Development and implementation of emergent digital technologies in the design of the built environment.

在建筑环境设计中开发和实施新兴数字技术。

• 批准号: 1924291
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Queen's University Belfast
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1924291
• 关键词: Development; implementation; emergent; digital; technologies

This project will explore the use of rapidly emerging and converging digital technologies, such as virtual, augmented and mixed reality (VR, AR, MR), structured light scanning and airborne drones, in the design of the built environment.The commercial release of VR headsets has brought this technology mainstream, however application in a useful manner to designers has not been matured. The implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) has enhanced the construction industry through tightly managed design, construction and whole life management. As a result of BIM most construction projects now have an accurate 3D digital design and construction model. These will be suitable for use within a digital environment, and used as a tool for improving efficiency and whole life asset management. The mandatory government requirement for BIM has resulted in it becoming a core discipline within the university. These are key components in progressing towards sustainable future cities; a priority area for the university in tackling global challenges. The project will develop human-model interaction through appropriate software. The team will develop interaction methods, enabling manipulation of the model within a VR environment, through programming of functions to handheld controllers. Creation and modification of structural models will be conducted collaboratively with traditional human input devices, whilst a user is present in the VR environment. Critical evaluation of design whilst in this environment will be conducted to gather data on the design process to identify time and cost savings relative to conventional design process. Distance collaboration will be investigated whereby the design team will be able to conduct meetings within a VR environment; the designers avatar will be visible to the other users within the environment. This would enhance the design experience where teams are spread across different geographical locations.A further objective is the automatic creation of 3D environments from scanned data (lidar and structured light). Conversion of point cloud data to a 3D model for use by designers is currently limited; automatic meshing of point clouds produces inaccurate models. Many engineering objects are composed of simplistic shapes and surfaces, which should result in them being easily identified and modelled. The project will enable edges, surfaces and voids to be automatically identified and converted into accurate geometric models. This would be particularly useful for adaption and maintenance of existing structures. Advantages in lightweight scanning offer the potential for these technologies to be mounted on aerial drones. This will allow rapid inexpensive scanning of the built environment, particularly in inaccessible areas (structures at heights, underside of bridges), and the data then imported and converted into a 3D model. Material properties and boundary conditions can then be applied to enable rapid and accurate structural behaviour to be determined.

该项目将探索在建筑环境设计中使用快速发展和融合的数字技术，如虚拟现实，增强现实和混合现实（VR，AR，MR），结构光扫描和空中无人机。VR头显的商业发布使这项技术成为主流，但对设计师有用的应用尚未成熟。建筑信息模型（BIM）的实施通过严格管理的设计，施工和全寿命管理增强了建筑业。由于BIM，大多数建筑项目现在都有准确的3D数字设计和施工模型。这些将适合在数字环境中使用，并用作提高效率和整个生命周期资产管理的工具。政府对BIM的强制性要求使其成为大学的核心学科。这些都是迈向可持续未来城市的关键组成部分;这是大学应对全球挑战的优先领域。该项目将通过适当的软件开发人机交互。该团队将开发交互方法，通过将功能编程到手持控制器，实现在VR环境中操纵模型。结构模型的创建和修改将与传统的人类输入设备协作进行，同时用户存在于VR环境中。在这种环境下，将对设计进行关键评估，以收集设计过程中的数据，从而确定与传统设计过程相比节省的时间和成本。远程协作将被研究，设计团队将能够在VR环境中进行会议;设计师的化身将对环境中的其他用户可见。这将增强团队分布在不同地理位置的设计体验。另一个目标是从扫描数据（激光雷达和结构光）自动创建3D环境。目前，将点云数据转换为供设计人员使用的3D模型是有限的;点云的自动网格化会产生不准确的模型。许多工程对象由简单的形状和表面组成，这应该使它们易于识别和建模。该项目将使边缘，表面和空隙能够自动识别并转换为准确的几何模型。这对改造和维护现有结构特别有用。轻型扫描的优势为这些技术提供了安装在无人机上的潜力。这将允许对建筑环境进行快速廉价的扫描，特别是在无法进入的区域（高处结构，桥梁底部），然后将数据导入并转换为3D模型。然后可以应用材料特性和边界条件来快速准确地确定结构行为。