By Professor Michael Ostwald

Journal articles

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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 7, pp. 139 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract7020139

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2023, 'The ‘visual attractiveness’ of architectural facades: measuring visual complexity and attractive strength in architecture', Architectural Science Review, vol. 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, vol. 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), vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 47, pp. 51 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/OHI-01-2021-0011

Munawar HS; Mojtahedi M; Hammad AWA; Ostwald MJ; 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, vol. 12, pp. 80 - 80, 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, vol. 65, pp. 89 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2021.1921689

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

Quirke M; Ostwald MJ; Fleming R; Taylor M; Williams A, 2021, 'Design stage evaluation tools for residential dementia care environments', Facilities, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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), vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 31, pp. 165 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10798-019-09544-2

Quirke M; Ostwald M; Fleming R; Taylor M; Williams A, 2021, 'A design assessment tool for layout planning in residential care for dementia', Architectural Science Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2021.1984869

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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 47, pp. 7 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2399808318761396

Williams K; Ostwald MJ, 2019, 'Geometry from All Angles', Nexus Network Journal, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2018.00036

Williams K; Ostwald MJ, 2018, 'Architectus ingenio and architectus verborum', Nexus Network Journal, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 60, pp. 62 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2016.1235545

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