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Qualitative knowledge graph for the evaluation of metaverse(s): is the metaverse hype or a promising new field for architects? (2023)
Journal Article
AWAN, A., PROKOP, S., VELE, J., DOUNAS, T., LOMBARDI, D., AGKATHIDIS, A. and KURILLA, L. 2023. Qualitative knowledge graph for the evaluation of metaverse(s): is the metaverse hype or a promising new field for architects? Architecture and planning journal [online], 28(3): proceedings of the 10th International conference of the Arab Society for Computation in Architecture, Art and Design 2022 (ASCAAD 2022): hybrid spaces of the metaverse: architecture in the age of the metaverse: opportunities and potentials, 12-14 October 2022, [virtual event], article 23. Available from: https://doi.org/10.54729/2789-8547.1218

With the advancement of augmented and virtual reality technologies both in scale as well as accessibility, the Metaverse (Stephenson, 1992, Hughes, 2022) has emerged as a new digital space with potential for the application of architectural creativit... Read More about Qualitative knowledge graph for the evaluation of metaverse(s): is the metaverse hype or a promising new field for architects?.

A crypto-twin framework for the aec industry: enabling digital twins with blockchain technologies. (2023)
Journal Article
DOUNAS, T., LOMBARDI, D., VELE, J. and PROKOP, S. 2023. A crypto-twin framework for the AEC industry: enabling digital twins with blockchain technologies. Architecture and planning journal [online], 28(3): proceedings of the 10th International conference of the Arab Society for Computation in Architecture, Art and Design 2022 (ASCAAD 2022): hybrid spaces of the metaverse: architecture in the age of the metaverse: opportunities and potentials, 12-14 October 2022, [virtual event], article 20. Available from: https://doi.org/10.54729/2789-8547.1215

The paper describes a conceptual framework and the smart contract architecture for Crypto-Twins (CT) in the AEC industry, i.e. blockchain (BC) enabled digital twins. We describe the background, terminology of technologies involved, while the methodol... Read More about A crypto-twin framework for the aec industry: enabling digital twins with blockchain technologies..

Developing a design framework for the mass customisation of housing in Saudi Arabia: a critical review. (2023)
Journal Article
ABDULMAJEED, A., AGKATHIDIS, A., DOUNAS, T. and LOMBARDI, D. 2023. Developing a design framework for the mass customisation of housing in Saudi Arabia: a critical review. Architecture and planning journal [online], 28(3): proceedings of the 10th International conference of the Arab Society for Computation in Architecture, Art and Design 2022 (ASCAAD 2022): hybrid spaces of the metaverse: architecture in the age of the metaverse: opportunities and potentials, 12-14 October 2022, [virtual event], article 32. Available from: https://doi.org/10.54729/2789-8547.1227

This paper explores the suitability of mass customisation (MC) technologies and techniques in order to provide affordable housing solutions for Saudi Arabia. In particular, the paper analyses ten articles filtered through 1.165 publications searched... Read More about Developing a design framework for the mass customisation of housing in Saudi Arabia: a critical review..

Collective digital factories for buildings: stigmergic collaboration through cryptoeconomics. (2022)
Book Chapter
DOUNAS, T., LOMBARDI, D. and JABI, W. 2022. Collective digital factories for buildings: stigmergic collaboration through cryptoeconomics. In Dounas, T. and Lombardi, D. (eds.) Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 207-228. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0_11

The chapter describes conceptually how a blockchain (BC), through smart contracts (SC) and tokenisation, can act as a stigmergic information layer for the creation of collective digital factories in construction. The chapter focuses on the orchestrat... Read More about Collective digital factories for buildings: stigmergic collaboration through cryptoeconomics..

Decentralised autonomous organisations for the AEC and design industries. (2022)
Book Chapter
LOMBARDI, D. and DOUNAS, T. 2022. Decentralised autonomous organisations for the AEC and design industries. In Dounas, T. and Lombardi, D. (eds.) Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 35-45. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0_3

The chapter presents the concept of Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) and discusses what the current and possible applications are in relation to the AEC, design and design-linked industries. The chapter first introduces theoretical aspects... Read More about Decentralised autonomous organisations for the AEC and design industries..

The promise of blockchain for the construction industry: a governance lens. (2022)
Book Chapter
HUNHEVICZ, J., DOUNAS, T. and HALL, D.M. 2022. The promise of blockchain for the construction industry: a governance lens. In Dounas, T. and Lombardi, D. (eds.) Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 5-33. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0_2

This chapter outlines the promise of blockchain for the construction industry. Blockchain is an opportunity to create novel forms of economic coordination toward better collaboration within and across the built asset life cycle phases. Ongoing resear... Read More about The promise of blockchain for the construction industry: a governance lens..

