Solar Optimized Courtyard House at Design Stage

Densified low-rise building with minimal land consumption.

Property size: 741.2 m²
Gross floor area: 295 m²
Floor space ratio: 0.40

We can create a better world | Exclusive interview at worldarchitecture.org

In this exclusive interview Farzam Kharvari talks with Wolfgang Höhl about the future of xR-technology in architecture and upcoming projects of scienceviz.com® | Research Institute for 3D Computer Graphics.

Solar Simulation, virtual Prototyping and virtual 3D-Walk-Through for Single Familiy Detached Houses using Unity in a Kommerz MRI Framework

Two recent conference contributions in co-operation between the Masters Course Architecture (ARC) and the ResearchLab | Media&Design at FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences to CORP 2013 and UDay XI.
Design your home in realtime 3D! A recent research paper in co-operation of the Masters Course Architecture (ARC) and the ResearchLab | Media&Design at the Masters Course Media and Interaction Design (MID) at the FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences deals with the implementation of a Computer Generated Mixed Reality Architectural Workspace. New is the total integration of the realtime engine Unity in an interactive mixed-reality interface for building design and simulation.

This paper was accepted by the reviewer committes of the 18th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society . CORP | GeoMultimedia 2013 and at UDay XI of the FH Vorarlberg – University of Applied Science.

Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Behmel and Prof. Arch. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Höhl will report on this topic on May 20th – 22nd in Rome / Italy und on June 14th in Dornbirn / Austria

Further Information:

Haslerhaus GmbH & Co KG, A-8762 Oberzeiring / Katzling 4

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DAVE, Bharat (2011): Spaces of Design Collaboration,  in: WANG, X. and TSAI, J.J.-H.(2011): Collaborative Design in Virtual Environments, Springer Science + Business Media B.V., S. 143 – 151.

HÖHL, Wolfgang (2012): Netzwerktheorie und Prozeßoptimierung, in: Business + Innovation 02/2012, Steinbeis Executive Magazine, Springer Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden, S. 24 – 32

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Generative Solar Design

Use solar simulation and adapt the building design.

These studies were made with the open-source software packages Blender and GIMP, using the techniques of pythonscripting and texture baking.

This contribution derives from the publication “Generative Solar Design – Spaces of light, shadow bodies and dynamic solar simulation with Open-Source Software” by Wolfgang Höhl (Lichträume, Schattenkörper und dynamische Sonnenstandssimulation mit Open­-Source Software), in: Computer Spezial 2/2009, Bauverlag BV GmbH., Gütersloh 2009, S. 13 – 19 und in: FORUM PLANEN 11 / Juni 09, und in: Österreichischer Wirtschaftsverlag, Wien 2009, S. 9-11

Contribution to an architectural competition, focussing on an extension of an existing school in Vienna, Austria. Renderings as research studies using Autodesk EcoTect.

Solar Simulation for a housing area at Diessen am Ammersee in Germany. Analysis locating dwellings after hours of sunshine using Autodesk EcoTect.