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This study discusses the application of AI technology in the design of traditional Chinese-style architecture, aiming to enhance AI’s matching accuracy and sustainability. Currently, there are limitations in AI technology in generating details of traditional Chinese-style architecture, so this study proposes a method of fine-tuning AI pre-training models, by extracting samples of traditional architectural style elements, to enhance the trajectory and output accuracy of AI generation. The research method includes constructing AI pre-training models, using DreamBooth and ControlNet tools for personalized training and perspective control. Through experimental verification, this study found that pre-trained models can effectively enhance the accuracy and controllability of AI in the preliminary design of architecture. At the same time, the application of ControlNet technology has significantly improved the accuracy and realism of architectural rendering. The value of this study lies in proposing a new method that combines AI technology with the process of traditional Chinese architectural design, which can help architects better protect and inherit the culture of traditional Chinese architecture. Through this method, it can reduce the difficulty of learning traditional Chinese architectural design, optimize the design process, enhance design efficiency, and provide strong support for the sustainable development of traditional Chinese architecture.

In this interview, Liam Young reflects on speculative futures as a practice of imagining and testing possible worlds through a critical lens on the present. Moving beyond the building as a physical object and the site plan as a tool of representation, Young engages with concepts such as worldbuilding, planetary scale, and geological time to broaden the scope of architectural practice in an era marked by technological transformation and global crisis. The conversation further examines how interdisciplinary collaboration and narrative strategies serve as resources to intervene in the present, anticipate the implications of emerging technologies, and construct more inclusive imaginaries. En esta entrevista, Liam Young reflexiona sobre los futuros especulativos como una práctica que imagina y ensaya mundos posibles desde una mirada crítica del presente. Más allá de entender el edificio como objeto físico y el plano de sitio como herramienta de representación, Young recurre a conceptos como worldbuilding, escala planetaria y tiempo geológico para expandir la práctica arquitectónica en una era de transformaciones tecnológicas y crisis globales. La conversación también explora cómo la colaboración interdisciplinaria y el uso de estrategias narrativas funcionan como recursos para intervenir en el presente, anticipar las implicaciones de las tecnologías emergentes y construir imaginarios más inclusivos.

One of the main objectives of today’s archaeological sites and museums is the development of research, understood as the interpretation and contextualisation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage to broaden the knowledge and accessibility of archaeological parks often unknown to visitors and the public on a large scale. In this perspective, the Appia Antica Archaeological Park aims to support research in digitising infrastructures and archaeological contexts of high historical and cultural value to plan short- and medium-term preservation and maintenance projects. In this context, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are tools with enormous potential in survey, inspection and digitisation, providing the basis for the subsequent phases of data interpretation, representation and material analysis. Thanks to the photorealistic reconstruction of dense structure from motion (DSfM) in the application of structural inspections, today it is possible to intercept the geometry and material conditions of small, medium and large structures, reducing the costs of inspections, limiting the interruption of the public and providing professionals and visitors with a better volumetric understanding of the system. However, inserting information that gradually accumulates throughout the process requires advanced 3D digital representation techniques, such as HBIM (historic building information modelling), scan-to-BIM approach and interactive forms, such as virtual and augmented reality (VR-AR). For these reasons, this study summarises the experience and lessons learned from the UAV inspection of three research case studies at archaeological, architectural, and infrastructure scales to increase awareness of the Roman-built heritage.

Modelscapes are clusters of miniature architectural models that represent entire environments. They're frequently found in museums as representations of heritage, architecture, and collective identity. This book offers a critical analysis of modelscapes, using case studies from Israel, to show how miniature representations of contested physical space participate in the construction of a sense of national identity and appropriation of the land and its history. What, Yael Padan asks, is the meaning of such models, and what role do they play within the context of an ongoing violent conflict over territory and history?

