Generative Adversarial Networks in the built environment: A comprehensive review of the application of GANs across data types and scales

AN Wu, R Stouffs, F Biljecki - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) are a type of deep neural network that
have achieved many state-of-the-art results for generative tasks. GANs can be useful in the …

Toward 3D property valuation—a review of urban 3D modelling methods for digital twin creation

Y Ying, M Koeva, M Kuffer, J Zevenbergen - ISPRS international journal …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Increasing urbanisation has inevitably led to the continuous construction of buildings. Urban
expansion and densification processes reshape cities and, in particular, the third dimension …

Automatic reconstruction of fully volumetric 3D building models from oriented point clouds

S Ochmann, R Vock, R Klein - ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a novel method for reconstructing parametric, volumetric, multi-story building
models from unstructured, unfiltered indoor point clouds with oriented normals by means of …

Feature-preserving 3D mesh simplification for urban buildings

M Li, L Nan - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote …, 2021 - Elsevier
The goal of urban building mesh simplification is to generate a compact representation of a
building from a given mesh. Local smoothness and sharp contours of urban buildings are …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstructing compact building models from point clouds using deep implicit fields

Z Chen, H Ledoux, S Khademi, L Nan - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract While three-dimensional (3D) building models play an increasingly pivotal role in
many real-world applications, obtaining a compact representation of buildings remains an …

Improving facade parsing with vision transformers and line integration

B Wang, J Zhang, R Zhang, Y Li, L Li… - Advanced Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Facade parsing stands as a pivotal computer vision task with far-reaching applications in
areas like architecture, urban planning, and energy efficiency. Despite the recent success of …

Reconstruction of LoD-2 building models guided by Façade structures from oblique photogrammetric point cloud

F Wang, G Zhou, H Hu, Y Wang, B Fu, S Li, J Xie - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to the façade visibility, intuitive expression, and multi-view redundancy, oblique
photogrammetry can provide optional data for large-scale urban LoD-2 reconstruction …

Procedural modeling of a building from a single image

G Nishida, A Bousseau, DG Aliaga - Computer Graphics Forum, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Creating a virtual city is demanded for computer games, movies, and urban planning, but it
takes a lot of time to create numerous 3D building models. Procedural modeling has …

Robust low-poly meshing for general 3d models

Z Chen, Z Pan, K Wu, E Vouga, X Gao - ACM Transactions on Graphics …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We propose a robust re-meshing approach that can automatically generate visual-
preserving low-poly meshes for any high-poly models found in the wild. Our method can be …

Computer vision-based analysis of buildings and built environments: A systematic review of current approaches

MB Starzyńska-Grześ, R Roussel, S Jacoby… - ACM Computing …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Analysing 88 sources published from 2011 to 2021, this article presents a first systematic
review of the computer vision-based analysis of buildings and the built environment. Its aim …