Research on Artificial-Intelligence-Driven Built Environment Design
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2027 | Viewed by 214
Editors
Interests: architecture design; large language model; computational design; generative design; agent
Interests: artificial intelligence for engineering
Interests: knowledge integration in design; intelligent system in architecture design; design management
Interests: smart building envelope; photovoltaics; building simulation; thermal and light environment
Interests: architectural design; computational design; building performance; performance optimization; sustainable design; parametric design; daylight and thermal environment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping the built environment by integrating computational methods with generative workflows, quantified architectural knowledge and performance-based decision-making. This Special Issue, “Research on Artificial-Intelligence-Driven Built Environment Design”, seeks original contributions that advance AI-enabled approaches across the entire design-to-construction continuum. We welcome research spanning computational and generative design, spatial calculation, data-driven analysis, architectural large language models (LLMs) and multi-agent systems. Additionally, we invite studies on intelligent tools for knowledge integration, digital construction and building performance assessment. Submissions may present novel algorithms, datasets, evaluation frameworks or applied design prototypes. We particularly encourage transparent and reliable AI methods that foster human–AI collaboration, expand creative exploration and address complex environmental and technical constraints. By bridging architectural design with computer science and engineering, this issue aims to establish rigorous, practical pathways for sustainable innovation in the AI-driven built environment.
Dr. Shurui Yan
Dr. Wen Gao
Dr. Jiachen Bu
Dr. Shaohang Shi
Dr. Shanshan Wang
Dr. Haining Wang
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- architecture design
- generative design
- computational design
- space calculation
- architectural knowledge quantification
- artificial intelligence
- large language model
- agent system
- deep learning models
- digital construction
- space calculation
- building performance
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