This study investigates the epistemological potentials of parametric analysis for digitally modeling ordinary, existing buildings, addressing a gap in architectural research. While traditional digital modeling prioritizes geometric accuracy, it often limits the ability to generate new architectural insights, treating models as static representations rather than as tools for knowledge production. This research challenges the assumption that geometric accuracy is necessary for epistemological validity, proposing parametric analysis as a hypothesis-generating tool capable of uncovering latent spatial and morphological properties that conventional methods overlook. Using Suárez’s inferential conception of scientific representation as a theoretical framework, this research employs a comparative case study methodology, contrasting direct and parametric digital models of the Federal Archive Building in New York City, analyzing their respective contributions to architectural knowledge. Existing documentation of the Federal Archive Building provides the primary data. The findings reveal that parametric modeling can enable the discovery of latent design properties by facilitating the systematic exploration of geometric variations while maintaining other logics, specifically by demonstrating how certain architectural features accommodate site irregularities while preserving visual coherence. This research advances theoretical discourse by repositioning parametric models from descriptive artifacts to instruments of architectural reasoning, challenging conventional associations between representational accuracy and epistemological validity. Practical applications are suggested in heritage documentation, comparative architectural analysis, and educational contexts where the interpretive exploration of buildings can generate new insights beyond what geometrically accurate models alone can provide.

Modelscapes are clusters of miniature architectural models that represent entire environments. They are frequently found in museums as representations of heritage, architecture, and collective identity. Modelscapes of Nationalism: Collective Memories and Future Visions offers a critical analysis of modelscapes, using case studies from Israel, to show how miniature representations of contested physical space participate in the construction of a sense of national identity and collective memory. What, Yael Padan asks, is the meaning of such models, and what role do they play within the context of an ongoing violent conflict over territory and history?

Although people perceive architecture in a variety of ways, we firmly believe there are key elements of design that can enrich the human experience, facilitating a path towards human happiness and well being. Through small changes, we can begin making the world a happier place, and architecture is definitely a tool to do so. The environment is essential for all of us, especially since so many of us live in cities; thus, the Egyptian Commission emphasized the value of cities in the lives of so many Alexandrians, by committing to take action in this area. Specific environments have a direct impact on the lives of millions of Alexandrian citizens, and as a result, have a significant impact on the larger environment. More change is required in Alexandria for it to be a Smart Happy City that should offer the kind of quality of life and opportunity that would make people want to live there, make businesses, and want to invest. The main goal is to make Alexandria a Smart Happy City by providing both a common ground and a common language for better understanding use of smart and happy features effectively, specifically to make Alexandria a Smart Happy City within the architecture realm. We explain smart city features, characteristics and happiness factors, and how happiness can be measured. Additionally, we provide examples of smart, happy features. Moreover, we consider what should make Alexandria a Smart Happy City, but as smart solutions cannot be fully reproduced, we evaluate the value of each field.

Virtual reality, since being a new form of architectural representation; when compared to traditional forms of representations, is a medium of representation which the narrative techniques are still in the process of developing. In traditional forms of representation, the viewer is actively directed in both the navigation and view, while in the architectural representations in the virtual reality medium, the viewer who now becomes the user, is left to her/his own personal decisions. Hence, the examples produced in the field of virtual reality are less successful in conveying spatial narratives than in traditional types of representation. In this study, a method has been proposed to develop the representation possibilities of the virtual reality environment by using the denotative and connotative meaning creation techniques of cinema. In the proposed method, meaning creation techniques of the cinema were used together with the interaction element of virtual reality, which is its most unique facility. By using the lighting technique between the denotative and connotative meaning creation methods of the cinema dynamically in the virtual reality medium according to the user interaction, introducing a spatial narrative to the user is directed. The discovery of the narrative possibilities of the virtual reality environment will enable it to be used more effectively as an architectural representation and moreover it will ensure this medium to be accepted as a new genre of art production.

Utilizing immersive virtual reality (VR) environments, this study explored, compared, and contrasted the perceptions of virtual spaces of students enrolled at the University of Melbourne. In particular, the level of immersion and subjective perceptions of spatiality within architectural VR environments were investigated. Participants in the study were invited to experience three architectural environments in VR using HTC Vive equipment. These three environments were each inspired by a Maggie’s Centre, a support centre providing counselling, information, and advice for anyone who has been affected by cancer; the first by architect Frank Gehry, the second by architectural practice OMA, and the third by architect Zaha Hadid. Participants typically spent ten to fifteen minutes exploring each environment and completed a post-VR survey. Findings from the analysis of participant responses are discussed across three broad areas: volume, materials, and other design aspects; deliberations on the imagined; and agency within virtual reality. The article concludes with a discussion on the use of VR as a representational tool for architectural space within architectural practice and research contexts, outlining recommendations for future investigation.