Open House International: Volume 46 Issue 3

Guest editorial

Tamir El-Khouly, Sherif Abdelmohsen, Zaki Mallasi

Transforming learning for architecture: online design studio as the new norm for crises adaptation under COVID-19

Duaa Al Maani, Saba Alnusairat, Amer Al-Jokhadar

This study explored the virtual design studio as a transformative learning model for the disaster and resilience context, including the factors that affect students' perceptions…

Immersive construction detailing education: building information modeling (BIM)–based virtual reality (VR)

Maha Hosny Elgewely, Wafaa Nadim, Ahmad ElKassed, Mohamed Yehiah, Mostafa Alaa Talaat, Slim Abdennadher

This research proposes a virtual reality (VR) platform for construction detailing that provides experiential learning in a zero-risk environment. It builds on integrating VR…

4D printing of wooden actuators: encoding FDM wooden filaments for architectural responsive skins

Rana El-Dabaa, Islam Salem

Conventional motion mechanisms in adaptive skins require rigid kinematic mechanical systems that require sensors and actuation devices, hence impeding the adoption of zero-energy…

Against a workplace contagion: a digital approach to support hygiene-conscious office space planning

Mohammed Mekawy, Mostafa A. Gabr

This research presents a multi-objective optimization approach to integrate spatial planning measures in open-plan office environments in order to lower the risk of a workplace…

A dynamic vertical shading optimisation to improve view, visual comfort and operational energy

Mahdi Valitabar, Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad, Henry Skates, Peiman Pilechiha

The aim of this paper is to present a parametric design method to generate optimum adaptive facades regarding occupants' comfort and building energy criteria. According to the…

An interdisciplinary approach for tacit knowledge communication between the designer and the computer

Hala Hossam Eldin, Ramy Bakir, Sherif El-Fiki

This research investigates the means of tacit knowledge (TK) communication between the designer and the computer in architectural design. Despite the integration of…

Smart system to generate the optimal authorized bounding volume

Alia Belkaïd, Abdelkader Ben Saci, Ines Hassoumi

The overall functioning of this system is based on two approaches: construction and supervision. The first is conducted entirely by the machine, and the second requires the…

We gain a lot…but what are we losing? A critical reflection on the implications of digital design technologies

Aristofanis Soulikias, Carmela Cucuzzella, Firdous Nizar, Morteza Hazbei, Sherif Goubran

Highly sophisticated digital technologies have distanced architects and designers from intimate and immediate hand-drawing practices. Meanwhile the changes they rapidly bring come…

A material-based computation framework for parametric design education

Sherif Abdelmohsen, Passaint Massoud

Material-based computation has been recently introduced in architectural education, where parameters and rules related to materials are integrated into algorithmic thinking. The…

A generative design case study for UAV-based assembly and fabrication: parametric analysis and synthesis of Iranian-Islamic Muqarnas

Erfan Zamani, Theodoros Dounas

This study proposes a DfMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly) based on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and uses Iranian-Islamic Muqarnas as the main case study due to their…