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The functionality of a building depends on its accessibility, therefore, the core of successful planning lies in a coherent development concept. Elevators serve as vertical development elements\u00a0and are indispensable for guaranteeing barrier-free buildings, as they allow the disabled and wheelchair-users access to all floors of a building. In the German \u201eMusterbauordnung\u201c, every building higher than 13 meters has to have at least one elevator\u00a0and at least one elevator must be able to accommodate prams, wheelchairs, stretchers and loads.<\/p>\n

Ontological Development<\/h2>\n

An ontology for an elevator system has been modeled into the program Prot\u00e9g\u00e9.\u00a0The ontology follows a top-down development process\u00a0which should help constructors, decide what kind of elevator they need for their object. The domain of the ontology is called “elevator” and its classes represents the types of elevators. As one can see in the following picture, the general super-classes are “function” and “drive type”, which are components of the elevator. Because of their dependency, they have the same taxonomic hierarchy. A\u00a0rough sketch of the ontology follows:<\/p>\n

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Following, the developed ontology in\u00a0Prot\u00e9g\u00e9<\/em>\u00a0as a Super-link, as well as a visual representation:<\/p>\n

elevator-ontology<\/a><\/p>\n

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Parametric Model<\/h2>\n

After comprehending the main criteria and the high performance parameter of the elevator, a parametric model was developed using Dynamo, that geometrically visualizes the elevator.\u00a0The challenge of the model is to provide different elevator sizes for different usages. The number slider of height, width and depth of the elevator are connected to all created elements. The most important decision that needs to me made during the planning of an elevator is the function, that the elevator needs to fulfill. Once the exact type of an elevator is defined, this parameter hardly changes. One specific challenge while designing a passenger elevator is finding the optimal size and bearing capacity for the given building situation. Since this model\u00a0focuses on a passenger elevator, parameters with a high influence on the physical embodiment were selected<\/p>\n