sem7 Virtual Buildings 2. Master of IT. 2003
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Virtual Buildings 2.


Goal:
  • To mediate knowledge about existing and future tools to build and use the Virtual Building model.
Volume/
Placement:
  • This 2 module PE (program unit) course is placed during semester 5 of the Aalborg University open Master of IT education.
Content:
  • Using VB for buildning design analyses and documentation
  • Integration of databases in practice (middleware, web-db connection, Cad-db, web-FEM)
  • Storing product data in IFC modelservers
  • Model checker software (SOLIBRI)
  • building components formats
  • use of VB in faclity management and building operation
  • Designing future virtual/physical workspaces
  • .......
Examination:
  • The project unit is evaluated through oral examination with external censor. Individual characters according to the 13-scale.
Personnel:
References:
    List of Literature

  1. "Introduction of IFC Model Server Project". VTT Building and Transport/SECOM Co., Ltd. (5 pp.)

  2. Patrick HOUBAUX, 2003, "Eurostep Model Server & SABLE Workshop". September 2003 - Copenhagen (41 pp).

  3. Further references to IFC (Industry Foundation Classes), http://cig.bre.co.uk/iai_uk/

  4. SOLIBRI

  5. Wille C, Koller C, 2000, "ASP Active Server Pages". IDG Valby. ISBN: 87-7843-361-4 (312 pages)


    Further reading

  1. Hänninen R, 2002, "Advanced Virtual Building Software in Finland Advanced Virtual Building Software in Finland - Tools in a Real Life Building Services Design Tools in a Real Life Building Services Design Process Process", Olof Granlund Oy at Real Profits through Virtual Building. Real Profits through Virtual Building. June 28, 2002 June 28, 2002 CIFE, Stanford CIFE, Stanford University,

  2. Fischer M, Calvin K, 2002, "PM4D Final Report". CIFE Technicall Report Number 143. October 2002 PM4D_Final_Report-VERA-HUT.pdf

  3. Froese T, 2001, "Next Steps for R&D in IFC-based integration". IAI Seminar, Vtt finland, April 24, 2002 (34 pp)

  4. "BLIS-XML Conversion tools", 12 2002, http://cic.vtt.fi/projects/ifcsvr/bliscon/.

  5. "IFC Reference Guide. ArchiCad".

  6. Hänninen R, "IFC-based Product Model Exchange". CIFE Summer Program 2001 Stanford University, September 2001. Olof Granlund, Consulting Engineers Consulting Engineers, (35 pp).

  7. Tarandi V, 2002, "The Swedish IFC Implementation Project - a Product Model Server Approach". IT Bygg och Fastighet. Eurostep.

  8. Yoshinobu Adachi Y, 2001, "Overview of Meta Model Definition in XML for EXPRESS Representation." SECOM Co., Ltd. / VTT Building and Transport.

  9. Underwood J, Watson A, 2002, "An XML Metadata Approach to Seamless Document Exchange". AN XML METADATA APPROACH TO SEAMLESS DOCUMENT Construct IT, University of Salford, CAE group, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.

  10. Christiansson P., Da Dalto Laurent, Skjaerbaek J. O., Soubra S., Marache M., 2002, " Virtual Environments for the AEC sector - The Divercity experience ". ECPPM 2002 Proceedings European Conference of Product and Process Modelling. eWork and eBusiness in AEC. (Editors: Ziga Turk, Raimar Scherer). Swtes & Zeitlinger Publishers, Lisse The Netherlands. ISBN 90 5809 507 X. 9-11 September 2002, Portoroz, Slovenia. (pp. 49-55)
    KEYWORDS: Virtual Environments, Collaborative Work, Virtual Workspace, 3D Real Time Interaction, Construction Industry.

  11. Christiansson P., Dawood N. N., Svidt K, 2002, "Virtual Buildings (VB) and Tools to Manage Construction Process Operations". CIB W78 Conference on 'Distributing Knowledge In Building', Aarhus, Denmark. June 12-14, 2002. Proceedings Volume 1. (Editors: Kristians Agger, Per Christiansson, Rob Howard). CIB International Council for Research and Innovation in Building Construction. ISBN87-90078-34-9. (pp. 132-139)
    KEYWORDS: Virtual buildings, project management, temporal data, knowledge management, semantic web.

  12. Svidt K., Bjerg B, Dorf Nielsen T, 2001: " Initial studies on Virtual Reality Visualization of 3D airflow in ventilated livestock buildings". AVR II & CONVR 2001. Conference on Applied Virtual Reality in Engineering & Construction Applications of Virtual Reality. (eds: O. Tullberg, N. Dawood, M. Connell. 201 pp.) Gothenburg October 4-5, 2001. (pp. 176-181).
    KEYWORDS: Virtual Reality, CFD, airflow, livestock buildings.

  13. Christiansson, P, 2001, "Capture of user requirements and structuring of collaborative VR environments". AVR II & CONVR 2001. Conference on Applied Virtual Reality in Engineering & Construction Applications of Virtual Reality. (eds: O. Tullberg, N. Dawood, M. Connell. 201 pp.) Gothenburg October 4-5, 2001. (pp. 1-17). [Key note speach].
    KEYWORDS: Collaboration tools, Contextual design, Knowledge Management, User requirements, Virtual Reality.

  14. Christiansson P, Svidt K, Skjærbæk J O, Aaholm R, 2001, "User requirements modelling in design of collaborative virtual reality design systems". International Conference on Construction Information Technology. Mpumalanga, Soth Africa, 30 May - 1 June 2001. (pp. 40/1 - 40/12)
    KEYWORDS: Design, virtual reality, collaborative work, ICT tools, knowledge management.

  15. Christiansson P, 1999, " Properties of the Virtual Building". 8th International Conference on Durability of Builsing Materials and Components. Information Technology in Construction. (ed. M. A. Lacasse, D. J. Vanier). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 1999. ISBN: 0-660-17743-9. (pp. 2909-2919). (May 30 - June 3, 1999 Vancouver, Canada.)
    KEYWORDS: Virtual building, modelling, multimedia, meta classification, temporal data.

  16. Langt gangsprojektet (Master thesis Building Management) "Anvendelse af metadata i byggeprocessen" (Use of Meta Data in the Building Process). Jakob Brøndsted, Kim Larsen, 2001/2002.
    [Gives an overview over standardisation activities on building product modelling including IFC]

  17. "Product and Process Modelling in the Building Industry - ECPPM '98". editor Robert Amor. Clowes Group, Beccles, Suffolk, England. BRE, Watford, England. (580 pp.)

  18. "The Unified Framework", SANE (Sustainable Accommodation in the New Economy) project. EU IST-2000-25257. (124 pages).

  19. " Interface requirements for technology introduction in organisational environments", SANE (Sustainable Accommodation in the New Economy) project. EU IST-2000-25257. (94 pages).



Course Layout:
1 Virtual Buildings 2 lecture 1 [Friday October 10, 2003, 15.30 - 18.00]
2 Virtual Buildings 2 lecture 2 [Friday November 28, 2003, 09.00 - 12.00]

Per Christiansson