Thesis
Computer aided visual impact analysis
- Creator
- Rights statement
- Awarding institution
- University of Strathclyde
- Date of award
- 1983
- Thesis identifier
- T4710
- Qualification Level
- Qualification Name
- Department, School or Faculty
- Abstract
- Over the past twenty years oi so the growing presence of industrial development in the countryside has often severely disrupted the visual harmony of the landscape. Measures for develppment control and public inquiry procedures may be initiated to 'debate visual and other key issues regarding a proposed development. However, in the case of visual assessment, such procedures often suffer from a lack of explicit visual appraisal tools to determine the full extent of a development impact. Typically, this aspect of design is addressed by means of three dimensional models or artist's impressions. Unfortunately, these methods are viewed with a great deal of scepticism by public and planning juries alike; they claim that these manual processes are highly prone to error and often incomplete in assessment. This thesis presents a review of the visual intrusion problem, and conducts a comparative evaluation of the manual and computer-based techniques used in the solution of the problem. Computer-assisted procedures for visual assessment are gaining increasing acceptance in architectural and planning practice, and this thesis describes a number of such computer models currently in use. Subsequently, the thesis lays out the background theory and specification for a computer program to quantify some of the visual characteristics of buildings for use in visual impact studies. Finally a tentative framework for a cmputeraided app roach to visual assessment is described with the objective of providing a total capability in visual impact assessment. In the main, the thesis is seen as playing a significant role in bridging the gap between architectural practice and the expanding repertoire of computer-based models for visual impact assessment.
- Advisor / supervisor
- Turnbull, Mark
- Maver, Tom
- Aylward, Graeme
- Resource Type
- DOI
- EThOS ID
- uk.bl.ethos.385519
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