Research Work

• ForM: A Computer Vision System for Understanding Architectural Drawings
  The purpose of this research project is to further develop an existing computer software, which is capable of extracting automatically morphological information from scanned images of line compositions. Specifically, the proposed research will focus on the automatic extraction of the geometric structure of building plans. The geometric structure of a plan is synonymous to its parti. It is a representation composed of lines that define shapes.
  
  • Funded by a Research Partnership Grant from Rackham School of Graduate Studies, The University of Michigan.
  • Research Team: Samir Emdanat and Emmanuel George Vakalo
    
    
• ForMorph: An Integrated Computer-Aided Model for Architectural Form-Making
  The objective of this research project is to investigate the structure of a system that can be used to integrate knowledge of architectural morphology and thermal performance to facilitate more comprehensive analysis of architectural form during the early phases of the design process.
  
  • Funded by a grant ($29.000) from the Office of Vice President for Research OVPR at the University of Michigan.
  • Research Team: Samir Emdanat, Ali Malkawi and Emmanuel George Vakalo
    

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