THE QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH ON 3-DIMENSIONAL SIMILARITY OF URBAN TEXTURE

N. C. Xiang
B. F. Ting
C. L. Xiaojun
D. L. Jing

Lowland Technology International
Vol 13 No 2, Dec (2011)

Urban texture represents the city’s characteristics abstractly. Based on the study of city in three dimensional orientations and the figure-ground relation theory, an evaluation system on the building form in the city has been set up by bringing forward the conception of regional 3-dimensional (3D) density, 3D similarity, 3D contrast and regional spatial complexity. This paper is about 3D similarity as a part of the research series. The evaluation system describes the morphological distribution and the differences of scale between buildings in 6 sample sites through rational analysis using qualitative figures and quantitative calculations, verifying the consistency of quantitative calculation and experience.