Abstract
As a contextual and passive design strategy, solar envelopes play a great role in
determining building mass based on desirable sun access during the predefined
period. With the rapid evolution of digital tools, the design method of solar
envelopes varies in different computational platforms. However, current
approaches still lack in covering the detailed complex geometry and relevant
information of the surrounding context. This, consequently, affects missing
information during contextual analysis and simulation of solar envelopes. This
study proposes a subtractive method of solar envelopes by considering the
geometrical attribute contained in the point cloud of TLS (terrestrial laser
scanner) dataset. Integration of point cloud into the workflow of solar envelopes
not only increases the robustness of final geometry of existing solar envelopes but
also enhances awareness of architects during contextual analysis due to
consideration of surface properties of the existing environment.
determining building mass based on desirable sun access during the predefined
period. With the rapid evolution of digital tools, the design method of solar
envelopes varies in different computational platforms. However, current
approaches still lack in covering the detailed complex geometry and relevant
information of the surrounding context. This, consequently, affects missing
information during contextual analysis and simulation of solar envelopes. This
study proposes a subtractive method of solar envelopes by considering the
geometrical attribute contained in the point cloud of TLS (terrestrial laser
scanner) dataset. Integration of point cloud into the workflow of solar envelopes
not only increases the robustness of final geometry of existing solar envelopes but
also enhances awareness of architects during contextual analysis due to
consideration of surface properties of the existing environment.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings eCAADe SIGraDi 2019 |
Subtitle of host publication | Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution |
Editors | José Pedro Sousa, Goncalo Castro Henriques, Joao Pedro Xavier |
Publisher | eCAADe |
Pages | 633-640 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-94-91207-17-4 |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Event | eCAADe SIGraDI 2019: The 37th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe / The 23rd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society Digital Graphics - Porto, Portugal Duration: 11 Sept 2019 → 13 Sept 2019 |
Conference
Conference | eCAADe SIGraDI 2019 |
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Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Porto |
Period | 11/09/19 → 13/09/19 |
Bibliographical note
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-careOtherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.
Keywords
- point cloud data
- solar envelopes
- subtractive method
- solar access