By Professor Michael Ostwald

Journal articles

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Kim MJ, 2021, 'Characterizing smart environments as interactive and collective platforms: A review of the key behaviors of responsive architecture', Sensors, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21103417

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Gu N, 2021, 'A statistical shape grammar approach to analysing and generating design instances of Murcutt’s domestic architecture', Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 48, pp. 929 - 944, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2399808320913568

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2021, 'Fractal Dimension Calculation and Visual Attention Simulation: Assessing the Visual Character of an Architectural Façade', Buildings, 11, pp. 163 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11040163

Huangfu W; Ostwald MJ; Chung T, 2021, 'Visual-Asymmetry in Adolf Loos’s Moller House: A Computational Analysis Testing Propositions About Performance and Spectation', Nexus Network Journal, 23, pp. 57 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-020-00481-5

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Gu N; Roberts M, 2021, 'Linguistic and cultural perspectives on globalised design education', International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 31, pp. 165 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10798-019-09544-2

Yu R; Ostwald MJ, 2021, 'Comparing architects’ perceptions of the usefulness of digital design environments with their aspirations for sustainable design in Australia', Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering, 29, pp. 5 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.sace.29.2.28355

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2020, 'Creative decision-making processes in parametric design', Buildings, 10, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings10120242

Ostwald MJ; Dawes MJ, 2020, 'The Spatio-Visual Geometry of the Hollyhock House: A Mathematical Analysis of the ‘Wright Space’ using Isovist Fields', Nexus Network Journal, 22, pp. 211 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-018-00422-3

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ, 2020, 'The mathematical structure of Alexander’s A Pattern Language: An analysis of the role of invariant patterns', Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 47, pp. 7 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2399808318761396

Williams K; Ostwald MJ, 2019, 'Geometry from All Angles', Nexus Network Journal, 21, pp. 437 - 440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-019-00462-3

Lee JH; Gu N; Ostwald MJ, 2019, 'Cognitive and linguistic differences in architectural design', Architectural Science Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2019.1606777

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2019, 'Measuring cognitive complexity in parametric design', International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 7, pp. 158 - 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21650349.2018.1555492

Yu R; Ostwald MJ, 2018, 'Spatio-visual experience of movement through the Yuyuan Garden: A computational analysis based on isovists and visibility graphs', Frontiers of Architectural Research, 7, pp. 497 - 509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2018.08.003

Yu R; Gu N; Ostwald M, 2018, 'Evaluating creativity in parametric design environments and geometric modelling environments', Architectural Science Review, 61, pp. 443 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2018.1512043

Phare DM; Gu N; Ostwald M, 2018, 'Representation in design communication: Meaning-making in a collective context', Frontiers in Built Environment, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2018.00036

Williams K; Ostwald MJ, 2018, 'Architectus ingenio and architectus verborum', Nexus Network Journal, 20, pp. 305 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-018-0393-9

Ostwald MJ; Williams K, 2018, 'Beyond Homo Ludens: Architecture and Mathematics', Nexus Network Journal, 20, pp. 5 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-018-0370-3

Yu R; Ostwald M; Gu N, 2018, 'Mathematically defining and parametrically generating Traditional Chinese Private Gardens of the Suzhou Region and Style', Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 45, pp. 44 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265813516665361

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Gu N, 2018, 'A Justified Plan Graph (JPG) grammar approach to identifying spatial design patterns in an architectural style', Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 45, pp. 67 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265813516665618

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ, 2017, 'Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language: analysing, mapping and classifying the critical response', City, Territory and Architecture, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40410-017-0073-1

Ostwald MJ, 2017, 'Digital research in architecture: Reflecting on the past, analysing the trends, and considering the future', arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, 21, pp. 351 - 358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S135913551800009X

Amini Behbahani P; Gu N; Ostwald M, 2017, 'Viraph: exploring the potentials of visibility graphs and their analysis', Visualization in Engineering, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40327-017-0056-z

Ostwald M; Wallis L; Williams A, 2017, 'Studio models in a changing higher education landscape.', Australian Art Education, 38, pp. 122 - 139

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Gu N, 2017, 'A Combined Plan Graph and Massing Grammar Approach to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie Architecture', Nexus Network Journal, 19, pp. 279 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-017-0333-0

Williams K; Ostwald MJ, 2017, 'Entering a Third Decade of ‘Nexus: Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics’', Nexus Network Journal, 19, pp. 235 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-017-0349-5

Williams K; Ostwald MJ, 2017, 'Manifestations of Geometry in Architecture', Nexus Network Journal, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-017-0332-1

Dosen AS; Ostwald MJ, 2017, 'Lived space and geometric space: comparing people’s perceptions of spatial enclosure and exposure with metric room properties and isovist measures', Architectural Science Review, 60, pp. 62 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2016.1235545

