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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Acculturation and translation: Modern architectural heritage of Zhongshan Park in Xiamen from typological perspective	166
“Interface-element-perception” model to evaluation of urban sidewalk visual landscape in the core area of Beijing	75
Evaluation of perceived value and behavioral intentions of citizens in Chinese commercially open communities: A case study of Liuyun Community	52
Collineation measurement: A method for constructing the imperial citadel of Thang Long in harmony with nature	50
Kentos: Socio-ecologies of care	37
Solar radiation-based method for early design stages to balance daylight and thermal comfort in office buildings	35
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	32
Neurological benefits of third places for young adults in healthy urban environments	30
Resulting of pedigree and topology of centripetal spatial schema in Chinese traditional cities	28
Impacts of corridor design: An investigation on occupant perception of corridor forms in elderly facilities	28
Forcing biological sciences into architectural design: On conceptual confusions in the field of biomimetic architecture	27
Water as a common reference for monastic lives and spaces in Cistercian and Han Buddhist monasteries	26
Exploring the synergy of building massing and façade design through evolutionary optimization	26
Landscape transparency: An approach to elucidating and harmonizing contradictions in contemporary landscape design	24
Choice preferences in drum tower design among the Dong people: Evidence from the five villages in Guangxi, China	24
Deciphering built form complexity of Chinese cities through plot recognition: A case study of Nanjing, China	22
Examining control, centrality and flexibility in Palladio's villa plans using space syntax measurements	21
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
Unveiling the potential of space syntax approach for revitalizing historic urban areas: A case study of Yushan Historic District, China	21
The building blocks of walkability: Pedestrian activity in Abu Dhabi city center	21
Linear cultural heritage eco-cultural spatial system: A case study of the Great Tea Route in Shanxi	20
Using social sensing to evaluate the effect of spatial planning: A case study of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration in China	20
A systematic method of generating hinged tessellations by adding hinged plates based on dual graphs	19
Expression and communication in architecture philosophy of vernacular architecture of the Yorubas in Nigeria	19
Associative cultural landscape approach to interpreting traditional ecological wisdom: A case of Inuit habitat	18

Valorising Ikseon-dong's Hanok residence as a heritage place	18
AI for conceptual architecture: Reflections on designing with text-to-text, text-to-image, and image-to-image generators	18
Interscalable material microstructure organization in performance-based computational design	17
Energy-efficient virtual sensor-based deep reinforcement learning control of indoor CO2 in a kindergarten	17
Analysis of the CPMV index for evaluating indoor thermal comfort in southern China in summer, a case study in Nanjing	17
Conflicts in passive building performance: Retrofit and regulation of informal neighbourhoods	17
An interactive approach for generating spatial architecture layout based on graph theory	17
Urban livability in socially disadvantaged neighborhoods: The experience of the German program “socially integrative city”	17
The interaction of history and modern thought in the creation of Iran's architecture by investigating the approaches of past-oriented architecture	16
From Wagner to Wagner: reminiscences of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in the reconstruction of the Carlo Felice Opera House in Genoa	16
Study on the spatiotemporal evolution of urban spatial structure in Nanjing's main urban area: A coupling study of POI and nighttime light data	16
Architectural graphics and the experience of space. Freehand drawing and photograph to deepen on communicative qualities in linear perspective	16
The architecture of the (post) studio: Jackson Pollock's barn and Andy Warhol's Silver Factory	16
The first scientific plan of the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba: Graphic and dimensional analysis of an oil painting from 1741	15
The interactive process of cultural landscape: Taking the trails around Zhengqi Pavilion as an example	15
Outdoor thermal comfort: Analyzing the impact of urban configurations on the thermal performance of street canyons in the humid subtropical climate of Sydney	15
Not really an aftermath. The role of actual construction in the design process of the Sydney Opera House roof	15
The mechanism of block form diversification in urban morphological transformation: Case study of grid blocks in Beijing, China	14
Investigating the influential post-disaster factors in determining the optimal location of shelters: A case study, Sarpol-e Zahab, Kermanshah province, Iran	14
