The goal of categorizing a building stock is to look for model building types that can be used to determine the behavior of 5-10 categories of buildings versus individual studies on every building in an inventory.
Quick Facts:
- Time to Organize: 2 weeks
- Time to Categorize One Building: 5-10 minutes
Past Efforts:
San Francisco Taxonomy: Buildings in San Francisco were categorized using photos from both virtual and walk-around sidewalk surveys. Learn how the San Francisco buildings were categorized: http://www.concretecoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Summary-of-Building-Types.pdf.
Resources:
- Photo Sorting Folder Structure – Dropbox folder structure used for sorting photos while categorizing buildings in SF
- Building Categories – Dropbox folders showing the building categories that emerged from the SF Taxonomy
