Development of a Computerized Handbook of Architectural Plans (Ontwikkeling van een Gecomputeriseerd Handboek van Architectonische Plattegronden)

摘要

In architecture the development of appropriate computer representations is a matter of great urgency and high priority because architecture relies heavily on complex visual/spatial representations which are rather poorly served by current computer tools. The dissertation presents an approach to the development of visual/spatial computer representations for architectural purposes through the investigation of the feasibility and structure of the computerized handbook of architectural plans (CHAP), an intelligent computer system capable of recognizing the metric properties of architectural plans. The main goals of the dissertation are: To investigate the feasibility of an automated recognition system for the proposed visual/spatial architectural representations; and To investigate the applicability in architecture of certain tools which have practically no opponents nor precedents among computer systems for architectural purposes and have been well established in computer vision. The approaches, methods and techniques that are identified in the dissertation and their investigation form the raw material for the development of precise, accurate and reliable evaluations for the new category of computerized aids to architecture.