Public markets are normally designed with passive design strategies such as natural ventilation and lighting. Besides, the atrium has become one of architectural features to be in this building. The attracts more visitors due its spacious space. However, issues inadequate ventilation, uncomfortable smell, overheating, uneven daylight distribution might affect condition occupants zone. Therefore...

The aim of this paper is to develop an optimum design method for roof shapes that satisfy both aesthetic and dynamic conditions by using the rough sets theory. This optimum system consists of the KANSEI evaluation system and the shape evaluation system. In the KANSEI evaluation system, the KANSEI questionnaire system is executed first, and the obtained KANSEI evaluation values are used as KANSE...

Youth gangs are on the rise. Today they threaten virtually every major city, many small communities, and even rural areas. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is committed to helping communities overcome this problem, and an essential first step is understanding the factors that contribute to the growth of youth gangs and the relationship of gang membership to deli...

We describe a method to detect buildings and construct 3-D shape descriptions of the buildings from a monocular aerial image of general viewpoint. A grouping process is used to generate 2-D roof hypotheses from fragmented linear features extracted from the input image. Good hypotheses are selected based on 2-D evidence and some local 3-D evidence. These are then verified by searching for 3-D ev...

An easy usable system for the semi automatic acquisition of detailed D building descriptions from a multitude of images is provided This approach tackles robustly and e ciently most of the problems of D building reconstruction namely occlusions inverse mapping and noise The D modeling is based on Con structive Solid Geometry CSG and various automated and supporting tools Our experiences on the ...

The designer of convertible vehicles needs to consider the acoustical properties, quality of the interior environment, fatigue life and the aesthetic integrity of the flexible roof. Each of these concerns is affected, to a greater or lesser extent, by the interaction of the flexible roof material and its supporting structure with the aerodynamic loading on the material. For many convertibles, t...