By Professor Michael Ostwald

Journal articles

Ostwald MJ, 2023, 'Constructing Vision, Surface, and Form in Architecture', Nexus Network Journal, 25, pp. 491 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-023-00742-z

Ostwald MJ; Lee JH, 2023, 'Computational Analytical Methods for Buildings and Cities: Space Syntax and Shape Grammar', Buildings, 13, pp. 1613 - 1613, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13071613

Dawes MJ; Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2023, 'Intelligibility and cellularity in the villas of Palladio and Le Corbusier: examining Rowe's observations', International Journal of Architectural Research: Archnet-IJAR, 17, pp. 287 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ARCH-02-2022-0034

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2023, 'Complexity and Diversity in Palladian Facades', Nexus Network Journal, 25, pp. 15 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-023-00678-4

Ostwald MJ, 2023, 'The Regular and the Rule in Architecture', Nexus Network Journal, 25, pp. 227 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-023-00738-9

Algassim H; Sepasgozar SME; Ostwald M; Davis S, 2023, 'A Qualitative Study on Factors Influencing Technology Adoption in the Architecture Industry', Buildings, 13, pp. 1100 - 1100, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13041100

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Arasteh S; Oldfield P, 2023, 'BIM-Enabled Design Collaboration Processes in Remote Architectural Practice and Education in Australia', Journal of Architectural Engineering, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/JAEIED.AEENG-1505

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Zhou L, 2023, 'Socio-Spatial Experience in Space Syntax Research: A PRISMA-Compliant Review', Buildings, 13, pp. 644 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13030644

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ; Lee JH, 2023, 'The Mathematics of ‘Natural Beauty’ in the Architecture of Andrea Palladio and Le Corbusier: An Analysis of Colin Rowe’s Theory of Formal Complexity Using Fractal Dimensions', Fractal and Fractional, 7, pp. 139 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract7020139

Quirke M; Ostwald M; Fleming R; Taylor M; Williams A, 2023, 'A design assessment tool for layout planning in residential care for dementia', Architectural Science Review, 66, pp. 122 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2021.1984869

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2023, 'The ‘visual attractiveness’ of architectural facades: measuring visual complexity and attractive strength in architecture', Architectural Science Review, 66, pp. 42 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2022.2137458

Dawes MJ; Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2022, '‘Visual excitation’ in Richard Neutra's residential architecture: An analysis using weighted graphs and centrality measures', Frontiers of Architectural Research, 11, pp. 1092 - 1103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2022.05.003

Yu R; Gu N; Ostwald MJ, 2022, 'Architects’ Perceptions about Sustainable Design Practice and the Support Provided for This by Digital Tools: A Study in Australia', Sustainability (Switzerland), 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142113849

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2022, 'The impacts of digital design platforms on design cognition during remote collaboration: A systematic review of protocol studies', Heliyon, 8, pp. e11247 - e11247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11247

Leopold C; Ostwald MJ, 2022, 'Nexus 20/21, Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics: Part II', Nexus Network Journal, 24, pp. 523 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-022-00626-8

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Dawes MJ, 2022, 'Examining Visitor-Inhabitant Relations in Palladian Villas', Nexus Network Journal, 24, pp. 315 - 332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-021-00589-2

Leopold C; Ostwald MJ, 2022, 'Nexus 20/21, Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics', Nexus Network Journal, 24, pp. 279 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-022-00610-2

Vaughan J; Ostwald MJ, 2022, 'Examining the Position of Wright’s Fallingwater in the Context of His Larger Body of Work: An Analysis Using Fractal Dimensions', Fractal and Fractional, 6, pp. 187 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract6040187

Rad MH; Mojtahedi M; Ostwald MJ; Wilkinson S, 2022, 'A Conceptual Framework for Implementing Lean Construction in Infrastructure Recovery Projects', Buildings, 12, pp. 272 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12030272

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2022, 'The relationship between divergent thinking and ideation in the conceptual design process', Design Studies, 79, pp. 101089 - 101089, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2022.101089

Vaughan J; Ostwald MJ, 2022, 'Measuring the geometry of nature and architecture: comparing the visual properties of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater and its natural setting', Open House International, 47, pp. 51 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/OHI-01-2021-0011

Munawar HS; Hammad A; Waller ST, 2022, 'An AI/ML-Based Strategy for Disaster Response and Evacuation of Victims in Aged Care Facilities in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley: A Perspective', Buildings, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12010080

Yu R; Ostwald MJ; Gu N; Skates H; Feast S, 2022, 'Evaluating the effectiveness of online teaching in architecture courses', Architectural Science Review, 65, pp. 89 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2021.1921689

Quirke M; Ostwald MJ; Fleming R; Taylor M; Williams A, 2021, 'Design stage evaluation tools for residential dementia care environments', Facilities, 39, pp. 828 - 842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/F-09-2020-0106

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ; Lee JH, 2021, 'Examining control, centrality and flexibility in Palladio's villa plans using space syntax measurements', Frontiers of Architectural Research, 10, pp. 467 - 482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2021.02.002

Habibi Rad M; Mojtahedi M; Ostwald MJ, 2021, 'Industry 4.0, disaster risk management and infrastructure resilience: a systematic review and bibliometric analysis', Buildings, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11090411

Habibi Rad M; Mojtahedi M; Ostwald MJ, 2021, 'The integration of lean and resilience paradigms: A systematic review identifying current and future research directions', Sustainability (Switzerland), 13, pp. 8893 - 8893, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13168893

Zolfagharkhani M; Ostwald MJ, 2021, 'The spatial structure of yazd courtyard houses: A space syntax analysis of the topological characteristics of the courtyard', Buildings, 11, pp. 262 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11060262

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, pp. 1 - 13, 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

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