Volume 28, Issue 3 (2023) ASCAAD 2022 - Architecture in the Age of the Metaverse – Opportunities and Potentials
Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world has witnessed amazing developments in the use of information technology. Digital transformation has invaded various sectors of life such as medicine, industry, agriculture, education, and others. This information revolution in communication and media has contributed to breaking the barriers of distance and time between individuals and they were able to create new environments for communication through cyberspaces. Where previously dealing with these virtual environments was limited only to specialist programmers, the field is now available for everyone to engage in self- or group experiences. The user can create, build, navigate, and visit new realms with total freedom, which is known by Metaverse.
Organized by the Faculty of Architecture – Design and Built Environment at Beirut Arab University, the 10th International Conference of the Arab Society for Computation in Architecture, Art and Design (ASCAAD 2022) has invited scholars, researchers and students worldwide to contribute with novel methodologies, processes and approaches within the theme of Architecture in the Age of the Metaverse. It focuses on the Hybrid Spaces of Metaverse, with the aim of unravelling the opportunities and potentials of architecture in the age of the Metaverse.
ASCAAD 2022 also aims to envision new horizons of thoughts that can shift the architectural profession and education into new worlds of metaverse. Under the emergency cases such as pandemics, economic crises, and natural hazards, the virtual environments have become a resilient solution to connect between architect and client, instructor and student, designer and beholder. The power of metaverse may enable architects an infinite number of opportunities. With considerably very little scientific research presented in this new field, the need to such a contribution has become imminent. The 10th ASCAAD international conference tests and discusses novel ideas and design approaches that shape and transform metaverse environments, therefore setting new roadmaps and offering solutions to researchers, architects and designers, tech start-ups, educators, technologists and even thought leaders seeking a new role in the metaverse. ASCAAD 2022 has thus invited submissions of original research papers on the following sub-themes related to Architecture in the Age of Metaverse environments:
USING DEEP LEARNING TO GENERATE FRONT AND BACKYARDS IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
MEHMET O. SENEM, MUSTAFA KOÇ, HAYRIYE E. TUNÇAY, and İMDAT AS
Article Language: English
GENERATING MASS HOUSING PLANS THROUGH GANS - A CASE IN TOKI, TURKEY
GİZEM ÖZEROL ÖZMAN and SEMRA ARSLAN SELÇUK
Article Language: English
GESTURAL DESIGN - HAND TRACKING FOR DIGITAL DRAWING
JORDAN A. KANTER and KAMIL QUINTEROS
Article Language: English
ARCHITECTURAL HYBRID (PHYSICAL-DIGITAL) PROTOTYPING IN DESIGN PROCESSES WITH DIGITAL TWIN TECHNOLOGIES
GULBAHAR EMIR ISIK and HENRI ACHTEN
Article Language: English
COMPUTER VISION AIDED HOTSPOT CREATION IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS
LAMA A. AFFARA and BILAL E. NAKHAL
Article Language: English
GETTING A HANDLE ON FLOOR PLAN ANALYSIS - DOOR CLASSIFICATION IN FLOOR PLANS AND A SURVEY ON EXISTING DATASETS
JOÃO DAVID and ANTÓNIO LEITÃO
Article Language: English
TOWARDS INFORMED DESIGN DECISION SUPPORT OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING IN CONSTRUCTION - THE USE OF INTEGRATED KNOWLEDGE IN BIM-BASED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
CHAO LI and Frank PETZOLD
Article Language: English
A HYBRID APPROACH BASED ON BUILDING PHYSICS AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR THERMAL COMFORT PREDICTION IN SMART BUILDINGS
MONA M. SALEM and RAMY M. MOUSSA
Article Language: English
URBAN MAP GENERATION IN ARTIST’S STYLE USING GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS (GAN)
SELEN ÇIÇEK, MUSTAFA KOÇ, and BERFIN KORUKCU
Article Language: English
USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS AND SPACE SYNTAX TECHNIQUES TO UNDERSTAND MASS HOUSING DESIGN PARAMETERS
VELİ MUSTAFA YÖNDER
Article Language: English
COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTURAL SPACE PLANNING OF COMMERCIAL EXHIBITIONS - A FRAMEWORK FOR VISITORS INTERACTION USING PARAMETRIC DESIGN AND AGENT-BASED MODELING
NIHAL MORSI, SHAIMAA KAMEL, HANAN SABRY, and AYMAN ASSEM
Article Language: English
PROGENY: A GRASSHOPPER PLUG-IN THAT AUGMENTS CELLULAR AUTOMATA ALGORITHMS FOR 3D FORM EXPLORATIONS
İNANÇ ŞENCAN
Article Language: English
