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A data-driven method for the optimal control of centralized cooling station in an office park
An effective way to reduce the energy consumption of a building is to optimize the control strategy for the HVAC system. Load prediction is suggested...
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Investigation on typical occupant behavior in air-conditioned office buildings for South China’s Pearl River Delta
The excessive simplification of occupant behavior is considered as the most important factor that affects the uncertainty of building performance...
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Text-to-building: experiments with AI-generated 3D geometry for building design and structure generation
The paper seeks to investigate novel potentials for building design and structure generation that arise at the intersection of computational design...
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Predicting building energy consumption in urban neighborhoods using machine learning algorithms
Assessing building energy consumption in urban neighborhoods at the early stages of urban planning assists decision-makers in develo** detailed...
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A comparison of the use of traditional glazing and a novel concentrated photovoltaic glazing (CoPVG) for building solar gain analysis using IESVE
The aim of this study is to compare the difference in solar gain for an internal space when a novel Concentrated Photovoltaic Glazing (CoPVG) unit is...
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Colourful treasure on Shanghai’s Bund: uncovering original paint finishes in the Chinese Banking Hall of the former HSBC Building
The former HSBC Building, today occupied by Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, is one of the largest iconic buildings on the Bund in Shanghai....
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From Building to Interface: Reframing the Supermarket to Unlock Climate Transition Pathways
Supermarkets are a ubiquitous building typology in the UK and Ireland. Typically, they are described as a big-box store filled with trolleys, aisles,...
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Office Personal Assistant. Towards a Design and AI Approach
This article aims to lay the foundations for the development of an office system that incorporates essential equipment to work in an office and that...
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An exploration of the relationship between density and building energy performance
This paper aims to better understand how building density and shape jointly influence building energy performance in downtown urban environments....
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Agent-Based Semiology: Optimizing Office Occupation Patterns with Agent-Based Simulations
Measuring the performativity of office space has been a long-standing topic of research. With the emergence of knowledge economy, the nature of work...
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A 30-year controversy over the Shanghai East China Electric Power Building: the creation and conservation of late 20th century Chinese architectural heritage*
The Shanghai East China Electric Power Building, which was completed in 1988, is widely accepted as one of the first postmodern high-rise buildings...
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Waterfront development and planning control: a case study of Victoria Dockside in Hong Kong
Planning control and building regulations are necessary tools for the safety, comfort, and well-being of the end-users of urban architecture. In...
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The evaluation of urban spatial quality and utility trade-offs for Post-COVID working preferences: a case study of Hong Kong
The formation of urban districts and the appeal of densely populated areas reflect a spatial equilibrium in which workers migrate to locations with...
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Building Circulation from a Syntactic Context in Relation to Indoor Thermal Environment
Building circulation layouts channel materials, energy, information, and people from one location to another inside a building and reflect the...
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Reconstruction of the lost colonial architecture in the context of heritage tourism: Dutch Trading Post in Taiwan
To strengthen brand identity, enrich tourist experiences, and promote heritage education, Taijiang National Park proposed to reconstruct Taiwan’s...
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Building Interactions Through Participative Methodologies: Co-creation Between Crafts and Design in an Academic Context
In the present article we intend to describe the development of a methodology and approach adopted in an implementation strategy, in which we propose...
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Porous interlocking assembly: performance-based dry masonry construction with digital stereotomy
Architected porosity in masonry structures can be created by transforming stock materials into a lattice of interlocking units through an automated...
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Circulation Concept
This chapter is intended to show how more thought is required by the designer in considering how people access and use our spaces. Horizontal...
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The Promotion of Building Culture in Rural Germany
Over the past two decades, building culture has increasingly caught the attention of the architectural and planning professions. The building culture...
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Water Tower Home transformation: bottom-up urban regeneration through a reality TV show
The article examines Wutopia Lab’s transformation of the Water Tower Home ( shuita zhijia , also know as ‘House on the House’), a top-floor unit of a...
