Digital Urban Modeling and Simulation
Published on 6. July 2012
356 pages
978-3-642-29758-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book is thematically positioned at the intersections of Urban Design, Architecture, Civil Engineering and Computer Science, and it has the goal to provide specialists coming from respective fields a multi-angle overview of state-of-the-art work currently being carried out. It addresses both newcomers who wish to obtain more knowledge about this growing area of interest, as well as established researchers and practitioners who want to keep up to date. In terms of organization, the volume starts out with chapters looking at the domain
at a wide-angle and then moves focus towards technical viewpoints and approaches.
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Stefan Müller Arisona | Gideon Aschwanden | Jan Halatsch
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Content
- Title
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Part I Introduction
- A Planning Environment for the Design of Future Cities
- Introduction
- Future Cities
- The Role of Context
- Setting Priorities
- Planning Environments: Case Studies
- Traditional Planning Environments
- Future Planning Environments
- ETH Zurich Science City
- Planning Partners, Values, Languages
- Models and Methods
- Models and Instruments
- The Future Cities Laboratory Planning Model
- Notions to Overcome - Consequences for Education
- Conclusions
- References
- Calculating Cities
- Introduction
- Urban Modelling Trajectories
- Descriptive Traditions
- Idealistic Traditions
- Instrumental Traditions
- Urban Modelling Futures
- References
- The City as a Socio-technical System: A Spatial Reformulation in the Light of the Levels Problem and the Parallel Problem
- Vertical and Lateral Theories
- Regularities in Urban Spatial Form
- A New Definition of the City
- A Vertical Theory: Spatial Emergence as a Law Governed Process
- A Lateral Theory of Spatial Agency
- The Dual City of Economic and Social Forces
- The Vertical and Lateral Processes as a Simplexity-Complicity Duo
- The Objective Subject
- References
- Technology-Augmented Changes in the Design and Delivery of the Built Environment
- Introduction
- Preliminary Design
- Design Development
- Virtual Prototyping
- Integrated Coordination
- Design for Fabrication
- Curtain Wall Lifecycle Modeling at Front Inc.
- Building Information Modeling Scale and Complexity
- Internet-Based Collaboration
- Integrated Supply Chain and Manufacturing
- Building Lifecycle Knowledge Management
- Sustainable Development Enabled by Information Technology
- Conclusion: The Future of the Technology-Augmented Design and Building Process
- References
- Part II Parametric Models and Information Modeling
- City Induction: A Model for Formulating, Generating, and Evaluating Urban Designs
- Introduction
- City Induction and Discursive Grammars
- Ontology
- Urban Environment Ontology
- Urban Development Process Ontology
- Formulation Model
- Formulation Conceptual Model
- Formulation Methodology
- Knowledge Representation and Implementation
- Generation Model
- Formal Definition of Urban Grammars
- Controlling the Generation
- Evaluation Model
- Evaluation Principles and Structure
- Input Requirements
- Design Analysis
- Output Options
- Conclusion
- References
- Sortal Grammars for Urban Design: A Sortal Approach to Urban Data Modeling and Generation
- Introduction
- Sortal Representations
- A Simple Example
- Sortal Grammars
- Sortal Behaviors
- Exemplar Grammar Systems
- Sortal Rules
- Urban Design Grammars
- Conclusion
- References
- Sort Machines
- Introduction
- Topological Grammar
- Model
- Rules
- Enumeration
- Configurations
- Nomenclature
- Discussion
- References
- Modeling Water Use for Sustainable Urban Design
- Introduction
- Background
- Rating Systems and Water Efficiency
- Urban Water Use in Commercial Buildings
- Modeling Water Use
- Water Use Calculations
- Modeling Urban Water Use
- Analysis
- Conclusions
- References
- Part III Behavior Modeling and Simulation
- Simulation Heuristics for Urban Design
- Spatial Strategies
- Scales and Objectives
- Master Planning and Regeneration
- Cities Are Not Buildings
- Implicit Performance Criteria
- Assemblies of Heuristics
- Diagrammatic I/O
- Computational Search
