Thesis (doctoral)--Technische Universiteit Delft, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-176).

Thesis (doctoral)--Technische Universiteit Delft, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-176).

Thesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Mechanical Engineeering, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. / Dr. Craig Zimring, Committee Chair ; Dr. John Peponis, Committee Member ; Dr. Harold H. Kohl, Committee Member ; Dr. Abir Mullick, Committee Member ; Dr. Andrew Dannenberg, Committee Member.

In the context of urban buildings, architectural floor plans describe a building's structure and spatial distribution. These digital documents are usually shared in file formats that discard the semantic information related to walls and rooms. This work proposes a new method to recover the structural information by extracting walls and detecting rooms in 2D floor plan images, aimed at multi-unit floor plans which present challenges of higher complexity than previous works. Our proposed approach is able to handle overlapped floor plan elements, notation variations and defects in the input image, and its speed makes it suitable for real applications on both desktop and mobile devices. We evaluate our methods in terms of precision and recall against our own annotated dataset of multi-unit floor plans. / Graduate

Although increasing stair use among adults with sedentary occupations can provide an accessible means of integrating moderate physical activity within daily work routines, there is little evidence-based information available to guide architects on how to design buildings that promote stair use. This study examined the relationship between stair use and a broad range of features of the physical environment within 10 buildings. Based on a review of the literature, a thematic framework (Appeal, Convenience, Comfort, Legibility and Safety) was developed for identifying the features of buildings that may influence stair use. Three methods of investigation were used to examine the relationship between stair use and variables of the five themes and their constructs. Buildings users were surveyed for their reasons for both single and multi-level route choice. The results indicated that reasons associated with convenience and legibility of route had greater influence on route choice than appeal, comfort or safety. Stair and elevator use were measured in the ten buildings along with variables that operationalized the thematic framework. Regression analysis was utilized to examine the relationship between stair use and the operationalized variables of the thematic framework. The results of regression analysis indicated that stair use was associated with 8 key spatial variables of convenience and legibility (travel distances from stair to nearest entrance and to the elevator; percentage of total building area or total occupant load attributed to each stair; physical accessibility of each stair; area of stair isovist; number of turns from the stair to closest entrance and to the most integrated path). Most local environmental features of stairs such as lighting levels and views were not statistically influential. Multivariate regression analysis indicated that three variables (effective area of each stair, area of stair isovist, and number of turns required between the stair and the most integrated path) explained 53% of stair use. A graphic analysis of the arrangement of the 8 key spatial variables within the ten buildings indicated that buildings with high overall levels of stair use optimized the key spatial variables in respect to the location of stair(s) within the building floor plan.

This work deals with description and design of application for generating 3D building models from floor plans and their publication on the Internet. First chapter describes methods used for floor plans creation. Next part describes how are foor plans transformed into three-dimensional model. Following chapters describes implementation details concerning application used for creation of building floor plan and three-dimensional model generation. Work also covers implementation of web based application for viewing models in web browser. Final chapters sums up results and limitations of described solution. There are also discussed possible extensions of current project.

Inom Sverige flyttade 1,6 miljoner människor år 2020 varav 60 000 av flyttarna skeddeinom samma fastighet. Genom att utveckla bostäder och göra dem anpassningsbara går det enklare att möta människors behov vid val av bostäder. Genom att utforma bostäder med fokus på arkitektoniska kvalitéer och anpassningsbarhet går det att bidra till och stödja social hållbarhet. Syftet med arbetet är att utforma anpassningsbara planlösningar för ett flerbostadshus med målet att bidra till ökad social hållbarhet, samt att redogöra för vad som kan bidra till en socialt hållbar bostad. Syftet uppnåddes genom att göra en fallstudie och projektera för planlösningar utifrån de teoretiska utgångspunkterna.En planlösning som kan stödja social hållbarhet ska möta de boendes behov. Genom anpassningsbarhet går det att möta behov vid förändrade familjesituationer och olika faser i livet. Att smidigt kunna få ett extra rum eller få bort ett rum som ej används till en behövande granne stödjer social hållbarhet i byggnaden. De arkitektoniska aspekternasom planlösningarna utformas efter berör den inre miljön i lägenheterna. Genom att jobba med ljus via fönsterplacering och axialitet, rumsorganisation, rörelser, omslutenhet, tillgänglighet och trygghet går det bidra till social hållbarhet. Individens välbefinnande har också haft en central roll i projekteringen och även det kan stödjas utifrån aspekterna studien arbetar omkring. En viktig faktor i social hållbarhet är social interaktion, att utforma en byggnad där hänsyn tas till sociala interaktioner stödjer social hållbarhet. Arbetet begränsas till flerbostadshuset och berör därför inte området runt bostaden. Gemensamma ytor finns ofta belägna runt om huset, en gemensam yta bidrar till sociala interaktioner men kan vara svårt att få plats med inuti ett flerbostadshus utan att ta yta från lägenheterna, att använda flerbostadshusets tak till en gemensam yta medför att lägenhetsstorlekarna inte blir beroende av ytan den gemensamma ytan tar.Social hållbarhet är ett komplext ämne, förslaget studien har arbetat fram är ett av många förslag på vad social hållbarhet i en planlösning kan innebära. Resultatet av studien visar att flera olika aspekter har betydelse när det handlar om social hållbarhet, flera av aspekterna går att koppla till varandra, ljus är hälsofrämjande och samspelar med axialitet som leder till trygghet via naturlig övervakning. Att utforma anpassningsbara flerbostadshus stödjer också social hållbarhet ur ett längre perspektiv, möjligheten att möta människors behov och marknadens efterfrågan blir enklare med ett anpassningsbart flerbostadshus. Social hållbarhet är ett ämne för framtida forskning och studien visar ett resultat som går att arbeta vidare på. / The purpose of the work is to design adaptable floor plans for an apartment building with the goal of contributing to increased social sustainability. And explain what can contribute to a socially sustainable home.The result shows that there are several aspects to consider in social sustainability. The study has chosen to focus on aspects related to the floor plan. The surroundings and location of the apartment building have therefore not been studied. By working with aspects such as light, axiality, room organization, immersion, adaptability, security, movements and accessibility, it is possible to contribute to social sustainability. Customizable floor plans can be designed in different ways, the study's proposal describes floor plans that are adapted between the different apartments to change the area of the apartments and the availability of an extra or fewer room. To support social sustainability, residents' needs need to be met.The difficulty with the study is that social sustainability is a complex subject and linking it to a single floor plan makes the work more difficult than if the environment and location had been included. What is considered socially sustainable and what needs tomeet can be subjective.

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