Three-Dimensional Information Retrieval (3DIR)

Ruikar, Kirti; Demian, Peter; Sahu, Tarun; Morris, Anne

doi:10.4018/ij3dim.2016010105

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“…For example, Hua (2014) developed a commercial CBR software: TRAMMA programme, which is capable of storing and retrieving the 3D models of buildings to facilitate CBR use along with BIM during building design. Demian et al (2016) investigated specific topological relationships which exist in BIM models and how they can be exploited usefully for information retrieval. Furthermore, Sönmez (2018) suggested that novel AI techniques and similarity-based evaluation may contribute to advancements of CBD.…”

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Design re-use: critical application of healthcare building design evidence

Wanigarathna

Sherratt

Price

et al. 2019

ECAM

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Purpose The re-use of good design solutions is a key source of evidence and knowledge in the design of healthcare buildings. However, due to the unique nature of healthcare built environments, the critical application of this evidence is of paramount importance. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the features of such critical application and identify the aspects that need to be considered during the re-use of good designs. Design/methodology/approach Data from three case studies of hospital designs in the UK were used to explore the processes behind the adaption and re-use of design solutions during the design of healthcare buildings. Data were thematically analysed to distinguish the aspects that should be carefully compared and contrasted during design re-use. Findings Existing designs of healthcare buildings should be captured and evaluated along with: patient demographics, care models of the hospital, other local departmental needs and facility operational aspects in order to ensure the effectiveness of re-use. In addition, properly introducing the design to the users is also a part of successful design re-use. Research limitations/implications The findings of this research were integrated into a framework to support healthcare designers on the effective re-use of good designs. This data-driven framework could be validated further with design practitioners. Further, this research relied on memory recall of the interviewees and the accuracy and completeness of documentary records. Practical implications This research provides details of how healthcare built environment designs are embedded in project-unique circumstances. The results could therefore be used to develop meaningful and informative evaluation mechanisms for new and re-used healthcare building design features. Originality/value This research extends the understanding of the critical application of healthcare design evidence, by explaining how healthcare design solutions should be evaluated during the design process.

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Design re-use: critical application of healthcare building design evidence

Wanigarathna

Sherratt

Price

et al. 2019

ECAM

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Topological Access Methods for Spatial and Spatiotemporal Data

Jahn

Bradley

2022

IJGI

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In order to perform topological queries on geographic data, it is necessary to first develop a topological access method (TOAM). Using the fact that any (incidence or other binary) relation produces a topology which includes the common usage of topology for spatial or spatiotemporal data, here, such a TOAM is developed on the basis of the previously applied concept of Property Graph used in order to manage topological information in data of any dimension, whether time dependent or not. As a matter of fact, it is necessary to have a TOAM in order to query such a graph, and also to have data which are topologically consistent in a certain sense. While the rendering of topological consistency was the concern of previous work, here, the aim is to develop a methodology which builds on this concept. In the end, an experimental test of this approach on a small city model is performed. It turned out that the Euler characteristic, a well-known topological invariant, can be helpful for the initial data validation. Practically, this present theoretical work is seen to be necessary in view of future innovative applications, e.g., in the context of city model simulations, including distributed geo-processing.

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BIM-based design decisions documentation using design episodes, explanation tags, and constraints

Zahedi¹,

Abualdenien²,

Petzold³

et al. 2022

ITcon

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The process of designing a building involves producing design concepts while fulfilling various requirements and regulations. Furthermore, during the project's life-cycle, multiple experts from multiple domains collaborate in developing the different partial models, including architectural, structural, and HVAC among others. Accordingly, clearly communicating the rationale behind design decisions is crucial for developing regulatory compliant designs that also fit the owner’s needs. The developed designs are the main deliverables exchanged and handed over. However, these deliverables do not include any explanation of design intentions or documentation of design decisions. Communication among parties and reuse of knowledge are hindered by the absent explanation of existing design. To overcome this deficiency, this paper proposes a methodology for digitally documenting design decisions, incorporating their intention and rationale. Architectural concepts and evaluation criteria are represented in the form of explanation tags as well as spatial and semantic constraints, which are assigned to the individual model elements and properties. Additionally, to document how design decisions fulfill owner requirements and regulatory documents, natural language processing (NLP) is employed to facilitate querying those documents and then the individual requirements are linked to specific elements, properties, and constraints. To evaluate the proposed methodology, a prototype was implemented as a plugin inside a BIM- Authoring tool and multiple real-world use cases are discussed.

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Three-Dimensional Information Retrieval (3DIR)

Cited by 3 publications

References 37 publications

Design re-use: critical application of healthcare building design evidence

Design re-use: critical application of healthcare building design evidence

Topological Access Methods for Spatial and Spatiotemporal Data

BIM-based design decisions documentation using design episodes, explanation tags, and constraints

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