We examine a new method of façade segmentation in a multi-view scenario. A set of overlapping, thus redundant street-side images exists and each image shows multiple buildings. A semantic segmentation identifies primary areas in the image such as sky, ground, vegetation, and façade. Subsequently, repeated patterns are detected in image segments previous labeled as “façade areas” and are applied...

Energy efficiency in office buildings has been the center of attention for many researches. This special attention is due to highly energy consumption in this building type. Refinement of facade and building’s envelop is a good approach to reduce buildings energy requirements. Double skin facade concepts are commonly used to achieve that object. Although the concept is not new, there is a growi...

Within the paper, the combined application of terrestrial image and LIDAR data for façade reconstruction is discussed. Existing 3D building models as they are available from airborne data collection are additionally integrated into the process. These given models provide a priori information, which efficiently supports both the georeferencing of the terrestrial data and the subsequent geometric...

This contribution presents a solution based on a photographs analysis allowing the computation of procedural models of façades. The goal is to extract from a photograph of a façade the main features such as the upper limit of the ground floor, the axis aligned boundary lines between the stories and the windows, and finally the position and size of unit elements of the façade (windows, doors, et...

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...