Understanding Architectural Drawings Using Knowledge

Abstract

The major Point of the paper is understanding an 'esquisse', or a hand-drawing roughly sketched in the process of architectural design. A long time experience and a lot of knowledge is need to complete final works from an 'esquisse', and without understanding architectural drawings it can't be done. In this paper, (1) Architectural drawings are divided into three hierarchies, pixel, element, and room by its nature. (2) Jumbling knowledge is arranged into several knowledge units by its contents, roll, and nature. (3) Through not only treating architectural drawings as an mass of figures to recognize what is on the paper, but also understanding the ones using those knowledge units to check up these drawings as if these have architectural meanings, rough sketches are recognized more precisely. By restricting persons who draw 'esquisse', as well as sketched drawing being not so roughly drawn, sketches are understood almost accurate.