Blockchain technologies in construction. (2022)
Book Chapter
DOUNAS, T. and LOMBARDI, D. 2022. Blockchain technologies in construction. In Dounas, T. and Lombardi, D. (eds.) Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 1-4. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0_1

The purpose of this volume is to inform the reader on the state of affairs of a new subset of construction informatics, Blockchain (B) and Decentralized Ledger Technologies (DLT)s. The initial motivation for writing and editing this volume was that w... Read More about Blockchain technologies in construction..

Blockchain for construction. (2022)
Book
DOUNAS, T. and LOMBARDI, D. (eds.) 2022. Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online]. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0

This book highlights the design, use and structure of blockchain systems and decentralized ledger technologies (B/DLT) for use in the construction industry. Construction remains a fragmented change-resistant industry with chronic problems of underpro... Read More about Blockchain for construction..

Smart contracts and payment in UK construction: the legal framework. (2022)
Book Chapter
CHRISTIE, D.S. and MANTE, J. 2022. Smart contracts and payment in UK construction: the legal framework. In Dounas, T. and Lombardi, D. (eds.) Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 167-184. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0_9

This chapter critically evaluates the way in which the existing United Kingdom (UK) construction payment regime will function with – and assist – payment mechanisms which utilise smart contracts. Blockchain is one of several new developments in the i... Read More about Smart contracts and payment in UK construction: the legal framework..

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..

Discretisation design strategies: strategies to integrate design and fabrication through discretization. (2022)
Conference Proceeding
ZAMANI, E. and DOUNAS, T. 2022. Discretisation design strategies: strategies to integrate design and fabrication through discretization. In Kouider, T. and Saleeb, N. (eds.) Proceedings of the 9th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2022): digitally integrated cities: closing the chasm between social and physical, 19-20 May 2022, London, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 1-15. Available from: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17KEcD4GshS1PpSyH6dTPGRwNfsBtYtan/view

In the present paper, we introduce a classification system, for discretisation strategies, based on the procedural differences. This paper has a particular focus on strategies explicitly positioned towards an integration between digital design, robot... Read More about Discretisation design strategies: strategies to integrate design and fabrication through discretization..

Non-fungible building components: using smart contracts for a circular economy in the built environment. (2021)
Journal Article
DOUNAS, T., JABI, W. and LOMBARDI, D. 2021. Non-fungible building components: using smart contracts for a circular economy in the built environment. Blucher design proceedings [online], 9(6): proceedings of the 25th International conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 20201): designing possibilities, 8-12 November 2021, [virtual conference], pages 1189-1198. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5151/sigradi2021-20

The presented research study tackles the topic of economic and material sustainable development in the built environment and construction industry, by introducing and applying the concept and the potential of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) on blockchain... Read More about Non-fungible building components: using smart contracts for a circular economy in the built environment..

A generative design case study for UAV-based assembly and fabrication: parametric analysis and synthesis of Iranian-Islamic Muqarnas. (2021)
Journal Article
ZAMANI, E. and DOUNAS, T. 2021. A generative design case study for UAV-based assembly and fabrication: parametric analysis and synthesis of Iranian-Islamic Muqarnas. Open house international [online], 46(3): architecture in the age of disruptive technologies, pages 476-493. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-03-2021-0060

Purpose: This study proposes a DfMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly) based on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and uses Iranian-Islamic Muqarnas as the main case study due to their geometric modularity. In Islamic architecture, different geographic... Read More about A generative design case study for UAV-based assembly and fabrication: parametric analysis and synthesis of Iranian-Islamic Muqarnas..

Topology generated non-fungible tokens: blockchain as infrastructure for a circular economy in architectural design. (2021)
Conference Proceeding
DOUNAS, T., JABI, W. and LOMBARDI, D. 2021. Topology generated non-fungible tokens: blockchain as infrastructure for a circular economy in architectural design. In Globa, A., van Ameijde, J., Fingrut, A., Kim, N. and Sky Lo, T.T. (eds.) Proceedings of the 26th Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia international conference 2021 (CAADRIA 2021): projections, 29 March - 1 April 2021, [virtual conference]. Hong Kong: CAADRIA [online], vol 2, pages 151-160. Available from: https://caadria2021.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/caadria2021_376.pdf

The paper presents a new digital infrastructure layer for buildings and architectural assets. The infrastructure layer consists of a combination of topology graphs secured on a decentralised ledger. The topology graphs organise non-fungible digital t... Read More about Topology generated non-fungible tokens: blockchain as infrastructure for a circular economy in architectural design..

