Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Architectural Design and Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 929
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Although Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a commonly used buzzword and commercial term today, it is obvious that it is not just a faraway-future technology but a promising real-world issue, even in the architecture domain. Similarly, the term BIM (building information modeling) was first introduced around the year 2000, but its concept and key mechanism date back to almost 50 years ago. There are many reasons for this gap, but there is a perspective that “reachable” computing power growth has enabled the popularity of BIM among the general public. The cheaper memory, multicore CPU, and new para-metrics are just some of the reasons BIM tools are used in our laptops today.
At present, there is an increasing demand for new AI-enabled architectural designs and applications. It stands to reason that the more types of machine learning software and hardware become available, the more applications for a variety of domains will be enabled, too. As architects, or as researchers in the architectural design domain, we need to continue focusing on these new changes and the advent of available AI technology and how these can be utilized toward the enhancement of our domain-knowledge. If we are to believe the claims of some of our colleagues, the next phase of BIM will be AI-BIM, and we need to be prepared for that.
This Special Issue invites you to submit a manuscript on any kind of related topic in the form of reviews and original research papers. Topics include but are not limited to the examples addressed above. Please note, however, AI (specifically deep learning)-enabled includes only examples that go beyond the technology which is already available for design, and it does not include examples based on actual neural network algorithms or similar.
Dr. Jin Kook Lee
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine learning
- Deep learning
- NLP (natural language processing)
- Architectural design and planning
- Design analysis
- Building information modeling (BIM)
- Intelligent CAD
- Knowledge-based systems in AEC
- Realistic media
- Virtual reality (VR)
- Augmented reality (AR)
- Smart architecture and construction
- Industry foundation classes (IFC)
- Modular construction
- Smart city and construction
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