The architecture, environment and construction industry is facing, on the one hand, ambitious environmental regulations for low carbon and net zero energy buildings, and on the other hand, the emergence of new techniques such as parametric assessment and cloud computing. As a result, there is a dramatic increase of performance analysis and collected data during the building design phase. Howeve...

Students will learn how to use a workflow combining models created with the Autodesk® Revit platform with the Autodesk Navisworks® TimeLiner tool to create 4D simulations of planned construction processes. They will explore modeling techniques for creating better and more accurate simulations, as well as the importance of modeling building elements to reflect planned construction techniques. Th...

The architecture, environment and construction industry is facing, on the one hand, ambitious environmental regulations for low carbon and net zero energy buildings, and on the other hand, the emergence of new techniques such as parametric assessment and cloud computing. As a result, there is a dramatic increase of performance analysis and collected data during the building design phase. Howeve...

Computer generated 3D models of buildings are an important component of many computer graphics applications. Rapid and easy-to-use modelling techniques are often more important than the ability to create precise and detailed geometry. We present a sketch-based modelling tool for the rapid creation of rough 3D building models. The algorithm analyses the sketch input, extracts shape and detail in...

Students will learn how to use a workflow combining models created with the Autodesk® Revit platform with the Autodesk Navisworks® TimeLiner tool to create 4D simulations of planned construction processes. They will explore modeling techniques for creating better and more accurate simulations, as well as the importance of modeling building elements to reflect planned construction techniques. Th...

In this work we present a novel approach to energy saving in buildings through the identification of the relevant parameters and the application of Soft Computing techniques to generate predictive models of energy consumption in buildings. To verify the feasibility of this proposal, we apply our approach to a reference building for which we have contextual data from a complete year of monitorin...

This paper presents the integration of urban planning techniques considering sunlight access to an existing simulator of urban plots building potential, BlockMagic. Insolation can be simulated along with Master Plans rules, aiming at maximizing both building potential and sunlight access.