[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence applied to conceptual design. A review of its use in architecture

MLC Pena, A Carballal, N Rodríguez-Fernández… - Automation in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conceptual architectural design is a complex process that draws on past experience and
creativity to generate new designs. The application of artificial intelligence to this process …

A review on current advances in the energy and environmental performance of buildings towards a more sustainable built environment

N Soares, J Bastos, LD Pereira, A Soares… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nowadays, debates addressing climate change, fossil fuels depletion and energy security
highlight the need for a more sustainable built environment in order to reduce energy …

Architectural layout design through deep learning and agent-based modeling: A hybrid approach

M Rahbar, M Mahdavinejad, AHD Markazi… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel hybrid approach for generating automated 2D architectural
layouts by combining agent-based modeling with deep learning algorithms. The primary …

Data-driven interior plan generation for residential buildings

W Wu, XM Fu, R Tang, Y Wang, YH Qi… - ACM Transactions on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
We propose a novel data-driven technique for automatically and efficiently generating floor
plans for residential buildings with given boundaries. Central to this method is a two-stage …

Automated modular housing design using a module configuration algorithm and a coupled generative adversarial network (CoGAN)

P Ghannad, YC Lee - Automation in construction, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•A new deep learning-based method to automate modular housing design
considering constraints of manufacturing and assembly•A flexible automated module …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change and ideal thermal transmittance of residential buildings in Iran

E Rodrigues, NA Fereidani, MS Fernandes… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change will make the Iranian climate hotter and drier. This increase in the
harshness of the boundary conditions poses a new question of whether today's high …

[HTML][HTML] Building for tomorrow: Analyzing ideal thermal transmittances in the face of climate change in Brazil

E Rodrigues, J Parente, MS Fernandes - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The climate will become hotter, and buildings will perform differently as outdoor conditions
evolve. If the lowest energy demand is desired, it is crucial to determine the ideal …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary approach for spatial architecture layout design enhanced by an agent-based topology finding system

Z Guo, B Li - Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents a method for the automatic generation of a spatial architectural layout
from a user-specified architectural program. The proposed approach binds a multi-agent …

[HTML][HTML] Diminishing benefits of thermal mass in Iranian climate: Present and future scenarios

E Rodrigues, NA Fereidani, MS Fernandes… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermal mass, a pivotal element in a building's performance, functions as an indoor thermal
buffer. While literature underscores its advantages, the enduring impact of thermal mass …

Generating synthetic space allocation probability layouts based on trained conditional-GANs

M Rahbar, M Mahdavinejad, M Bemanian… - Applied Artificial …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, a data-driven generative method is applied to generate synthetic space
allocation probability layout. This generated layout could be helpful in the early stage of an …