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Digital creativity in urban interventions: using technology as an engagement and idea inducing tool. (2024)
Conference Proceeding
BELKOURI, D. and DOUNAS, T. 2024. Digital creativity in urban interventions: using technology as an engagement and idea inducing tool. In Di Marco, G., Lombardi, D. and Tedjosaputro, M. (eds.) Creativity in the age of digital reproduction: proceedings of the 1st xArch symposium (xArch 2023), 11-12 November 2023, Suzhou, China. Lecture notes in civil engineering, 343. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 103-110. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0621-1_13

The urban planning discipline is increasingly turning to specialized technologies to better understand the multiple and complex processes within cities. Automation is already reshaping infrastructure and urban ecosystems. This study seeks to reconcil... Read More about Digital creativity in urban interventions: using technology as an engagement and idea inducing tool..

The impact of airtightness and low ventilation on air quality in domestic buildings and their effect on occupants. (2024)
Conference Proceeding
OKOM, C. and KOUIDER, T. 2024. The impact of airtightness and low ventilation on air quality in domestic buildings and their effect on occupants. In Kouider, T. and Hayden, I. (eds.) 2024. Proceedings of the 10th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2024): architectural technology transformation, 19 January 2024, Galway, Ireland. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 51-67. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/ybh4ktdn

One of the facets of responding to climate change is energy conservation which has become so imperative to both domestic and non-domestic buildings. The increasing idea of better insulation and airtightness in a bid to save energy in buildings tended... Read More about The impact of airtightness and low ventilation on air quality in domestic buildings and their effect on occupants..

Proceedings of the 10th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2024): architectural technology transformation. (2024)
Conference Proceeding
KOUIDER, T. and HAYDEN, I. (eds.) 2024. Proceedings of the 10th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2024): architectural technology transformation, 19 January 2024, Galway, Ireland. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online]. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/ybh4ktdn

The profession of architectural technology is influential in the transformation of the built environment regionally, nationally, and internationally. The congress provides a platform for industry, educators, researchers, and the next generation of bu... Read More about Proceedings of the 10th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2024): architectural technology transformation..

Airplace: interdisciplinary approaches to regeneration and social sustainability. (2023)
Conference Proceeding
NUNES, R. and MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, M.J. 2023. Airplace: interdisciplinary approaches to regeneration and social sustainability. In Larocchi, A. (ed.) Proceedings of the 2023 Applying education in a complex world: teaching and learning, 26-28 April 2023, Sheridan, Canada: [virtual event]. AMPS proceedings series, 33. London: AMPS [online], chapter 15, pages 128-136. Available from: https://amps-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Amps-Proceedings-Series_33.2.pdf

This paper presents Airplace; a collaboration between academics from Staffordshire University (UK) across various fields – Photography, Fine Arts and Architecture – and a community of young residents in Hanley (Stoke-on-Trent) to design and build a l... Read More about Airplace: interdisciplinary approaches to regeneration and social sustainability..

Design dimensions for blockchain oracles in the AEC industry. (2023)
Conference Proceeding
DOUNAS, T., HUNHEVICZ, J. and BYERS, B.S. 2023. Design dimensions for blockchain oracles in the AEC industry. In Proceedings of the 2023 European Conference on Computing in Construction (EC3 2023) co-located with the 40th International CIB (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction) conference (CIB W78 2023), 10-12 July 2023, Heraklion, Greece. Kanata, ON: CIB [online], paper 297. Available from: https://doi.org/10.35490/EC3.2023.297

The literature on blockchain for AEC often has limited discussion on the design of the blockchain Oracle, the entity that ensures trusted information input from the real world. This work aims to illuminate an often unaddressed topic of how to best de... Read More about Design dimensions for blockchain oracles in the AEC industry..

What is the potential value of tokens and token engineering for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry? A positional paper. (2023)
Conference Proceeding
KIFOKERIS, D., DOUNAS, T., TEZEL, A. and MOON, S. 2023. What is the potential value of tokens and token engineering for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry? A positional paper. In Proceedings of the 2023 European Conference on Computing in Construction (EC3 2023) co-located with the 40th International CIB (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction) conference (CIB W78 2023), 10-12 July 2023, Heraklion, Greece. Kanata, ON: CIB [online], paper 304. Available from: https://doi.org/10.35490/EC3.2023.304

What is the value of tokens for blockchain applications in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC)? How can token engineering be contextualized in AEC? This positional paper instigates the tackling of these largely unexplored questions. Fol... Read More about What is the potential value of tokens and token engineering for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry? A positional paper..

