OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Frontiers of Architectural Research is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Understanding pedestrian behavior and spatial relations: A pedestrianized area in Besiktas, Istanbul	160
‘Visual excitation’ in Richard Neutra's residential architecture: An analysis using weighted graphs and centrality measures	73
Green retrofitting of heritage buildings based on (3Ts) framework: An applied case study	50
Collineation measurement: A method for constructing the imperial citadel of Thang Long in harmony with nature	45
Building cognition through material engagement	37
Revealing connectivity in residential Architecture: An algorithmic approach to extracting adjacency matrices from floor plans	35
Noise levels inside the coaches of Greater Cairo tunnel metro, line 3 tunnel	31
Urban landscape structure anatomy: Structure patterns and typology identification in the space-time of Setif City, Algeria	28
Evaluation of perceived value and behavioral intentions of citizens in Chinese commercially open communities: A case study of Liuyun Community	26
Editorial	26
Living geometry, AI tools, and Alexander's 15 fundamental properties. Remodel the architecture studios!	25
A framework for rural spatial governance based on the eco-environment oriented development mode: The case of coal mining subsidence area on the Weibei Plateau	24
Assessing architectural color preference after Le Corbusier's 1931 Salubra keyboards: A cross cultural analysis	23
How do residents perceive urban parks? A cross-geographic comparison based on online reviews	22
Balancing priorities: An importance-performance analysis of architectural heritage protection in China's historical cities	22
A wood-wood joining system suitable for digital fabrication and its application in the design of a “wood-only” spatial module	22
Events as a means to foster knowledge-driven urban development: Experience from the new district development in Nanjing	21
Measuring the built environment of green transit-oriented development: A factor-cluster analysis of rail station areas in Singapore	21
Spatial patterns of residents’ daily activity space and its influencing factors based on the CatBoost model: A case study of Nanjing, China	20
Performance-based firefighting in dense historic settlements: An exploration of a firefighting approach combining value and risk assessment with numerical simulation	19
Towards reconstructing the Shakespeare's first Globe Theatre: A virtual model for research and development	19
Current design guidelines’ streetscape improvement for visual perception and walkability: A case study of Sejong City, Republic of Korea	18
Acculturation and translation: Modern architectural heritage of Zhongshan Park in Xiamen from typological perspective	17
A hypothetical comparative evaluation system for arctic indoors	17
The Hutong neighbourhood grammar: A procedural modelling approach to unravel the rationale of historical Beijing urban structure	17

A triangular architectural relation model among sustainability, beauty, and power	17
Biology and architecture: An ongoing hybridization of scientific knowledge and design practice by six architectural offices in France	17
Integrating spatial vitality and node-place model to evaluate and classify metro station areas in Wuhan	16
Reuse of port industrial heritage in tourist cities: Shipyards as case studies	16
Effects of facades positioned at different angles on building thermal performance and flow behaviors	16
An individuality-oriented interactive architectural system for children with emotional/behavioral disorders	15
Integrating ergonomics data and emotional scale to analyze people's emotional attachment to different landscape features in the Wudaokou Urban Park	15
Lighting preferences in office spaces concerning the indoor thermal environment	14
Cognitive-emotional feasibility of the effect of visual quality of building form on promoting the sense of place attachment (Case study: Cultural iconic buildings of Iran's contemporary architecture)	14
A new frontier in design studio: AI and human collaboration in conceptual design	14
Walking experience: Exploring the trilateral interrelation of walkability, temporal perception, and urban ambiance	14
The virtual-real measurement of Chinese garden impression: A quantitative analysis of cognitive experience of Jiangnan gardens with virtual reality experiments	14
Integrating BIM and machine learning to predict carbon emissions under foundation materialization stage: Case study of China's 35 public buildings	13
Assessment of the street space quality in the metro station areas at different spatial scales and its impact on the urban vitality	13
“Interface-element-perception” model to evaluation of urban sidewalk visual landscape in the core area of Beijing	13
A study of the inhibitory effect and mechanism of airflow regarding mould on building surfaces	13
The sustainability cycle of historic houses and cultural memory: Controversy between historic preservation and heritage conservation	13
Editing landscapes: Experimental frameworks for territorial-based robotic fabrication	13
Aesthetics of urban commercial streets from the perspective of cognitive memory and user behavior in urban environments	12
