Generative urban design: A systematic review on problem formulation, design generation, and decision-making

F Jiang, J Ma, CJ Webster, AJF Chiaradia, Y Zhou… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban design is the process of designing and shaping the physical forms of cities, towns,
and suburbs. It involves the arrangement and design of street systems, groups of buildings …

Computational wind engineering: 30 years of research progress in building structures and environment

T Potsis, Y Tominaga, T Stathopoulos - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The paper reviews the evolution of computational wind engineering from environmental and
structural perspectives, since the inaugural conference of computational wind engineering …

Accelerated environmental performance-driven urban design with generative adversarial network

C Huang, G Zhang, J Yao, X Wang, JK Calautit… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The morphological design of urban blocks greatly affects the outdoor environment.
Currently, performance-based urban and building design relies on a time-consuming …

Multi-objective optimization of classrooms' daylight performance and energy use in US Climate Zones

BJ Alkhatatbeh, Y Kurdi, S Asadi - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Early design decisions have a considerable influence on energy use and occupants' comfort
in buildings. Balancing these two design aspects is extremely important in educational …

Automatic generation of architecture facade for historical urban renovation using generative adversarial network

C Sun, Y Zhou, Y Han - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
In architecture, urban culture inheritance plays a nontrivial role in the urban renovation of a
city. The existing design workflow for architects is laborious from the research phase to the …

Rule-based compliance checking and generative design for building interiors using BIM

C Sydora, E Stroulia - Automation in Construction, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Building Information Modeling (BIM) is becoming an integral part of the design,
architecture, and construction process, as it can integrate all building data in an accessible …

Performative computational architecture using swarm and evolutionary optimisation: A review

B Ekici, C Cubukcuoglu, M Turrin, IS Sariyildiz - Building and environment, 2019 - Elsevier
This study presents a systematic review and summary of performative computational
architecture using swarm and evolutionary optimisation. The taxonomy for one hundred …

A proposed meta-reality immersive development pipeline: Generative ai models and extended reality (xr) content for the metaverse

J Ratican, J Hutson, A Wright - Journal of …, 2023 - digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu
The realization of an interoperable and scalable virtual platform, currently known as the
“metaverse,” is inevitable, but many technological challenges need to be overcome first …

A decision-making design framework for the integration of PV systems in the urban energy planning process

Y Kurdi, BJ Alkhatatbeh, S Asadi, H Jebelli - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Researchers typically use performance analysis tools to support the design decisions of PV
systems on urban scales. However, performance simulation tools are mostly used for …

A framework for pedestrian-level wind conditions improvement in urban areas: CFD simulation and optimization

Z Kaseb, M Hafezi, M Tahbaz, S Delfani - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Given the complexity of urban wind flow, acceptable wind conditions can hardly be achieved
in all regions within an urban area. In some regions, high wind speeds can lead to wind …