Timber joints analysis and design using shape and graph grammar-based machine learning approach: synthetic data preparation of timber joints’ shape and graph grammar for machine learning application. (2023)
Conference Proceeding
YAU, H.M., DOUNAS, T., JABI, W. and LOMBARDI, D. 2023. Timber joints analysis and design using shape and graph grammar-based machine learning approach: synthetic data preparation of timber joints’ shape and graph grammar for machine learning application. In Dokonal, W., Hirschberg, U. and Wurzer, G. (eds.) Digital design reconsidered: proceedings of the 41st Education and research in computer aided architectural design in Europe (eCAADe) conference 2023 (eCAADe 2023), 20-23 September 2023, Graz, Austria. Berlin: eCAADe, volume 1, pages 569-578. Hosted on CumInCAD [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.1.569

Timber joints had been applied as one of the primary methods across different cultures of building construction. The technique of crafting timber joints uses simple geometry to connect different components without the need of adhesives or fixings. Di... Read More about Timber joints analysis and design using shape and graph grammar-based machine learning approach: synthetic data preparation of timber joints’ shape and graph grammar for machine learning application..

Decentralised additive manufacturing for architecture: exploring the integration of distributed ledger technologies with 3D printing. (2023)
Conference Proceeding
BERDOS, Y., VELE, J. and DOUNAS, T. 2023. Decentralised additive manufacturing for architecture: exploring the integration of distributed ledger technologies with 3D printing. In Dokonal, W., Hirschberg, U. and Wurzer, G. (eds.) Digital design reconsidered: proceedings of the 41st Education and research in computer aided architectural design in Europe (eCAADe) conference 2023 (eCAADe 2023), 20-23 September 2023, Graz, Austria. Berlin: eCAADe, volume 1, pages 709-718. Hosted on CumInCAD [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.1.709

This paper investigates the potential integration of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies with Additive Manufacturing in the context of architectural design and fabrication. The study aims to identify knowledge gaps, explore the affinity be... Read More about Decentralised additive manufacturing for architecture: exploring the integration of distributed ledger technologies with 3D printing..

Mass-customisation of dwellings in the Middle East: developing a design-to-fabrication framework to resolve the housing crisis in Saudi Arabia. (2023)
Conference Proceeding
ABDULMAJEED, A., AGKATHIDIS, A., LOMBARDI, D. and DOUNAS, T. 2023. Mass-customisation of dwellings in the Middle East: developing a design-to-fabrication framework to resolve the housing crisis in Saudi Arabia. In Dokonal, W., Hirschberg, U. and Wurzer, G. (eds.) Digital design reconsidered: proceedings of the 41st Education and research in computer aided architectural design in Europe (eCAADe) conference 2023 (eCAADe 2023), 20-23 September 2023, Graz, Austria. Berlin: eCAADe, volume 2, pages 157-164. Hosted on CumInCAD [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.2.157

The Saudi government is taking the initiative to modernise the country and address critical challenges. One of its primary goals is to relieve the housing deficit. One of the challenges in supplying the houses is that potential inhabitants have denie... Read More about Mass-customisation of dwellings in the Middle East: developing a design-to-fabrication framework to resolve the housing crisis in Saudi Arabia..

The Architecture Decentralised Autonomous Organisation: a stigmergic exploration in architectural collaboration. (2022)
Conference Proceeding
DOUNAS, T., VOELLER, E., PROKOP, S. and VELE, J. 2022. The Architecture Decentralised Autonomous Organisation: a stigmergic exploration in architectural collaboration. In Pak, B., Wurzer, G. and Stouffs, R. (eds.) Co-creating the future: inclusion in and through design: proceedings of the 40th eCCADe (Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design), 13-16 September 2022, Ghent, Belgium. Ghent: eCAADe, volume 1, pages 567-576. Hosted on CumInCad [online]. Available from: http://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/Show?ecaade2022_246

We present "ArchiDAO", a decentralised Autonomous Organisation, i.e an architecture studio run on via smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. The objective of the paper is to offer a concise framework for the transformation of the way architectur... Read More about The Architecture Decentralised Autonomous Organisation: a stigmergic exploration in architectural collaboration..