Parametric Iranian-Islamic muqarnas as drivers for design for fabrication and assembly via UAVs: parametric analysis and synthesis of Iranian-Islamic muqarnas. (2021)
Conference Proceeding
ZAMANI, E. and DOUNAS, T. 2021. Parametric Iranian-Islamic muqarnas as drivers for design for fabrication and assembly via UAVs: parametric analysis and synthesis of Iranian-Islamic muqarnas. In Abdelmohsen, S., El-Khouly, T., Mallasi, Z. and Bennadji, A. (eds.). Architecture in the age of disruptive technologies: transformation and challenges: proceedings of the 9th Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design 2021 (ASCAAD 2021), 2-4 March 2021, [virtual conference]. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University, pages 436-449. Hosted on CumInCAD [online]. Available from: http://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/ascaad2021_050.pdf

This study proposes a DfMA (from design to assembly) based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and uses Iranian-Islamic Muqarnas as the case study due to their geometric modularity. In Islamic architecture, different geographic regions are known to have... Read More about Parametric Iranian-Islamic muqarnas as drivers for design for fabrication and assembly via UAVs: parametric analysis and synthesis of Iranian-Islamic muqarnas..

Blockchain grammars for validating the design process. (2020)
Journal Article
LOMBARDI, D., DOUNAS, T., CHEUNG, L.H. and JABI, W. 2020. Blockchain grammars for validating the design process. Blucher design proceedings [online], 8(4): proceedings of 24th International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2020): transformative design, 16-20 November 2020, Medellín, Colombia, pages 406-411. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5151/sigradi2020-56

This paper presents and develops the concept of Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) as a platform for collaboration, via a design scenario in which Blockchain (BC) technology is implemented for validation purposes. The envisioned scenario sim... Read More about Blockchain grammars for validating the design process..

Framework for decentralised architectural design BIM and blockchain integration. (2020)
Journal Article
DOUNAS, T., LOMBARDI, D. and JABI, W. 2021. Framework for decentralised architectural design BIM and blockchain integration. International journal of architectural computing [online], 19(2), pages 157-173. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1478077120963376

The paper introduces a framework for decentralised architectural design in the context of the fourth industrial revolution. We examine first the constraints of building information modelling in regard to collaboration and trust. We then introduce Blo... Read More about Framework for decentralised architectural design BIM and blockchain integration..

Smart contracts for decentralised building information modelling. (2020)
Conference Proceeding
DOUNAS, T., JABI, W. and LOMBARDI, D. 2020. Smart contracts for decentralised building information modelling. In Köering, D. and Werner, L.C. (eds.) Proceedings of 38th Education and research in computer aided architectural design in Europe (eCAADe) conference 2020 (eCAADe 2020): anthropologic: architecture and fabrication in the cognitive age, 16-17 September 2020, [virtual conference]. Berlin: eCAADe, volume 2, pages 565-574. Hosted on CumInCAD [online]. Available from: http://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/paper/ecaade2020_190

The paper presents a model for decentralizing building information modelling, through implementing its infrastructure using the decentralized web. We discuss the shortcomings of BIM in terms of its infrastructure, with a focus on tracing identities o... Read More about Smart contracts for decentralised building information modelling..

Animation as a computational framework for architectural design composition. (2020)
Journal Article
DOUNAS, T. 2020. Animation as a computational framework for architectural design composition. Architectural science review [online], 63(2), pages 222-232. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2019.1709037

The paper develops computation, through dynamic grammars, as a third equivalent to syntactical and typological understanding of architectural design. Within theory of architectural design, syntactical and typological understanding of architecture are... Read More about Animation as a computational framework for architectural design composition..

Virtual reality in the architectural technology curriculum in the UK. (2019)
Conference Proceeding
WOOD, C.F., DOUNAS, T. and SCOTT, J.R. 2019. Virtual reality in the architectural technology curriculum in the UK. In Kouider, T. and Andersen, P.J. (eds.) 2019. Proceedings of the 8th International congress on architectural technology (ICAT 2019) [online]: architectural technology, facing the renovation and refurbishment challenge, 15 November 2019, Odense, Denmark. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University, pages 181-190. Available from: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxhcmNodGVjaGNvbmdyZXNzMXxneDoxODg5NzZjZmE3NzYyNmZi

This paper seeks to understand the climate for Virtual Reality (VR) within the Architectural Technology (AT)curriculum in the U.K. It seeks to assess through literature, focus groups and questionnaires VR’s current place and seek to find a model to m... Read More about Virtual reality in the architectural technology curriculum in the UK..