OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Frontiers of Architectural Research is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Collineation measurement: A method for constructing the imperial citadel of Thang Long in harmony with nature	239
“Interface-element-perception” model to evaluation of urban sidewalk visual landscape in the core area of Beijing	65
Fitting equations for the sorption isotherms of cement mortar with salt spray deposition	55
Acculturation and translation: Modern architectural heritage of Zhongshan Park in Xiamen from typological perspective	46
Evaluation of perceived value and behavioral intentions of citizens in Chinese commercially open communities: A case study of Liuyun Community	43
Influence of built environment and user experience on the waterfront vitality of historical urban areas: A case study of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, China	42
Neurological benefits of third places for young adults in healthy urban environments	37
Choice preferences in drum tower design among the Dong people: Evidence from the five villages in Guangxi, China	36
Landscape transparency: An approach to elucidating and harmonizing contradictions in contemporary landscape design	33
Reimagining tourism pedestrian street aesthetics through machine learning: Understanding the role of spatial form based on a case study in Luoyang, China	33
Ritual, Ceremony, Dwelling: A function-space analysis of Iranian columned Halls from Hasanlu to Pasargadae (1300–540 BC)	32
Forcing biological sciences into architectural design: On conceptual confusions in the field of biomimetic architecture	30
Resulting of pedigree and topology of centripetal spatial schema in Chinese traditional cities	29
Kentos: Socio-ecologies of care	28
Water as a common reference for monastic lives and spaces in Cistercian and Han Buddhist monasteries	28
AI approaches to architectural design	27
Solar radiation-based method for early design stages to balance daylight and thermal comfort in office buildings	27
Spatio-temporal continuity in post-earthquake architecture of Francesco Venezia's anomalous monuments in the Belice Valley	27
An integrated and adaptive spatial module organized around inner courtyard for ash interment chamber in public columbaria: Insights from Nanjing	26
Impacts of corridor design: An investigation on occupant perception of corridor forms in elderly facilities	25
Exploring the synergy of building massing and façade design through evolutionary optimization	25
Unveiling the potential of space syntax approach for revitalizing historic urban areas: A case study of Yushan Historic District, China	25
Deciphering built form complexity of Chinese cities through plot recognition: A case study of Nanjing, China	25
Neurodiverse-friendly preschools: Aligning inclusive pedagogy and spatial design	24
Using social sensing to evaluate the effect of spatial planning: A case study of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration in China	23

Expression and communication in architecture philosophy of vernacular architecture of the Yorubas in Nigeria	23
The building blocks of walkability: Pedestrian activity in Abu Dhabi city center	22
Valorising Ikseon-dong's Hanok residence as a heritage place	22
Design method based on modularization and customization for rural dwellings: A case study in Nanjing, China	22
A systematic method of generating hinged tessellations by adding hinged plates based on dual graphs	22
Investigating preferences and influencing factors of age-friendly housing environments across different age groups using the Delphi-Kano model and entropy weight TOPSIS method	21
Associative cultural landscape approach to interpreting traditional ecological wisdom: A case of Inuit habitat	21
AI for conceptual architecture: Reflections on designing with text-to-text, text-to-image, and image-to-image generators	21
Linear cultural heritage eco-cultural spatial system: A case study of the Great Tea Route in Shanxi	20
Interscalable material microstructure organization in performance-based computational design	20
Urban livability in socially disadvantaged neighborhoods: The experience of the German program “socially integrative city”	19
Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in built environment impacts on urban mobility: Insights from calendar events and new towns in Beijing	19
Analysis of the CPMV index for evaluating indoor thermal comfort in southern China in summer, a case study in Nanjing	19
Fire detection strategies for heritage buildings in different microclimates: A case study of Baoguo Monastery in Ningbo, China	19
Energy-efficient virtual sensor-based deep reinforcement learning control of indoor CO2 in a kindergarten	18
The interaction of history and modern thought in the creation of Iran's architecture by investigating the approaches of past-oriented architecture	18
An interactive approach for generating spatial architecture layout based on graph theory	17
Study on the spatiotemporal evolution of urban spatial structure in Nanjing's main urban area: A coupling study of POI and nighttime light data	17
Performance comparison of deep reinforcement robot-arm learning in sequential fabrication of rule-based building design form	17
Not really an aftermath. The role of actual construction in the design process of the Sydney Opera House roof	16
A comparative study on the spatial vitality of national squares: A visualization analysis based on multi-source data	16
The first scientific plan of the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba: Graphic and dimensional analysis of an oil painting from 1741	16
Self-adaptability and topological deformation of Ganlan architectural heritage: Conservation and regeneration of Lianghekou Tujia village in Western Hubei, China	16
From Wagner to Wagner: reminiscences of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in the reconstruction of the Carlo Felice Opera House in Genoa	16
The architecture of the (post) studio: Jackson Pollock's barn and Andy Warhol's Silver Factory	15
Architectural graphics and the experience of space. Freehand drawing and photograph to deepen on communicative qualities in linear perspective	15
The interactive process of cultural landscape: Taking the trails around Zhengqi Pavilion as an example	15
The mechanism of block form diversification in urban morphological transformation: Case study of grid blocks in Beijing, China	15
Analyzing image recognition characteristics in landscape architecture: A study using eye tracking with a focus on educational perspectives	14
