| Title |
A Systematic Approach to Constructing Building Information with the Room Relations Matrix |
| Keywords |
Building Information ; Knowledge Representation ; Building Data Model ; Room Relations Matrix |
| Abstract |
This research proposes a methodological strategy of transforming the fragmented information which can be extracted from the individual drawings into a set of systematic knowledge. While the implicit design information can be grasped only by the trained architects, transforming to a set of design knowledge, the drawings are still the most comprehensive media containing the undescribable units of design information. Thus, it would be possible to use the design drawings as the source for extracting systematic design knowledge as long as a proper transformation facility is provided. In order to do so, this research utilizes a specific building representation method, BRM(Building Representation Model), from which major building related data can be extracted and transformed into a database table format. The building data is consecutively transformed into another form, Room Relation Matrix, which consists of a set of information about the relations between rooms. And then, by integrating the individual building information into a whole body, an architectural design knowledge-base can be created. |