ARCarch

Advanced Architectural Analytics Laboratory (A3LAB) at UNSW Sydney

Publications

Books

Journal articles

  • Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ; Lee JH, 2026, ‘Artificial intelligence assessments of façade similarity: Comparing AI assessments using Christopher Alexander’s 15 properties of living structure, and human evaluations’, Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23998083261465714
  • Lee JH; Ji SY; Ostwald MJ, 2026, ‘Automated compliance checking across the building lifecycle: Systematic and semantic review integrating PRISMA and deep search’, Automation in Construction, 185, pp. 106859 – 106859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106859
  • Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Arasteh S, 2026, ‘Rethinking architectural design education and practice with AI: a cognitive–social–technical perspective’, International Journal of Technology and Design Education, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10798-026-10080-z
  • Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Jin T, 2026, ‘From generation to co-creation: agency and collaboration in architectural design via natural language interaction’, International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21650349.2026.2704175
  • Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2026, ‘AI-Enabled Building Design Collaboration: Insights from Australian Adoption and Implementation’, Buildings, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings16061126
  • Zhou L; Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2026, ‘Modelling spatial integration and cultural visibility in urban street networks: A case study of Sydney’s Chinese communities’, Journal of Urban Management, 15, pp. 1292 – 1312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2026.01.010
  • Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2025, ‘Enhancing online design collaboration: revealing cognitive and linguistic fusion in remote teamwork’, International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 13, pp. 139 – 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21650349.2025.2481254
  • Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2024, ‘Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic models for Space Syntax studies on spatial experience’, City Territory and Architecture, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40410-023-00223-3
  • Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2024, ‘Mathematical beauty and Palladian architecture: Measuring and comparing visual complexity and diversity’, Frontiers of Architectural Research, 13, pp. 729 – 740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2024.03.004
  • Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2024, ‘The impacts of non-perceptual cognition (NPC) on design process and ideation’, Research in Engineering Design, 35, pp. 355 – 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00163-024-00438-6
  • Zhou L; Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2024, ‘Statistical insights into syntactic properties of Sydney’s Chinese ethnic communities: Variability, concentration, and balance’, Cities, 153, pp. 105310 – 105310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105310
  • Dawes MJ; Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2023, ‘Intelligibility and cellularity in the villas of Palladio and Le Corbusier: examining Rowe’s observations’, Archnet Ijar International Journal of Architectural Research, 17, pp. 287 – 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ARCH-02-2022-0034
  • 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, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract7020139
  • 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, pp. 05022012, 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, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13030644
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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