The paper presents our work on the automatic reconstruction of complete LOD3 building models. Existing LOD2 models are refined by adding 3D façade geometry with explicit semantic information to the planar facades. Aiming at robust and realistic façade structures, independent of the quality and availabilty of sensor data, object knowledge in the form of a grammar is automatically inferred and ap...

Constructing free-form buildings is very complex due to the difficulty in fabricating curved façade. To install façade, geometric shapes of façade need be divided into panels. The panels developed are classified three categories terms their curvatures, i.e., planar, single-curved, double-curved quality determined by difference between as-built and as-designed panel shapes. Among types panels, d...

In this paper we address the problem of removing unwanted image content in a single orthographic façade image. We exploit the regular structure present in building façades and introduce a diffusion process that is guided by the symmetry prevalent in the image. It removes larger unwanted image objects such as traffic lights, street signs, or cables as well as smaller noise, such as reflections i...

This paper presents a generative grammar producing a language of patterns for the south façade of a prototype sustainable house. The patterns are produced through the activation of the electrochromic material that is applied on the windowpanes of the façade. The class of the performatively effective configurations of the façade is approached as a visual language and the productive (generation),...

This study provides additional evidence for the positive effect of the presence of a quiet façade at a dwelling and aims at unraveling potential mechanisms. Locations with dominant road traffic noise and high L(den)-levels at the most exposed façade were selected. Dwellings both with and without a quiet façade were deliberately sought out. Face-to-face questionnaires (N = 100) were taken to stu...

Due to advances in computer hardware, virtual environments become significantly larger and more complex. Therefore the modeling of virtual worlds, e.g. for computer animation and games becomes increasingly time and resource consuming. In architectural settings façade features are influenced by the underlying geometrical structure or even by other façade structures, e.g. façade edges made of lar...

org/10.1016/j.foar.2014 015. Higher Education P ing author. resses: katharina.eder@ [email protected] (T. Bedn under responsibility of Abstract This article presents an innovative façade system designed to increase the thermal comfort inside an office room and to enhance the cooling capacity of the suspended cooling ceiling. A series of measurements is conducted in an existing office building with...

In the 21 st century, as free-form design gains popularity, free-form grid shells are becoming a universal structural solution, enabling merger of structure and façade into a single layer – a skin [1]. This paper shows some of the results of a research project concerned with the optimization of grid structures over some predefined free form shape, with the goal of generating a stable and static...

This paper describes a new semi-automatic approach developed for modelling historic building façades with Building Information Modelling (BIM) software. Two new developments for BIM software are presented in this paper. The first is a new library of parametric objects which are designed for modelling classical architectural elements from survey data. These library objects are dynamic and have p...