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Investigating rural public spaces with cultural significance using morphological, cognitive and behavioural data

Bai, N. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author), Bunschoten, Raoul (author), Huang, Weixin (author), Wang, Lu (author)

During the rural [re]vitalization process in China, national strategies required rural public spaces with cultural significance to be identified before planning decision-making. However, places identified as culturally significant by planners and visitors can differ from the ones mostly used and valued by locals. Even if there is a growing...

journal article 2023

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Spatial decision support systems for hospital layout design: A review

Jia, Z. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author), Luscuere, P (author), Wagenaar, C. (author)

This study presents a systematic review of the literature on decision support for designing hospital layouts using spatial network analysis and/or simulation modelling. The review includes 102 articles, which are classified into five different categories concerning their layout-related challenges. Specifically, the categories include...

review 2023

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Screening the stones of Venice: Mapping social perceptions of cultural significance through graph-based semi-supervised classification

Bai, N. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author), Luo, Renqian (author), Cheng, Tao (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)

Mapping cultural significance of heritage properties in urban environment from the perspective of the public has become an increasingly relevant process, as highlighted by the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL). With the ubiquitous use of social media and the prosperous developments in machine and deep learning,...

journal article 2023

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Mapping Urban Heritage Images with Social Media Data and Artificial Intelligence, A Case Study in Testaccio, Rome

Bai, N. (author), Ducci, Marta (author), Mirzikashvili, Rusudan (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)

The UNESCO 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape promotes to map cultural significance of urban heritage from the perspectives of the general public in pursuit of social inclusion in heritage management. The user-generated information already available on social media platforms in the form of images, comments, and ratings can be...

conference paper 2023

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Optimal Design of new Hospitals: A Computational Workflow for Stacking, Zoning, and Routing

Çubukçuoglu, C. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author), Sariyildiz, I.S. (author), Tasgetiren, M. Fatih (author)

The paper proposes a generative design workflow for three major hospital layout planning steps to satisfy multiplex configurational requirements. The initial step is stacking through clustering functional spaces into floor plans, for which a spectral method is presented. Subsequently, a novel simultaneous process of zoning and routing is...

journal article 2022

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Heri-Graphs: A Dataset Creation Framework for Multi-Modal Machine Learning on Graphs of Heritage Values and Attributes with Social Media

Bai, N. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author), Luo, Renqian (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)

Values (why to conserve) and Attributes (what to conserve) are essential concepts of cultural heritage. Recent studies have been using social media to map values and attributes conveyed by the public to cultural heritage. However, it is rare to connect heterogeneous modalities of images, texts, geo-locations, timestamps, and social network...

journal article 2022

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Reconfigurable Domes: Computational design of dry-fit blocks for modular vaulting

Bitting, S. (author), Azadi, S. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author)

In contrast to the contemporary aesthetic account, Muqarnas are geometrically complex variations of Squinches used for structural integration of rectilinear geometries and curved geometries. Inspired by the historical functionality of Muqarnas, we present a generalized computational workflow for generating dry-fit stacking modules from two...

conference paper 2021

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A computational approach for checking compliance with European view and sunlight exposure criteria

Brembilla, E. (author), Azadi, S. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author)

conference paper 2021

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GoDesign: A modular generative design framework for mass-customization and optimization in architectural design

Azadi, S. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author)

We present a modular generative design framework for design processes in thebuilt environment that provides for the unification of participatory design andoptimization to achieve mass-customization and evidence-based design. Thepaper articulates this framework mathematically as three meta proceduresframing the typical design problems as multi...

conference paper 2021

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Global citizens and world heritage: Social inclusion of online communities in heritage planning

Bai, N. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)

Social inclusion has grown as an important goal for heritage planning over the past decades. Whilst the document Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape called a decade ago for novel tools for civic engagement and knowledge documentation, social media already functions as a platform for online communities to actively get involved in...

journal article 2021

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Hospital layout design renovation as a Quadratic Assignment Problem with geodesic distances

Çubukçuoglu, C. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author), Tasgetiren, M. Fatih (author), Sariyildiz, I.S. (author), Azadi, S. (author)

