Urban visualization and public inquiries: the case of the Heron Tower, London

Day, Alan

doi:10.1017/s135913550300188x

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“…In construction, new building projects are commonly visualized by using virtual 3D models of the planned buildings [19]. These can be combined with photographs of the existing environment.…”

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Customized Visualizations of Urban Infill Development Scenarios for Local Stakeholders

Virtanen

Puustinen

Pennanen

et al. 2015

JBCPR

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Infill development has been seen as one of the solutions to urban challenges. However, it changes the dynamics and visual appearance of the neighborhood. As infill development usually requires the acceptance of local stakeholders, their perceptions of the resulting intensified housing have a significant role. In this study, customized visualizations illustrating scenarios of infill development were made from the perspective of individual apartments in neighboring residential building. The usefulness of customized visualizations for local stakeholders was studied in the Tammela test area. A 3D virtual model of the existing environment was created. Models depicting the alternative infill buildings were added to the 3D model, which was used to create customized visualizations. These visualizations were utilized in the interviews of local stakeholders. The findings indicate that the customized visualizations help stakeholders conceptualize the impact, and plan and manage the infill development. Visualizations can also be seen as a tool for a resident-driven approach to intensifying housing.

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Customized Visualizations of Urban Infill Development Scenarios for Local Stakeholders

Virtanen

Puustinen

Pennanen

et al. 2015

JBCPR

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“…However, the findings and previous research also suggests that photorealism, as an inherent quality of CG representations, may not be enough to ascertain the accuracy and credibility of CG representations [38], [39]. On the contrary, this attribute should be used with caution as a measure of credibility because a bona fide likeness might fail to bestow the beholder with the essential features of the design presented.…”

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Photorealistic Computer Generated Representations as a Means of Visual Communication of Architectural Schemes in the Contemporary Culture

Bates-Brkljac

2012

International Journal of Architectural Computing

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This paper explores the nature and effects of photorealistic computer generated architectural representations on the perception and understanding of design schemes.The aim is to obtain an insight into potentials and limitations that arise from this form of communication. Findings suggest that by conveying a sense of lifelike presence, these representations enhance the understanding of design.They are also perceived as more realistic, accurate and comprehensible and as such, more effective means of communicating design than hand drawings. However, not all photorealistic styles are perceived as neither lifelike nor credible. Instead, it was evident that these representations enter perceptions through a complex interaction between their attribute and observers familiarity with form and visual literacy. Most importantly, the understanding of design through photorealistic representations is deeply conditioned by the prevailing cultural style of visual representation and knowledge of the preferences of specific professions.

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“…The procedure for creating AVRs is void of input from field observations, and thus, as several researchers have pointed out, do not sufficiently represent human visual perception ( Nicolaou, 2004 ; Tavenor, 2007 ). Moreover, others have argued that there is potential for the producers of AVRs to tweak the input so as to downplay the negative visual effects of a proposal ( Bosselmann, 1998 ; Carmona et al, 2010 ; Day, 2002 ). Part of an official program of view management, which is often imposed as part of Great Britain’s EIA regulations, the LVMF policy promotes the use of computerized view analysis technology in British official control.…”

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Computing views, remodeling environments

Carlsson

2021

Soc Stud Sci

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This article traces the development and expansion of early computer systems for analyzing views at three state-owned agencies in the United States and Great Britain: the US Forest Service, the Central Electricity Generating Board of England and Wales, and the Greater London Authority. Following the technology over four decades, from 1968 to 2012, the article traces assumptions incorporated into initial programs and propagated through to the present. These programs were designed to address questions about visual environments and proximities by numerical calculations alone, without the need for field observations. Each historical episode provides unique insights into the role of abstraction and calculation in the production of landscapes and the built environment, and shows how computer-generated view data became an important currency in planning control, not primarily for aesthetic but for financial and political reasons.

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Urban visualization and public inquiries: the case of the Heron Tower, London

Abstract: Computers are now used routinely to create high-quality images of proposed buildings but the extent to which these images are contributing to the quality of the final product remains questionable.

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Customized Visualizations of Urban Infill Development Scenarios for Local Stakeholders

Customized Visualizations of Urban Infill Development Scenarios for Local Stakeholders

Photorealistic Computer Generated Representations as a Means of Visual Communication of Architectural Schemes in the Contemporary Culture

Computing views, remodeling environments

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