a bstr act I present and evaluate various criticisms against the view that architecture and architectural value are to be understood solely in terms of internal space. I conclude that the architectural value of a building should not be limited to its internal spatial effects because the value of other elements, such as (non­spatial) function, materials, ornamentation, and so on cannot all be re...

the following attempts to discuss the different approaches to privacy adopted by adolf loos and le corbusier, as two of the most influential pioneers of modern architecture. it will be argued that both architects were influenced by the developing technologies of their time, yet they reacted differently to the increasing influence of film and photography on art, architecture and everyday life. t...

Culture, society, and technology heavily influence architectural form, and basic architectural elements and functions evolve to suit users’ needs. In the 20 century, with the development of computational technology, architecture underwent dramatic transformation. Human-computer interaction (HCI) has changed architectural space into a smart space, which provides new ways for humans to interact w...

This paper presents a linear algorithm for the simultaneous computation of 3D points and camera positions from multiple perspective views, based on having four points on a reference plane visible in all views. The reconstruction and camera recovery is achieved, in a single step, by finding the null-space of a matrix using singular value decomposition. Unlike factorization algorithms, the presen...

This paper discusses dynamic reconfiguration of applications at the architectural level. Current work on dynamic aspects of software architectures has focused on planned reconfigurations controlled from the outside. In this paper we present a different approach, using architectural agents. The agent-enabled architecture descriptions will be executable and have a mechanism to describe reconfigur...

In the past, conventional computer-aided architectural design (CAAD) systems could not manage semantic information on building components and spaces but only graphical and geometric information. However, since the advent of Building Information Modeling (BIM), which has been used for managing semantic building information, determining spatial relationships as well as quantities and properties o...

Does a building contain its own Voice? And if so, can that Voice be discovered, transformed and augmented by soundscape design? Barry Blesser’s writings on acoustic space, discuss reverberation and resonant frequencies as providing architectural spaces with characteristic listening conditions related to the architectural space’s dimensions and materiality. The paper argues that Blesser and Salt...

A challenging problem for software engineering practitioners is moving from high-level system architectures produced by system engineers to deployable software produced by software engineers. In this paper we describe our experience working with NASA engineers to develop an approach and toolset for automating the generation of space systems software from architectural specifications. Our experi...