Biophilic design in architecture and its contributions to health, well-being, and sustainability: A critical review
February 2022
In the last ten years, ‘nature’ and biophilic design have received widespread attention in architecture, especially in response to growing environmental challenges. However, open questions and controversies...
Generative AI models for different steps in architectural design: A literature review
June 2025
Recent advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have been significantly driven by models such as generative adversarial networks (GANs), variational autoencoders (VAEs), and...
Evolution of Islamic geometric patterns
June 2013
This research demonstrates the suitability of applying Islamic geometrical patterns (IGPs) to architectural elements in terms of time scale accuracy and style matching. To this end, a detailed survey...
Computational design in architecture: Defining parametric, generative, and algorithmic design
June 2020
Computation-based approaches in design have emerged in the last decades and rapidly became popular among architects and other designers. Design professionals and researchers adopted different terminologies...
Cultural heritage tourism and urban regeneration: The case of Fez Medina in Morocco
December 2024
After Morocco gained independence in 1956, the country's historic cities, including Fez, Marrakesh, and Meknes, experienced rapid urban growth, decay, and the destruction of their rich cultural and...
Mapping urban public spaces based on the Nolli map method
September 2021
In 1748, Giambattista Nolli published a large map of Rome, which accurately depicted the form and system of public space in the city. This graphic presentation has become a powerful tool for urban space...
A new frontier in design studio: AI and human collaboration in conceptual design
December 2025
This study explores the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the conceptual design phase of interior design education, focusing on AI's potential to help students visualise and refine creative ideas....
Geometric proportions: The underlying structure of design process for Islamic geometric patterns
December 2012
This paper discusses geometric proportions which serve as a design tool, especially for Islamic pattern design. The key role of geometry in Islamic patterns is discussed with relation to proportions...
Designing with nature: Advancing three-dimensional green spaces in architecture through frameworks for biophilic design and sustainability
August 2023
In the transition to a more sustainable built environment over the last two decades, the “greening” of architecture as a popular approach has received widespread attention. However, there are still...
Architectural phenomenology: Past, present, future of an interdisciplinarity
October 2025
This article investigates the interdisciplinary nature of what is frequently referred to as architectural phenomenology. By highlighting the intricacy of architecture's disciplinarity, it exposes the...
The effects of environmental factors on the patient outcomes in hospital environments: A review of literature
June 2020
This study investigates the evidence supporting the impact of the built environment on the health outcomes for patients within the hospital setting. Improving the hospital environment may potentially...
Revitalizing urban spaces: Ten key lessons from the “Viaduc des arts” adaptive reuse and placemaking
October 2024
This study focuses on the adaptive reuse and placemaking of the Viaduc des Arts, an obsolete viaduct in Paris, and examines its impact on the city's economic, urban, cultural, and sustainable identities....
Neurological benefits of third places for young adults in healthy urban environments
October 2025
Aspects of urban environments, especially green spaces, are known to benefit mental health and well-being. However, the healing potential of urban third places remains underexamined compared to the...
Concept cathedral and “squaring the circle”: Interpreting the Gothic cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris as a standing hymn
June 2021
Semiotics is used in the sphere of visual arts as a tool that helps reading the message included in a certain work. Gothic architecture, as an outcome of the rich cultural context of medieval tradition,...
The impact of the design of learning spaces on attention and memory from a neuroarchitectural approach: A systematic review
June 2022
Enriched environments in animal models have demonstrated that exposure to an optimal stimulus improves behavior, cognition, and genomics. However, the evidence base for the neurophysiological influence...
Reuse of port industrial heritage in tourist cities: Shipyards as case studies
February 2024
The progressive deindustrialisation of many western cities since the 1980s has led to many industrial zones linked to port activities being abandoned or falling into disuse. Cities such as Barcelona,...
Living geometry, AI tools, and Alexander's 15 fundamental properties. Remodel the architecture studios!
December 2025
A universal set of mathematical qualities combine complexity with geometry to define “living geometry”. Those properties apply equally to organisms as to inanimate matter. A special type of geometry...
Neurodiverse-friendly preschools: Aligning inclusive pedagogy and spatial design
Available online 2 December 2025
With at least 15% of children meeting the diagnostic criteria as neurodivergent, inclusive preschool environments are crucial for supporting engagement in education and a smooth transition to mainstream...
Natural movement: Measuring optimal pathway configuration of museum layout and pedestrian accessibility through visibility graph analysis and intelligent agent simulation
October 2025
This study explores the interaction between spatial configuration, natural mobility, and visual accessibility in exhibition spaces, an area that remains underexplored. By integrating visibility graph...
The sustainability cycle of historic houses and cultural memory: Controversy between historic preservation and heritage conservation
December 2022
Historic preservation and heritage conservation are two mainstream concepts related to the sustainability and renewal of historic houses. With the aim of enhancing the sustainability of historic houses,...
Exploring the influence of the built environment on human experience through a neuroscience approach: A systematic review
March 2020
The built environment provides a habitat for the most sophisticated mammal in our universe, the human being. Developments in science and technology are forcing us to reconsider the priority of human...
Studies on sustainable features of vernacular architecture in different regions across the world: A comprehensive synthesis and evaluation
December 2019
Due to the increasing pressure brought by recent global environmental problems, building designers are embracing regionalism and the knowledge of traditional structures, arguing that these structures...
Contested incrementalism: Elemental's Quinta Monroy settlement fifteen years on
June 2021
Quinta Monroy is an award-winning co-designed settlement for 93 families on half a hectare of land at Iquique in northern Chile. Neighbors' complaints about the disorderly settlement peaked after the...
A diffusion-based machine learning method for 3D architectural form-finding
December 2025
Form-finding is a process in architectural design. Architects create and manipulate the morphology of a building by finding the form using digital tools and algorithms, such as machine learning. Recent...
Tree-inspired dendriforms and fractal-like branching structures in architecture: A brief historical overview
September 2014
The shapes of trees are complex and fractal-like, and they have a set of physical, mechanical and biological functions. The relation between them always draws attention of human beings throughout history...