DIGITAL FRAMEWORK TO OPTIMIZE VISUAL COMFORT USING KINETIC FACADES
FATIMA BELOK, MOSTAFA KHALIFA, IBTIHAL EL-BASTAWISSI, and MOHAMAD HANAFI
Article Language: English
AFFORDABLE COMPUTATION FOR ARCHITECTURE
ANTÓNIO LEITÃO, RENATA CASTELO-BRANCO, and INÊS CAETANO
Article Language: English
GENERATIVE DESIGN FOR A SUSTAINABLE URBAN MORPHOLOGY
LAILA KOUBAA TURKI and ABDELKADER BEN SACI
Article Language: English
GAMIFYING ORIGAMI - RULE-BASED IMPROVISATION FOR DESIGN EXPLORATION
ZEYNEP S. BACINOĞLU and ÖZLEM ÇAVUŞ
Article Language: English
EXPLORING VIRTUAL REALITY AS AN APPROACH TO RESURRECT DESTROYED HISTORICAL BUILDINGS - AN APPROACH TO REVIVE THE DESTROYED “EGG BUILDING” THROUGH VR
AYA CHEHAB and BILAL NAKHAL
Article Language: English
A NOVEL DESIGN-BASED OPTIMIZATION SOLUTION FOR BUILDING BY SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
QODSIYE NAJAFI, YOUSEF G. MAHLABANI, ALI GOHARIAN, and MOHAMMADJAVAD MAHDANIVEJAD
Article Language: English
A PIXELS-BASED DESIGN APPROACH FOR PARAMETRIC THINKING IN PATTERNING DYNAMIC FAÇADES
ZAKI MALLASI
Article Language: English
A CRYPTO-TWIN FRAMEWORK FOR THE AEC INDUSTRY - ENABLING DIGITAL TWINS WITH BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES
THEODOROS DOUNAS, DAVIDE LOMBARDI, JIRI VELE, and SIMON PROKOP
Article Language: English
METASCAPES | ARCHITECTURAL QUESTS IN THE METAVERSE
MICHAIL GEORGIOU, ODYSSEAS GEORGIOU, and IOULIOS GEORGIOU
Article Language: English
A FRAMEWORK FOR CREATING A HYBRID EXPERIENCE FOR NFT ARTWORKS THROUGH 3D PRINTING
GOZDE DAMLA TURHAN and SELEN CICEK
Article Language: English
QUALITATIVE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH FOR THE EVALUATION OF METAVERSE(S) - IS THE METAVERSE HYPE OR A PROMISING NEW FIELD FOR ARCHITECTS?
ABEEHA AWAN, ŠIMON PROKOP, JIŘÍ VELE, THEODOR DOUNAS, DAVIDE LOMBARDI, ASTERIOS AGKATHIDIS, and Lukas Kurilla
Article Language: English
SOLAR ENERGY CONTROL STRATEGY USING INTERACTIVE MODULES
ZAHRAA FALIH, MOHAMMADJAVAD MAHDAVINEJAD, DEYALA TARAWNEH, and HAMZA AL-MAMANIORI
Article Language: English
LOW-COST PORTABLE WIRELESS ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY TO DETECT EMOTIONAL RESPONSES TO VISUAL CUES - VALIDATION AND POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS
AHMED MAREY and SHERIF GOUBRAN
Article Language: English
A METHODOLOGY FOR MATERIAL-BASED COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN SUPPORTED BY MOBILE AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATION
ESRANUR KARACIF and SEVIL YAZICI
Article Language: English
APPLICATION OF IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE EARLY DESIGN STAGE IN ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION - A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
MOHAMMED FARAJ AL-SUWAIDI, ASTERIOS AGKATHIDIS, ADONIS HAIDAR, and DAVIDE LOMBARDI
Article Language: English
COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN APPROACH FOR APPLYING NEURO-ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPLES IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
AYMAN ASSEM and MERNA SAFWAT
Article Language: English
CONCEPTUAL PROCESS MODEL FOR METAVERSE ARCHITECTURE - SSADT’S DESIGN PROCESS
MERIAM DJERAD and SONDA KAMMOUN
Article Language: English
BEYOND FLAT SURFACES PARAMETRIC DERIVATIONS OF HISTORICAL ISLAMIC GEOMETRIC DESIGNS
MOSTAFA ALANI and SEMA ALAÇAM
Article Language: English
Article Language: English
DEVELOPING A DESIGN FRAMEWORK FOR THE MASS CUSTOMISATION OF HOUSING IN SAUDI ARABIA - A CRITICAL REVIEW
ABDULWAHAB ABDULMAJEED, ASTERIOS AGKATHIDIS, THEO DOUNAS, and DAVIDE LOMBARDI
Article Language: English
CONSTRUCTION BASED ON MAN-MACHINE COLLABORATION - A CASE STUDY OF A BAMBOO PAVILION
YUAN SUN and ZHU WANG
Article Language: English
MOISTURE-HARVESTING LIZARD SKINS AS AN INSPIRATON FOR PERFORMATIVE BUILDING ENVELOPES IN ARID CLIMATES
ALY IBRAHIM, WALID OMAR, SHERIF EBRAHIM, and SHERIF ABDELMOHSEN
Article Language: English
HOW METAVERSE EVOLVES THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
SHEIDA SHAKERI and MUHAMMED ALI ORNEK
Article Language: English
MEMORABILITY OF SPATIAL FEATURES IN VIRTUAL REALITY - SÜLEYMANIYE EXPERIENCE
ASENA KUMSAL ŞEN BAYRAM, ORKAN ZEYNEL GÜZELCİ, and SEMA ALAÇAM
Article Language: English
URBAN DESIGN ANALYSIS OF NEW YORK CITY’S VIRTUAL MODEL - THE CASE OF TOM CLANCY’S THE DIVISION
NIMA SHARAFI ROHANI and IKHWAN KIM
Article Language: English
FROM PASSIVE TO IMMERSIVE: METAVERSE AS A PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH IN HISTORY CLASS - PRESENTING A CONSTANT REMINDER OF HISTORICAL REMNANTS AND A CUSTOMIZABLE REALITY FOR FUTURE PREFERENCES; BEIRUT AS A CASE STUDY
HIBA MOHSEN, MOHAMAD TOHME, and RAWAN NASHI
Article Language: English
