This article presents a set of theoretical reflections and technical demonstrations that constitute a new methodological base for the architectural surveying and representation using computer graphics techniques. The problem we treated relates to three distinct concerns: the surveying of architectural objects, the construction and the semantic enrichment of their geometrical models, and their h...

Architectural designs specify the components of a software system, their interfaces, and their interrelationships. Module Interconnection Languages (MILs) are useful for specifying architectural designs, but lack an intuitive visual representation similar to the visual design notations found in CASE tools. This paper presents a framework for formally de ning the syntax and semantics of language...

Software architectures should be amenable to changes in user requirements and implementation technology. The analysis of the impact of these changes can be based on traceability of architectural design elements. Design elements have dependencies with other software artifacts but also evolve in time. Crosscutting dependencies may have a strong influence on modifiability of software architectures...

A method for recognizing design patterns from C++ programs is presented. The method consists of two separate phases, analysis and reverse engineering of the C++ code, and architectural pattern matching over the reverse-engineered intermediate code representation. It is shown how the pattern recognition effect can be realized by integrating two specialized software tools, the reverse engineering...

Modelling is recognised as an essential activity in the architectural design of software systems. Model-driven architecture (MDA) is a framework implementing this idea. Ontologies are knowledge representation frameworks that are ideally suited to support modelling in this endeavour. We propose here a layered ontological framework that addresses domain modelling, architectural modelling, and int...

The paper discusses conservation theories and practices, taken as its central argument the disjunction between architectural and conservation theories with regards to the concept of space. It argues that space is a central concept of modern architecture and should be observed as an object of interest for conservation and restoration. Morphological properties of space and methodological procedur...

This paper presents a representation of shapes and shape semantics and processes for the emergence of shape semantics. Constraints on the behaviours of shapes are used to define shape semantics, in particular visual symmetry and visual rhythm A process model of emergence of shape semantics which relies on this representation is developed. Discovery of symmetry in architectural plans is demonstr...