- Visualizing Choices
- Approximating Urban Design Objectives
- Movement and Legibility
- Mix and Density
- Continuity and Enclosure
- Conclusion
- References
- Running Urban Microsimulations Consistently with Real-World Data
- Introduction
- Urban Systems
- Microsimulation
- Estimation
- Formal Framework
- New Data Sources
- State Estimation
- Time Scales of an Urban Microsimulation
- Rolling Horizon Framework
- Parameter Estimation
- Parameter Estimation for Interacting Processes
- Decoupling of Submodels through State Estimation
- Response Surfaces and Metamodels
- Summary
- References
- Urban Energy Flow Modelling: A Data-Aware Approach
- Introduction
- The Role of Data in Urban Energy Modelling
- Review of Related Work
- Urban Energy Flow Simulation
- Spatial and Temporal Databases
- Data Availability and Management
- Data Accessibility and Ontologies
- Organising the Management of Data
- Storage: The Advantages of Databases
- Data Model
- Database Access and Integration
- Data Import and Matching
- Matching Incompatible Sources
- Data Update
- Dealing with Incomplete Data
- Conclusion
- References
- Interactive Large-Scale Crowd Simulation
- Introduction
- Multi-agent and Crowd Simulation
- Motion Planning for Multiple Entities
- Multi-agent and Crowd Simulation
- Motion Synthesis
- Scene Representation
- ClearPath
- Hybrid Crowds
- Directing Crowds Using Navigation Fields
- Least-Effort Crowds
- Discussion
- References
- An Information Theoretical Approach to Crowd Simulation
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Automatic Camera Control
- Behavioral Modeling for Crowds
- Information Theory Based Crowd Analysis
- Information Theory Quantities
- Probabilistic Model
- Behavior Maps
- Automatic Camera Control
- Conceptual Foundations
- Camera Control Methods
- Behavioral Model for Crowd Simulations
- Agent Representation
- Extending a Crowd Simulator
- Analogies for Extending a Crowd Simulator
- Results
- Tests for Automatic Camera Control
- Tests for Behavior Modeling
- Conclusion
- References
- Integrating Urban Simulation and Visualization
- Introduction
- Urban Simulation
- Cellular Automata
- Agent-Based Models
- Urban-Economic Discrete-Choice Models
- UrbanSim
- Urban Visualization
- Integrating Visualization and Simulation
- Time-Based Urban Simulations in Computer Graphics
- Hybrid Behavioral and Geometrical Simulations
- References
- Part IV Visualization, Collaboration and Interaction
- Visualization and Decision Support Tools in Urban Planning
- Introduction
- Motivation
- Related Work
- Visualization Methods
- Decision Support Tools in Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning
- Stakeholder Participation
- Collaborative Environments
- Decision Support Tools
- Visual Manager: Towards a Visual Management of Strategies and Risks
- Architectural Information Map (ArcIMap): 'Intelligent' Urban Design
- Architectural Programming: Method for Participatory Planning
- Conclusions
- References
- Spatiotemporal Visualisation: A Survey and Outlook
- Introduction
- Overview and Existing Work
- Basic Concepts
- Previous Reviews
- Workflow of Spatiotemporal Visualisation
- Spatiotemporal Data Acquisition
- Information Modelling of Spatiotemporal Data
- Visualisation Techniques for Spatiotemporal Data
- Potential Future Progress of Spatiotemporal Visualisation
- Summary and Conclusion
- References
- Multi-touch Wall Displays for Informational and Interactive Collaborative Space
- Introduction
- Technology
- The History of Touchscreens and Multi-touch Systems
- Technology Overview
- Interaction
- GeoTouch
- Turn on Time
- Turn on Method
- Placement - Technical
- Placement - Social
- GeoTouch Analysis
- GeoTouch-II
- Data Sets and Presentation
- GeoTouch-II Analysis
- Digital Urban Modelling and Simulation
- GeoTouch for Urban Planners
- Authoring
- Conclusion
- References
- Testing Guide Signs' Visibility for Pedestrians in Motion by an Immersive Visual Simulation System
- Introduction
- Method
- Experiment 1: Threshold of Sign Readability from an Observer While Walking
- Objectives and Method
- Results and Discussion
- Experiment 2: Influence of Observation Conditions on Sign Detection and Recognition
- Objectives and Method
- Influence of Signs' Layout
- Presence of Other Pedestrians
- Conclusions
- References
- Author Index