A road map to find in 3D printing a new design plasticity for construction – The state of art	12
A structural equation model to analyze the use of a new multi media platform for increasing awareness of cultural heritage	12
Cultural heritage tourism and urban regeneration: The case of Fez Medina in Morocco	12
Ordinary Urban Heritage of Rattanakosin: Ordinary restaurants and everyday foods of the historic center of Bangkok	12
Recognition of defensive factors in the architectural heritage of Iran's organic ancient shelters	11
Contemplative neuroaesthetics in architecture: A real-world mobile EEG study in the ancient city of Ghardaïa, Algeria	11
Modeling of wind-driven rain absorption ratio of building exterior finishing materials based on field measurements	11
Designing for well-Being: Using facial micro-expression analysis and EEG biosensor to evaluate human responses to 2D biophilically-driven geometries	11
Architectural phenomenology: Past, present, future of an interdisciplinarity	11
Neurological benefits of third places for young adults in healthy urban environments	11
Random fractal-based computational design of an ice-ray (IR) lattice shell structure	11
Exploring entry-exit correlation coefficient (EEC) as new quantitative social activities performance measurement of public space: The case of Dilworth Park, Philadelphia	10
Optimal design strategy of traditional courtyard based on performance and data-driven method—A case study of Yanshen ancient town, China	10
Choice preferences in drum tower design among the Dong people: Evidence from the five villages in Guangxi, China	10
Study on the gene mapping and formation mechanism of historical buildings influenced by multiculturalism: A case of Gulangyu, China	10
Optimization of furniture configuration for residential living room spaces in quality elderly care communities in Macao	10
An approach for heritage settlement classification using block patterns: The study of 37 typical colonial heritage settlements in the Americas	10
Solar radiation-based method for early design stages to balance daylight and thermal comfort in office buildings	9
Cultivating more-than-human care: Exploring bird watching as a landscaping practice on the example of sand martins and flooded gravel pits	9
Visitors' consistent stay behavior patterns within free-roaming scenic architectural complexes: Considering impacts of temporal, spatial, and environmental factors	9
Kentos: Socio-ecologies of care	9
Thermal comfort analysis of earth-sheltered buildings: The case of meymand village, Iran	9
Impacts of corridor design: An investigation on occupant perception of corridor forms in elderly facilities	8
Spatial sight analysis of Hangzhou Xiaoyingzhou based on tourists' landscape preference	8
Optimization-based design exploration of building massing typologies—EvoMass and a typology-oriented computational design optimization method for early-stage performance-based building massing design	8
Emerging patterns in the construction of Sejima's, Sanaa's and Nishizawa's domestic spaces, from 1987 to 2010	8
Concept cathedral and “squaring the circle”: Interpreting the Gothic cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris as a standing hymn	7
Perception beyond sight: Investigating the cognitive maps of congenitally blind individuals in urban environments	7
Revitalizing industrial territories in Ukraine: Spatial model of the tourism cluster in the Prydniprovsk region	7
Designing with nature: Advancing three-dimensional green spaces in architecture through frameworks for biophilic design and sustainability	7
Socioeconomic performance of in-between open spaces in a post-socialist city of Tirana, Albania	7

People-oriented urban design	7
A study on the form contemporary developments of Tabriz leather and shoe Bazaar (marketplace) from the late Qajar to current period	7
Passive cooling techniques in medieval Indian stepwells	7
The impact of biophilic design in Maggie’s Centres: A meta-synthesis analysis	6
Mapping urban public spaces based on the Nolli map method	6
From empty to empowering: Leveraging vacant land for urban socio-ecological resilience	6
Water as a common reference for monastic lives and spaces in Cistercian and Han Buddhist monasteries	6
Structural performance of authentic architectural heritage designs: A masonry monument in Western Anatolia	6
From BIM model to 3D construction printing: A framework proposal	6
An investigation of the influence of ground surface properties and shading on outdoor thermal comfort in a high-altitude residential area	6
Mapping the approaches for investigating Makkah's architectural vocabularies and AI: A literature review	6
Theoretical framework of the Isfahani style: Inspiring sustainable aspects of a vernacular urban development	6
A cost effective approach to design of energy efficient residential buildings	6
Equilibrium as the common ground: Introducing embodied perception into structural design with graphic statics	6
Do green roofs really provide significant energy saving in a Mediterranean climate? Critical evaluation based on different case studies	6
A geopolitics of mud construction: Self-help and the CINVA-Ram machine in Ghana and South Vietnam during the Cold War	6