ANÁLISIS SOBRE LA VISIBILIDAD DE FACHADAS MEDIANTE SIMULACIÓN GRÁFICA EN PROYECTOS DE CONSTRUCCIÓN RURAL

Abstract

This paper was aimed at comparing different construction solutions for integrating rural buildings on its surroundings, taking into account the associated costs. The poll participants compare actual photographs of existing buildings with computer processed images. The poll results were systematically organized by in order to objectively determine popular preferences. It has been revealed that new rural building facades can be designed for better visual integration with minor additional cost. The study shows that just an average 7.35% cost increase in facades would yield 21.6% visual integration improvement. This work can help to developers, architects and engineers to improve their project’s visual integration. The analysis of associated costs has proved that good building integration is very beneficial yet fairly cheap, considering just a 5% overall extra cost can assure proper integration. These results become even more significant if the fact that the cost of the visible building envelope is a minor part of the total project budget is accounted for.