The physical identity in the urban areas can be considered as a concept which is influenced by the way of arranging the urban body. As a matter of fact, the appropriate coordination and the compatibility of physical components, such as the urban façades, can definitely facilitate the reorganization of the urban environment for being more identifiable; this issue is so obvious in the historical ...

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 research investigates the potential of additive manufacturing and digital planning tools for creation location-specific façade redesigns that can host cavity-dependent animal species develops methods their realization. The proposed approach is explored based on a case study student dormitory in need renovation urban area Munich. Based theoretical knowledge design experimentations link fiel...

Façades cover a significant amount of surfaces in cities and are constant interaction with the acoustic environment. Noise pollution is one most concerning burdens for public health wellbeing; however, façade performance generally not considered outdoor spaces, contrast to indoor spaces. This study presents systematic literature review examining 40 peer-reviewed papers regarding effects façades...

Very high resolution SAR tomography using multiple data stacks from different viewing angles enables us for the first time to generate 4D point clouds of the illuminated area from space with a point density comparable to LiDAR. They can be potentially used for façade reconstruction and monitoring in urban environment. In this paper, we propose an approach for façade detection and reconstruction...

This paper introduces a new tool for analysing annual solar insolation potentials for façades and roofs at an urban scale using Trimble SketchUp and the dynamic simulation model HTB2. The tool is in the form of a plugin which 1) generates shading masks for every façade and roof in a model, 2) exports geometries to HTB2 for analysis, 3) invokes HTB2 from within SketchUp, and 4) returns outputs i...

The paper describes an approach for the quality dependent reconstruction of building façades using 3D point clouds from mobile terrestrial laser scanning. Due to different look angles, such measurements frequently suffer from different point densities at the respective building façades. In order to support the interpretation at areas, where no or only limited LiDAR measurements are available, a...

Extreme heat and heavy rainfall events with severe inundations have a significant impact on urban architecture, resulting in considerable personal injuries material damage. Nowadays, the proportion of façade surface areas tall buildings is substantially larger than horizontal roof or ground areas. A high leverage effect climate resilience sustainability cities can therefore be attributed to bui...

A sustainable urban environment requires an integration of documentation and management systems in surveying and planning applications for different kinds of services involving services and processes. Traditional GIS approaches are geo-referenced to 2D information or, more recently, to a virtualized environment arising from the reprojection of textured views on 3D models. In this work, a tool f...

In this paper we present an approach that allows automatic reconstruction of building façades from 4D point cloud generated from tomographic SAR processing. The approach is modular and works by extracting façade points from the point density projected onto the ground plane. Individual façades are segmented using an unsupervised clustering procedure. Surface (flat or curved) model parameters of ...