Vaughan J; Ostwald MJ, 2017, 'The comparative numerical analysis of nature and architecture: A new framework', International Journal of Design and Nature and Ecodynamics, 12, pp. 156 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/DNE-V12-N2-156-166

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Sher WD; Lee H, 2017, 'Developing strategic planning schemes for urban regeneration through mixed-use development in Seoul', International Planning Studies, 22, pp. 205 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563475.2016.1243042

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Lee H, 2017, 'Measuring the spatial and social characteristics of the architectural plans of aged care facilities', Frontiers of Architectural Research, 6, pp. 431 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2017.09.003

Dosen AS; Ostwald MJ, 2016, 'Evidence for prospect-refuge theory: a meta-analysis of the findings of environmental preference research', City, Territory and Architecture, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40410-016-0033-1

Yu R; Gu N; Ostwald M, 2016, 'The mathematics of spatial transparency and mystery: using syntactical data to visualise and analyse the properties of the Yuyuan Garden', Visualization in Engineering, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40327-016-0033-y

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Gu N, 2016, 'The language of design: Spatial cognition and spatial language in parametric design', International Journal of Architectural Computing, 14, pp. 277 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1478077116663350

Williams K; Ostwald MJ, 2016, 'Seed Concepts in Architecture and Mathematics', Nexus Network Journal, 18, pp. 333 - 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-016-0301-0

Amini Behbahani P; Ostwald MJ; Gu N, 2016, 'A syntactical comparative analysis of the spatial properties of Prairie style and Victorian domestic architecture', Journal of Architecture, 21, pp. 348 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2016.1179661

Yu R; Ostwald MJ; Gu N, 2015, 'Parametrically Generating New Instances of Traditional Chinese Private Gardens that Replicate Selected Socio-Spatial and Aesthetic Properties', Nexus Network Journal, 17, pp. 807 - 829, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-015-0263-7

Ostwald MJ, 2015, 'Symbolic, Aesthetic and Generative Applications', Nexus Network Journal, 17, pp. 349 - 352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-015-0257-5

Lee JH; Gu N; Ostwald M, 2015, 'Creativity and parametric design? Comparing designer’s cognitive approaches with assessed levels of creativity', International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 3, pp. 78 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21650349.2014.931826

Ostwald MJ; Ediz Ö, 2015, 'Measuring Form, Ornament and Materiality in Sinan’s Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque: an Analysis Using Fractal Dimensions', Nexus Network Journal, 17, pp. 5 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-014-0219-3

Lee JH; Sher WD; Lee HS; Mak MY; Ostwald MJ, 2015, 'Strategic planning indicators: Towards mixed-use developments supporting urban regeneration in Seoul', Global Built Environment Review, 9, pp. 48 - 68, http://www.globalbuiltenvironmentreview.co.uk/Pages/LatestIssueMarch2015.aspx

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Gu N, 2015, 'A syntactical and grammatical approach to architectural configuration, analysis and generation', Architectural Science Review, 58, pp. 189 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2015.1015948

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ, 2014, 'Testing the wright space: Using isovists to analyse prospect-refuge characteristics in Usonian architecture', Journal of Architecture, 19, pp. 645 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2014.965722

Yu R; Gu N; Ostwald M; Gero JS, 2014, 'Empirical support for problem-solution coevolution in a parametric design environment', Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing: AIEDAM, 29, pp. 33 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0890060414000316

Çekmiş A; Hacihasanoǧlu I; Ostwald MJ, 2014, 'A computational model for accommodating spatial uncertainty: Predicting inhabitation patterns in open-planned spaces', Building and Environment, 73, pp. 115 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.11.023

Ostwald MJ, 2014, 'Intersections Between Architecture and Mathematics', Nexus Network Journal, 16, pp. 247 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-014-0200-1

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ, 2014, 'Prospect-Refuge theory and the textile-block houses of Frank Lloyd Wright: An analysis of spatio-visual characteristics using isovists', Building and Environment, 80, pp. 228 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.05.026

Ostwald MJ, 2014, 'The event, politics and dissent: Alain badiou and the utopian provocations of Brodsky and Utkin', Architecture and Culture, 2, pp. 12 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/175145214X13796096691409

Ostwald MJ, 2014, '“Space and Sound: Harmonies of Modernism and Music in Richard Neutra’s Clark House.”', Centre, 18, pp. 64 - 77

Williams AP; Ostwald MJ; Brewer GJ; Le Goff R, 2014, 'Sustainable Retail Spaces: Establishing the Profile of a "Green Population"', Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, 4, pp. 77 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2154-8676/cgp/v04i01/53731

Ostwald M; Vaughan J, 2013, 'Limits and Errors: Optimising Image Pre-Processing Standards for Architectural Fractal Analysis.', Architectural Science Research, 7, pp. 1 - 20

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