Swarming: micro-flight data capture and analysis in architectural design

该项目旨在产生关于可持续城市设计中安全捕获、管理和应用大数据的新知识。特别是，它的目标是研究使用配备各种轻型传感设备的微型飞行器（无人机）来收集包括大气测量和建筑温度和反射率在内的数据。这是为了满足更多特定场地和垂直环境信息的需求，以便为可持续建筑的设计提供信息。该项目还旨在研究一种基于云的计算框架，该框架将能够处理在长时间和地点收集的大量数据。然后，这些数据将用于开发可视化和设计模型，为建筑、景观和城市设计提供信息。

The project seeks to generate new knowledge about the safe capture, management and application of big data in sustainable city design. In particular, it aims to investigate the use of micro air vehicles (drones) equipped with diverse lightweight sensing equipment to gather data including atmospheric measurements and building temperatures and reflectivity. This is designed to meet the need for more site-specific and vertical environmental information to inform the design of sustainable architecture. The project also aims to research a cloud-based computing framework that will be able to handle very large volumes of data collected over extended time periods and locations. The data would then be used to develop visualisations and design models to inform architecture, landscape and urban design.