Improving thermal comfort in mosques of hot-humid climates through passive and low-energy design strategies	14
Self-adaptability and topological deformation of Ganlan architectural heritage: Conservation and regeneration of Lianghekou Tujia village in Western Hubei, China	14
Investigation of Pirnia's orientation theory (Roon) in Yazd Qajar houses	13
Impact of floor plans on visibility among healthcare members in inpatient care units: Employing agent-based simulation and social network analysis	13
Material Engagement Theory and urban formation: Notes towards a theoretical synthesis	13
Le Corbusier's urbanism: An urban characterisation of his proposals for inner cities	13
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	13
The effect of horizontal elements and building orientation on PM2.5 concentration in classrooms	12
Instrumentalization of the fluidity phenomenon in architectural design	12
Climatic zoning for energy efficiency applications in buildings based on multivariate statistics: The case of the Brazilian semiarid region	12
Multivariate analysis of subjective evaluation of indoor lighting environment	12
A triangular architectural relation model among sustainability, beauty, and power	11
Urban vitality transfer: Analysis of 50 factors based on 24-h weekday activity in Nanjing	11
Geometry-based graphical methods for solar control in architecture: A digital framework	11
Editing landscapes: Experimental frameworks for territorial-based robotic fabrication	11
A multifractal method based on Spacematrix type units for analysing cross-scale characteristics of urban morphology	11
Measuring the built environment of green transit-oriented development: A factor-cluster analysis of rail station areas in Singapore	10
Does architectural design require single-objective or multi-objective optimisation? A critical choice with a comparative study between model-based algorithms and genetic algorithms	10
Revealing connectivity in residential Architecture: An algorithmic approach to extracting adjacency matrices from floor plans	10
Performance-based firefighting in dense historic settlements: An exploration of a firefighting approach combining value and risk assessment with numerical simulation	10
A wood-wood joining system suitable for digital fabrication and its application in the design of a “wood-only” spatial module	10
Current design guidelines’ streetscape improvement for visual perception and walkability: A case study of Sejong City, Republic of Korea	10
Spatial sight analysis of Hangzhou Xiaoyingzhou based on tourists' landscape preference	10
Cultural heritage tourism and urban regeneration: The case of Fez Medina in Morocco	10
Revitalizing industrial territories in Ukraine: Spatial model of the tourism cluster in the Prydniprovsk region	9
Concept cathedral and “squaring the circle”: Interpreting the Gothic cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris as a standing hymn	9
Optimal design strategy of traditional courtyard based on performance and data-driven method—A case study of Yanshen ancient town, China	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	8
Digital and physical materiality in contemporary architectural design: A material engagement approach	8
Investigation of typical residential block typologies and their impact on pedestrian-level microclimate in summers in Nanjing, China	8

Designing for well-Being: Using facial micro-expression analysis and EEG biosensor to evaluate human responses to 2D biophilically-driven geometries	8
Designing with nature: Advancing three-dimensional green spaces in architecture through frameworks for biophilic design and sustainability	8
The key spatial elements and high-density development of urban peninsula: A discussion on the relationship between core and cape	8
Digital heritage construction: Testing the heritage value of construction documentation and building processes through Virtual Reality	7
Spatial characteristics of defensive traditional architecture in multiethnic village of Guangxi: Case studies of Mozhuang Village and Guxietun Village	7
Recapturing meaning: Toward a new material-based design theory for architecture	7
Problematizing the model-building duality: Examining the New Sacristy at S. Lorenzo, Florence, Italy	7
Comprehensive improvement of energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality for university library atrium—A multi-objective fast optimization framework	7
The influence of calculation error of hourly marine meteorological parameter on building energy consumption calculation	7
Role of public space design on the perception of historical environment: A pilot study in Amasya	7
Cognitive preferences for architectural renovation strategies in traditional villages combining subjective evaluation and eye tracking	7
Kahn's light: The measurable and the unmeasurable of the Bangladesh National Assembly Building	7
Evolution of the “Golden Royal City”: Analytical study on urban forms of ancient capital cities in Myanmar	7
3D extrusion of multi-biomaterial lattices using an environmentally informed workflow	7
The appropriation of autopoiesis in architecture	7