AN EVALUATION OF AUGMENTED REALITY-BASED USER INTERFACES IN THE DESIGN PROCESS
FEYZA NUR KOÇER ÖZGÜN and SEMA ALAÇAM
Article Language: English
RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT AND A SYSTEM DESIGN TO SEMI-AUTOMATICALLY COMPLETE INTEGRATED DATA MANAGEMENT PLANS [POSITION PAPER]
SYED ASHFAQ HUSSAIN SHAH and FRANK PETZOLD
Article Language: English
SIMULATING HUMAN SENSES TO IMPROVE THERMAL COMFORT
AHMED MAREY and NIHAL ALSABBAGH
Article Language: English
AUGMENTED MASONRY DESIGN - A DESIGN METHOD USING AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) FOR CUSTOMIZED BRICKLAYING DESIGN ALGORITHMS
YANG SONG, ASTERIOS AGKATHIDIS, and RICHARD KOECK
Article Language: English
MINDFUL SPACE IN SENTENCES - A DATASET OF VIRTUAL EMOTIONS FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE CLASSIFICATION
HAN TU and CHUNFENG YANG
Article Language: English
GAMIFICATION IN URBAN PLANNING - EXPERIENCING THE FUTURE CITY
SUEDANUR ÖZDEN, ESRA ARSLANTÜRK, MEHMET SENEM, and İMDAT AS
Article Language: English
THE VIRTUALITY OF INTELLIGENT CITIES - THE ROAD TO HYBRIDIZING OUR NEW CITIES
FATMA A. FARRAG and HEBA ALLAH E. KHALIL
Article Language: English
AUGMENTING LANDMARKS: EXTENDING “PLACES” IN THE HYBRID CITY
MOHAB N. MOUSTAFA, SHAIMAA S. ASHOUR, and RAMY A. BAKIR
Article Language: English
Themes
- SUB-THEME 1: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- SUB-THEME 2: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
- SUB-THEME 3: PARAMETRIC DESIGN AND DIGITAL FABRICATION
- SUB-THEME 4: VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND EMERGING REALITIES
- SUB-THEME 5: HYBRID CITIES
AI, Machine Learning and Deep learning
Agent-based Modeling
Generative Design
Building Information Modeling
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) for Architectural Assets
Internet of Buildings
Decision Support Systems including Simulation, Prediction and Evaluation in Design
Parametric and Algorithmic Design
Innovative Materials and Digital Fabrication
Robotics in Architecture and Automation
Digital Representation and Visualization
New Sustainable Approaches for Digital Design
Digital Heritage
Architecture for Gaming Industry and Interactive Design
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Realities
Human-Computer Interaction
Smart Virtual Cities
Cities Modeling and GIS
Urban Analytics and Modeling of Virtual Cities
Collaborative, Participative and/or Responsive Design
Big Data Management in Architecture and Urban Design
Mass Customization in Design
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
Prof. Ibtihal El-Bastawissi, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Sherif Abdelmohsen, American University in Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Osama Omar, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Kareem Galal, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Shady Khoury, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Prof. Amar Bennadji, Hanze University Groningen, Netherlands
Dr. Huda Salman, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom
Dr. Samer El Sayary, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Eslam El-Samahi, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Mostafa Khalifa, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Prof. Ibtihal El-Bastawissi, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Osama Omar, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Kareem Galal, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Samer El Sayary, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Sherif Abdelmohsen, American University in Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Huda Salman, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom
Prof. Amar Bennadji, Hanze University Groningen, Netherlands
Dr. Sema Alaçam, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Dr. Mostafa Alani, Al-Iraqia University, Iraq
Dr. Samar Allam, French University in Egypt, Egypt
Dr. Osama Omar, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Maged Youssef, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Mohamed Sobhi Ibrahim, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Eng. Mustafa Bizri, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Ms. Nivine Jalaleddine, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Hisham El-Arnaouty, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Hiba Mohsen, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Dr. Khaled Sadek, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Ms. Nisreen Ghorayeb, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Mr. Ziad Charafeddine, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
Mr. Kassem Osman, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon