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...

There is a great deal of interest in constructing Double Skin Facade (DSF) structures which are considered as modern movement in field of Energy Conservation, renewable energies, and Architecture design. This trend provides many conclusive alternatives which are frequently associated with sustainable building. In this paper a building with Double Skin Facade is considered in the semiarid climat...

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...

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 ...

Historic buildings have their own specialized and traditional techniques used in their construction. These are not generally practiced in modern buildings. Working with stone is very technical, laborious and time consuming job. It needs sensitivity and perfection both at workers 8and supervisor level. It is required to prepare different stone members in exactly the same size, proportion and des...

In this paper, we present an idea for a sparse approach to calculate camera poses from RGB images and laser distance measurements to perform subsequent facade reconstruction. The core idea is to guide the image recording process by choosing distinctive features with the laser range finder, e.g. building or window corners. From these distinctive features, we can establish correspondences between...

This papers describes an algorithm to estimate the precise position of facade planes in digital surface models (DSM) reconstructed from aerial images using an image-based optimization method which exploits the redundancy of the data set (along and across track overlap). This approach assumes that a facade is a vertical plane and that the heightfield is precise enough to generate hypotheses for ...

This project is an implementation of the CGA shape grammar as a plugin for Autodesk Maya R © to create a interactive environment for generating architectural facades. The CGA (Computer Generated Architecture) shape grammar, is a context-sensitive grammar created by Pascal Müller and Peter Wonka to procedurally generate buildings [Müller et al. 2006]. By implementing a subset of the shape gramma...

A short review for design consideration of two common materials used in facade and curtain walling is presented. The characteristics of light-weight facade enveloping a building are different from the conventional steel or concrete structures. Glass cannot crack like concrete and it is much more brittle than steel. Aluminum involves many buckling modes similar to but more common than steel. Owi...