Despite the availability of high-quality graphics systems, architects and designers still build scaled physical models of buildings and products. These physical models have many advantages, however they are typically static in structure and surface characteristics. They are inherently lifeless. In contrast, high-quality graphics systems are tremendously flexible, allowing viewers to see alterna...

Despite the availability of high-quality graphics systems, architects and designers still build scaled physical models of buildings and products. These physical models have many advantages, however they are typically static in structure and surface characteristics. They are inherently lifeless. In contrast, high-quality graphics systems are tremendously flexible, allowing viewers to see alterna...

In the past few decades, tall buildings of 30 to over 100 storeys are becoming more common in modern cities around the world, especially in Asia and the Middle East, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Extensive research has focused on the technical aspects of erecting tall buildings, yet few recent studies have been conducted to examine occupants’ experiences and resp...

Electric load profiles of tropical, subtropical and some Mediterranean islands in developed countries are characterised by morning/midday and evening peaks arising from all year round (tropical) and summer (subtropical/mediterranean) high power demand in the commercial and residential sectors, due mostly to air conditioning appliances and bad thermal conception of the building. The work present...

background: according to quality transformation of services during the time, the quality requirements and standards also change and recognition of these requirements and transformation process can assist in recognizing the quality dimensions of services. the aim of this research was to explain the transformation process, requirements and quality dimensions of services in hospitals.   methods: t...

Extraction of geospatial data from the photogrammetric sensing images becomes more and more important with the advances in the technology. Today Geographic Information Systems are used in a large variety of applications in engineering, city planning and social sciences. Geospatial data like roads, buildings and rivers are the most critical feeds of a GIS database. However, extracting buildings ...

In the Environmental Quality Standards for Noise in Japan (EQS) revised in 1998, the problem of environmental noise at areas facing roads is evaluated by obtaining the numbers and the rates of buildings at which noise levels exceed the standard value. The Standards allow for the estimation of noise levels, instead of requiring actual measurements, in cases where taking the actual measurements w...

On April 6, 2009, an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck central Italy with its epicentre near L'Aquila, at 42.3502° N, 13.3762°E. The earthquake damaged 3,000 to 11,000 buildings in the medieval city of L'Aquila. Several buildings totally collapsed, 308 people were killed. The post emergency phase till now is just at its beginning step. Conventional surveying techniques using high precision tot...

Mysore city is known as the ‘city of palaces’. It is an ancient, historical, cultural capital and a heritage city in India. The city has been recognised as a heritage city under the cultural tag both by the state and national governments. The total harmony of architectural buildings, sites, lakes, parks and open spaces and the back drop of Chamundi hills adds to the city’s attraction. The city ...

This paper presents an automatic system for the detection of buildings from LIDAR data and multispectral imagery, which employs a threshold-free evaluation system that does not involve any thresholds based on human choice. Two binary masks are obtained from the LIDAR data: a ‘primary building mask’ and a ‘secondary building mask’. Line segments are extracted from around the primary building mas...