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Urban street space analysis with spherical box-counting: holistic digital gestalt analysis of architecture in urban space
Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2024-09
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Kulcke, Matthias
Volume
2
Start Page
567
End Page
576
Citation
42nd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2024
Contribution to Conference
Scopus ID
Publisher
University of Cyprus, Department of Architecture
ISBN
978-94-91207-38-9
Spherical box-counting of urban street spaces is a novel method developed and refined by the authors to produce highly specific topological fractal fingerprinting of architecture in relation to observer position and in the context of the accompanying surroundings. The use of 360-degree spherical panoramas as input data and basis for fractal measurement lies at the center of this method. A holistic approach toward architectural and urban design, balancing between simplicity and complexity of all Gestalt qualities, needs to take the influence of every (especially man-made) object in view into consideration. This research shows that Gestalt complexity is linked to the observerʼs viewpoint as well as the Gestalt complexity of all objects visible from the viewerʼs position. This is another decisive step toward holistic fractal and overall digital Gestalt analysis of urban spaces.
Subjects
Box-Counting | Fractal Analysis | Gestalt Analysis | Spherical Box-Counting
DDC Class
720: Architecture