This article introduces BioZero, a nature-inspired near-zero building proposed for Quay St, Brooklyn, New York. The is designed the maximum use of daylight and natural ventilation. result its shallow plan depth inner light wells/ventilation stacks, which also serve circulation space. stacks are created as organic shape internal partitions. constructed from steel frame hemp-lime bio-composite ma...

This appendix describes the system model that is adopted for the experimental evaluation of our state-driven testing approach. Moreover, it contains the glossary of the terms used in the paper. 1 System model The system model adopted for state-driven testing is showed in Figure 1. Transitions in the Petri Net represent events that can occur during an execution. These events are logged by the Wo...

This paper describes the preliminary findings of a post-occupancy evaluation campaign conducted on contemporary and energy-efficient office buildings with different façades treatments. The aim is to investigate occupants’ comfort and perceived productivity and to observe to what extent the space appearance and the façade design play a role in the ultimate user’s satisfaction and overall comfort...

The on-line isotope mass separator ISOLDE is the radioactive beam facility of CERN. Its objective is the production and research of nuclei far from stability. Exotic nuclei of most chemical elements are available for the study of nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics, fundamental symmetries and atomic physics, and for applications in condensed-matter and life sciences. A description of the fa...

This paper presents a new approach to recognize individual façade objects and to reconstruct such objects in 3D using MLS point clouds. Core of the approach is a primitive shape based algorithm, which introduces building primitives, to identify the façade objects separately from other irrelevant objects and then to model the correct topology. The primitive shape is identified against defined di...

Environmental design goals Environmental conditions within the laboratories and their support spaces demand high volumes of treated air to maintain safe and comfortable working conditions for research staff and their students. The overall design team environmental conditions objectives were to design a building with a DSF to the offices, which reduces the annual energy consumption. The design g...

Abstract. Point clouds are widely regarded as one of the best dataset types for urban mapping purposes. Hence, point cloud datasets commonly investigated benchmark various interpretation methods. Yet, few researchers have addressed use benchmarks façade segmentation. Robust segmentation is becoming a key factor in applications ranging from simulating autonomous driving functions to preserving c...

We want to believe HCI has much to offer the game industry, but it goes beyond simply acknowledging differences between the HCI notion of a user and the game design notion of a player. People engage in play in very different ways––and so our evaluation methods should reflect this diversity. Game designers and researchers must be careful in establishing common frameworks for evaluation that stym...

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...

Measurements of in situ sound reduction index of a façade defines noise source’s incidence angle of 45±5 degrees (ISO 140-5). Seeing as the sound reduction index is dependent from the angle of incidence, it is of interest to examine to what extent results obtained with such incidence represent real sound insulation performances of a façade in different circumstances. The paper presents the resu...