Investigating the influential post-disaster factors in determining the optimal location of shelters: A case study, Sarpol-e Zahab, Kermanshah province, Iran	14
Urban vitality transfer: Analysis of 50 factors based on 24-h weekday activity in Nanjing	14
Improving thermal comfort in mosques of hot-humid climates through passive and low-energy design strategies	14
The effect of horizontal elements and building orientation on PM2.5 concentration in classrooms	14
Study on the distance from green space and social capital of community residents based on the development of smart city—take the city of Lansing as an example	14
A multifractal method based on Spacematrix type units for analysing cross-scale characteristics of urban morphology	13
Study examines spatial composition of vernacular opera stage courtyards in China's Ba shu region	13
Projecting resistance: A study on the architectural practice strategies of Kunming's Nanping Theater in 1939	13
Climatic zoning for energy efficiency applications in buildings based on multivariate statistics: The case of the Brazilian semiarid region	13
Geometry-based graphical methods for solar control in architecture: A digital framework	13
Material Engagement Theory and urban formation: Notes towards a theoretical synthesis	13
Editing landscapes: Experimental frameworks for territorial-based robotic fabrication	12
Investigation of Pirnia's orientation theory (Roon) in Yazd Qajar houses	12
Impact of floor plans on visibility among healthcare members in inpatient care units: Employing agent-based simulation and social network analysis	12
A wood-wood joining system suitable for digital fabrication and its application in the design of a “wood-only” spatial module	12
Instrumentalization of the fluidity phenomenon in architectural design	12
Performance-based firefighting in dense historic settlements: An exploration of a firefighting approach combining value and risk assessment with numerical simulation	12
How site-specific spatial morphology influences healthy activities in urban green spaces: A case study of Lovers' Garden	12
Le Corbusier's urbanism: An urban characterisation of his proposals for inner cities	12
How to generate a museum floor plan: LoRA for diffusion models, or GANs?	11
Revealing connectivity in residential Architecture: An algorithmic approach to extracting adjacency matrices from floor plans	11

Revitalizing industrial territories in Ukraine: Spatial model of the tourism cluster in the Prydniprovsk region	11
A triangular architectural relation model among sustainability, beauty, and power	11
Investigation of typical residential block typologies and their impact on pedestrian-level microclimate in summers in Nanjing, China	11
Cultural heritage tourism and urban regeneration: The case of Fez Medina in Morocco	11
Current design guidelines’ streetscape improvement for visual perception and walkability: A case study of Sejong City, Republic of Korea	11
Rethinking the basic plan types of architecture	11
Designing for well-Being: Using facial micro-expression analysis and EEG biosensor to evaluate human responses to 2D biophilically-driven geometries	10
A generative artificial intelligence approach to modular skeletal framework modeling: Bamboo stilt houses as a case study	10
Optimal design strategy of traditional courtyard based on performance and data-driven method—A case study of Yanshen ancient town, China	10
Spatial sight analysis of Hangzhou Xiaoyingzhou based on tourists' landscape preference	10
Designing with nature: Advancing three-dimensional green spaces in architecture through frameworks for biophilic design and sustainability	9
The influence of calculation error of hourly marine meteorological parameter on building energy consumption calculation	9
Does architectural design require single-objective or multi-objective optimisation? A critical choice with a comparative study between model-based algorithms and genetic algorithms	9
The appropriation of autopoiesis in architecture	9
The impact of biophilic design in Maggie’s Centres: A meta-synthesis analysis	9
Biophilic design in architecture and its contributions to health, well-being, and sustainability: A critical review	9
Digital and physical materiality in contemporary architectural design: A material engagement approach	9
Kahn's light: The measurable and the unmeasurable of the Bangladesh National Assembly Building	8
Evolution of the “Golden Royal City”: Analytical study on urban forms of ancient capital cities in Myanmar	8
Digital heritage construction: Testing the heritage value of construction documentation and building processes through Virtual Reality	8
The key spatial elements and high-density development of urban peninsula: A discussion on the relationship between core and cape	8
Quantifying the quality of outdoor space in high-intensity residential areas: A case study of Nanjing in China	8
Recapturing meaning: Toward a new material-based design theory for architecture	8
3D extrusion of multi-biomaterial lattices using an environmentally informed workflow	8
Spatial characteristics of defensive traditional architecture in multiethnic village of Guangxi: Case studies of Mozhuang Village and Guxietun Village	8
Cognitive preferences for architectural renovation strategies in traditional villages combining subjective evaluation and eye tracking	8
Exploring thermal comfort for the older adults: A comparative study in Dalian City's diverse living environments	7
Simulation study of non-traveling pedestrian traffic in high-speed railway station areas: A case study of the Yangtze River Delta	7
Problematizing the model-building duality: Examining the New Sacristy at S. Lorenzo, Florence, Italy	7
Computational and conceptual blends: Material considerations and agency in a multi-material design workflow	7
Comprehensive improvement of energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality for university library atrium—A multi-objective fast optimization framework	7
Alternative path to modernization: Research on three construction types in wartime Chongqing	7
Design and mechanism of building responsive skins: State-of-the-art and systematic analysis	7
Morphological typology pedigree of centripetal spatial schema in traditional Chinese settlements	7
Role of public space design on the perception of historical environment: A pilot study in Amasya	7
Neglected vertical linkage: A study on the form of the canal network in the Huainan Salt Area during the Ming and Qing dynasties using space syntax measurements	7