From point cloud to building and city information model (BIM/CIM): A study of architectonic grammar optimization


Grant Data
Project Title
From point cloud to building and city information model (BIM/CIM): A study of architectonic grammar optimization
Principal Investigator
Dr Xue, Fan   (Principal Investigator (PI))
Duration
36
Start Date
2021-01-01
Amount
685569
Conference Title
From point cloud to building and city information model (BIM/CIM): A study of architectonic grammar optimization
Presentation Title
Keywords
Architectonic grammar, Building information model, City information model, Derivative-free optimization, Point cloud
Discipline
Building and Construction
Panel
Engineering (E)
HKU Project Code
27200520
Grant Type
Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Funding Year
2020
Status
On-going
Objectives
1) To define the architectonic grammar in building and city scenes; 2) To formulate building/city information model (BIM/CIM) reconstruction from 3D point clouds into a nonlinear architectonic grammar optimization (AGO) problem; 3) To apply and revise state-of-the-art derivative-free optimization (DFO) algorithms for solving AGO problems; and 4) To integrate the proposed AGO approach to form a generalizable methodology and disseminate it with educational and professional software.