QuVue is now possible to use with Grasshopper (Rhino 6)
QuVue is a plugin for uVSF(SkyView Ratio) Analysis. It is a new index for measuring visible sky ratios that overcomes the major hurdles of current methods. It calculates the actual three-dimensional projection area of obstacles onto a virtual hemisphere, considering humans’ downward view. QuVue is TRADEMARKED and its a free program.
Ass. Prof. Yun Kyu Yi’s “QuVue implementation for decisions related to high-rise residential building layouts” is published in Building and Environment.
This paper tested a newly developed visible sky ratio measure called QuVue in an actual high-rise residential complex to determine its robustness and identify its limitations. QuVue is a new index for measuring visible sky ratios that overcomes the major hurdles of current methods. It calculates the actual three-dimensional projection area of obstacles onto a virtual hemisphere, considering humans’ downward view.
Prof. Yi’s work, titled QuVue, has been trademarked under the U of I Board of Trustees. The tool is for architectural and engineering services, namely consulting services, to evaluate sky view ratios.
Scott Murray has authored a chapter in the new book Modernism and American Mid-20th Century Sacred Architecture, edited by Anat Geva and published this month by Routledge. Murray’s chapter presents a comprehensive history of a remarkable but short-lived and nearly forgotten building in Champaign designed by the noted architect Paul Rudolph.
Pengyuan Shen, William Braham, and Yun Kyu Yi, “Development of a lightweight building simulation tool using simplified zone thermal coupling for fast parametric study.” Applied Energy, Volume 223, 1 August 2018, Pages 188-214.
Associate Professor Scott Murray is the author of a new article, titled “Architects and the Cultural Agency of Television: Frank Lloyd Wright on The Mike Wallace Interview,” published in the current issue of the journal Thresholds, Volume 46.
“Thresholds is the annual peer-reviewed journal produced by the MIT Department of Architecture, held in over 150 university art & architecture libraries around the world. Content features leading scholars and practitioners from the fields of architecture, art, and culture. Thresholds is published by MIT Press.” – http://thresholdsjournal.com/
