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Transforming Built Environment Performance through AI-Driven and Physics-Based Simulations
edited by Narjes Abbasabadi and Mehdi Ashayeri
submission deadline 3 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1196 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); physics-based simulations; performance modeling; predictive accuracy; building design optimization; operational efficiency; energy efficiency; model predictive control; occupant-centric control; fault detection and diagnosis; building-grid integration; reinforcement learning; computer vision; natural language processing (NLP)
Interdisciplinary and Multi-Scalar Design and Research Models in Architectural Practice and Education
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5316 | Submission Open
Keywords: interdisciplinary design practices; architectural education; radical inclusivity; interdisciplinary collaboration; co-production; pedagogical strategies; digital mapping; augmented reality; urban community development; design computation; fabrication techniques; collaborative learning environments; spatial design; social responsiveness; technological fluency; AI in architecture and built environment; AR/VR mapping; gamification
Urban Design Transformation: Placemaking, Co-creation, and Tactical Urbanism as an Emergent Professional Practice
edited by Fabian Neuhaus
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 808 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban design; tactical urbanism; placemaking; temporary urbanism; planning education; co-creation; collaboration; stakeholder planning; actors
Architectural Responses to Climate Change
edited by and Rebecca Jane McConnell
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 491 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; adaption; architecture
Net Zero Architecture: Pathways to Carbon-Neutral Buildings
edited by Jamal Alabid and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open
Keywords: Net Zero carbon; green energy; community-driven solutions; technology and innovation; lifecycle analysis
Time in Built Spaces
edited by , , and Martina Decker
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13302 | Submission Open
Keywords: time; space; past; present; future; recollection; interaction; anticipation
Spaces and Practices of Everyday Community Resilience
edited by Meike Schalk, Daniela Calciu and Oana Druta
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 1681 | Submission Open
Keywords: civic resilience; spaces of resilience; everyday practices; transformative learning; urban commons
Healthy Habitats—Innovative Approaches to Creating Built Environments That Support Health and Wellbeing
edited by Nils Jäger
submission deadline 1 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open
Keywords: health; wellbeing; architecture
Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Building
edited by Srijeet Halder and Anupam Satumane
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced building technologies; sustainable architecture; digital twins; mixed reality; Construction 4.0; cyber– physical systems; smart buildings; human-centered design; building automation; digital construction
Strategies for Architectural Conservation and Adaptive Reuse
edited by Tarek Teba
submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 614 | Submission Open
Keywords: architectural conservation; community-led design; heritage adaptive reuse; rural heritage; military heritage; industrial heritage; cultural landscape; inclusive conservation; creative placemaking for conservation; critical conservation; cartography; palimpsest; cultural mapping; HBIM; digital heritage
Shaping Architecture with Computation
edited by , , and Mohammad Saki
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 578 | Submission Open
Keywords: architectural design; urban planning; design simulation; design analysis; computational design; parametric design; generative design; design iteration and exploration; BIM; AI-based design; virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR); extended reality (XR); digital twins; IoT (Internet of Things); building performance analysis
AI as a Tool for Architectural Design and Urban Planning
edited by and Janina Puig Costa
submission deadline 1 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; architectural design; urban planning; generative AI
Assessing Values in Sustainable Heritage Conservation: Between Theory and Practice
edited by Marta García-Casasola and Blanca Del Espino Hidalgo
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: cultural values; heritage impact assessments; heritage intervention; contemporary architecture; good practices; conservation; heritage management; cultural sustainability; social sustainability; sustainable management; world heritage
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