroponics walls are among new kinds of building facades, which receive more attention from architects lately. In addition to the positive effect these walls have in maintaining humidity in arid regions, they also have positive thermal performance in both cold and hot weather conditions. Therefore, they are in the center of designers’ focus for public spaces such as schools. In terms...

hree-dimensional models consisting of the geometry and texture of urban surfaces could aid applications such as urban planning, training, disaster simulation, and virtual-heritage conservation. A standard technique used to create large-scale city models automatically or semi-automatically is to apply stereo vision on aerial or satellite imagery. 1 In recent years, advances in resolution and acc...