Hospital facilities are known as functionally complex buildings. There are usually configurational problems that lead to inefficient transportation processes for patients, medical staff, and/or logistics of materials. The Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP) is a well-known problem in the field of Operations Research from the category of the...

journal article 2021

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“What is OUV” revisited: A computational interpretation on the statements of outstanding universal value

Bai, N. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author), Luo, Renqian (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)

The Statements of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) concerns the core justification for nominating and inscribing cultural and natural heritage properties on the UNESCO World Heritage List, ever since 2007. Ten criteria are specified and measured independently for the selection process. The 2008 ICOMOS Report “What is OUV” has been a successful...

journal article 2021

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WHOSe Heritage: Classification of UNESCO World Heritage Statements of "outstanding Universal Value" with Soft Labels

Bai, N. (author), Luo, Renqian (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)

The UNESCO World Heritage List (WHL) includes the exceptionally valuable cultural and natural heritage to be preserved for mankind. Evaluating and justifying the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) is essential for each site inscribed in the WHL, and yet a complex task, even for experts, since the selection criteria of OUV are not mutually...

conference paper 2021

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Reuse: On Evaluating the Fitness of Spatial Configurations Before & After Retrofitting for Reuse of Architectural Heritage

Nourian, Pirouz (author), Bai, N. (author)

Focusing on the quality of reuse of buildings with respect to the efficiency of human movement patterns and the effectiveness of allocation of functional spaces with respect to their needs for social encounter and avoidance reveals the configurative nature and the human impact of architectural design. By comparing such functionality assessments...

book chapter 2021

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EARTHY: Generative Design for Earth and Masonry Architecture

Nourian, Pirouz (author), Azadi, S. (author), Hoogenboom, J.J.J.G. (author), Sariyildiz, I.S. (author)

This article explains the motivation and the theoretical underpinnings of a master's level course on generative design for earth and masonry architecture.

journal article 2020

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A discrete event simulation procedure for validating programs of requirements: The case of hospital space planning

Çubukçuoglu, C. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author), Sariyildiz, I.S. (author), Tasgetiren, Mehmet Fatih (author)

This paper introduces a Discrete-Event Simulation (DES) tool developed as a parametric CAD program for validating a program of requirements (PoR) for hospital space planning. The DES model simulates the procedures of processing of patients treated by doctors, calculating patient throughput and patient waiting times, based on the number of...

journal article 2020

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Towards a finer heritage management: Evaluating the tourism carrying capacity using an agent-based model

Bai, N. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author), Xie, Anping (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)

As one of the most important areas in the Palace Museum, Beijing, China, the Hall of Mental Cultivation had suffered from overcrowding of visitors before it was closed in 2016 for conservation. Preparing for the reopening in 2020, the Palace Museum decided to take the chance and initiate finer-grained tourism management in the Hall. This...

conference paper 2020

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Decision-Making as a Social Choice Game: Gamifying an urban redevelopment process in search for consensus

Bai, N. (author), Azadi, S. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)

The paper reports the formulation, the design, and the results of a serious game developed for structuring negotiations concerning the redevelopment of a university campus with various stakeholders. The main aim of this research was to formulate the redevelopment planning problem as an abstract and discrete decision-making problem involving...

conference paper 2020

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Locatiebepaling binnen gebouwen op basis van spectrale graafanalyse

Bot, Fanny (author), Verbree, E. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author)

Al kennen we in Nederland een rijke kartografische en topografische geschiedenis, het publiek domein binnen gebouwen blijft een terra incognita: een grote verzameling witte vlekken. In het bijzonder voor mobiele applicaties is er nog geen weg gevonden naar automatisch werkende navigatiesystemen en het type kaart dat daaraan ten grondslag zou...

journal article 2019

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A graph-matching approach to indoor localization using a mobile device and a reference bim

Bot, F. J. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author), Verbree, E. (author)

The presented method provides for a possibility to perform graph-based indoor localization, by comparing the topological structure embedded in a mesh model to the topological structure of a semantically rich reference model, specifically a BIM. However different in nature and structure, both input sources can be converted to a graph of...

journal article 2019