Open House International: Volume 32 Issue 2

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Table of contents

Editorial

Jamal Al-Qawasmi, Karim Hadjri

The influence of digital media and information technology on architecture is increasingly evident. Architectural design, practice, fabrication and construction are increasingly…

Real-Time Visualization in the Design Context

Ming Tang, Dihua Yang

Having been a promising visualization tool since 1950s, ironically, virtual reality is not widely used in the architectural design and evaluation process due to several…

Visualization for Citizen Initiated Public Participation: A Case Study

Mark Lindquist

This paper examines the impact of a citizen initiated public participation process on preparers and presenters of digital visualizations for spatial design decision making…

Design Exploration Using A Shape Grammar With A Genetic Algorithm

Orestes Chouchoulas, Alan Day

Although the idea of linking a shape grammar to a genetic algorithm is not new, this paper proposes a novel way of combining these two elements in order to provide a tool that can…

A Computational Architectural Design Model Based on Fractals

Özgür Ediz, Gülen Çağdaş

Digital design technologies play a significant role in assisting the designer through conceptual architectural design. Computer supported design systems can generate various…

A Structured Analysis of caad Education

Şule Taşlı Pektaş

After more than four decades of its beginnings, Computer Aided Architectural Design (CAAD) has already reached a level of maturity in both the education and the profession. There…

Virtualization of Architectural Design Education in the Arab Region: Potential and Cultural Implications

Jamal Al-Qawasmi

The influence of digital media and information technology on architectural design education and practice is increasingly evident. There has been an astonishing shift in the way…

Digital Media Instruction in Architecture Education

Antonieta Angulo

The aim of this paper is to provide a structured collection of case studies organized around the core discussion of how to address the subject of digital media in schools of…

An Agent-Based Smart Skin for Building Smart Homes

Shang-Yuan Chen

The smart open house provides optimal adaptability using sensing, operating, information, and communications technology, in conjunction with open building in-filled components, to…

Book Reviews

Bruce W. Frankel

City Architecture: In Between Past and Future

Cover of Open House International

ISSN:

0168-2601

e-ISSN:

2633-9838

Online date, start – end:

2005

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr. Chaham Alalouch
  • Prof. Yonca Hurol