Research Project: Architectural Daylighting

The particular area of architectural design we explore is daylighting: the use of windows and reflective surfaces to allow natural light from the sun and sky to provide effective and interesting internal illumination. Appropriate daylighting strategies can reduce energy consumption not only for lighting, but also for heating and cooling through solar gain management, which altogether account for half of a building's energy requirements and about 20% of total U.S. energy consumption. Our focus is on creating innovative tools that allow designers to explore alternative designs and new technologies for improving the sustainability of their buildings.

Publications:

Interpreting Physical Sketches as Architectural Models
Barbara Cutler and Joshua Nasman
Advances in Architectural Geometry 2010, September 2010.

Global Illumination Compensation for Spatially Augmented Reality
Yu Sheng, Theodore C. Yapo, and Barbara Cutler
Computer Graphics Forum, Eurographics 2010, April 2010.

A Spatially Augmented Reality Sketching Interface for Architectural Daylighting Design
Yu Sheng, Theodore C. Yapo, Christopher Young, and Barbara Cutler
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, accepted October 2009.

Inferring Architectural Designs from Physical Sketches: Application to Daylighting Analysis
Barbara Cutler, Theodore C. Yapo, and Yu Sheng
Proceedings of Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) Sketch Recognition Workshop, February 2009.

Virtual Heliodon: Spatially Augmented Reality for Architectural Daylighting Design
Yu Sheng, Theodore C. Yapo, Christopher Young, and Barbara Cutler
Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2009.

An Intuitive Daylighting Performance Analysis and Optimization Approach
Marilyne Andersen, Sian Kleindienst, Lu Yi, Jaime Lee, Magali Bodart, and Barbara Cutler
Building Research & Information, November 2008.

Interactive Selection of Optimal Fenestration Materials for Schematic Architectural Daylighting Design
Barbara Cutler, Yu Sheng, Steven Martin, Daniel Glaser, Marilyne Andersen
Elsevier Automation in Construction, 2008.

Interactive Rendering of Fenestration Materials for Architectural Design
Yu Sheng, Steve Martin, and Barbara Cutler
Poster at SIGGRAPH 2007, Aug 2007.

Students:

Yu Sheng, PhD student, Computer Science
Ted Yapo, PhD student, Computer Science
Josh Nasman, PhD student, Computer Science
Christopher Young, undergraduate student, Computer Science, graduated Spring 2009
Andrew Dolce, co-terminal undergraduate & Masters student, Computer Science

Faculty:

Barb Cutler, Assistant Professor, Computer Science

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CMMI 0841319 and Grant No. IIS 0845401. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

This work was also supported by a grant from IBM.