Architectural Intelligence

This special issue invites submissions that echo Muttoni’s insights and expand upon Ochsendorf’s seven pillars, engaging with the evolving intersections of art, engineering, and design in a rapidly changing world. Crucially, we also seek contributions that reflect on the lessons of history, examining how the foundational principles of structural art—illustrated by Nervi, Menn, and other pioneers, continue to influence and inspire today’s innovators. Who are the contemporary designers building on this legacy, and how are they advancing structural art to address the challenges of the 21st century?

We welcome contributions that investigate the creative, sustainable, and ethical dimensions of structural art and its transformative potential in the 21st century.

Guest Editors

Dr. Ding Wen ‘Nic’ Bao
School of Architecture and Urban Design, RMIT University, Australia  

Dr. Alberto Pugnale 
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Australia 

Dr. Sofia Colabella 
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Australia 

Prof. Edmond P. Saliklis 
College of Architecture and Environmental Design, California Polytechnic State University, U.S 

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Kostas Grigoriadis, who has recently joined Architectural Intelligence as an associate editor.

We are very pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022-2023 Best Paper Award from Architectural Intelligence. We sincerely appreciate the outstanding contributions of all award-winning authors and their efforts in advancing the field of architectural intelligence.

With the development of new quantitative research methodologies, scholars have begun to explore the association between the utilization of interior building space/urban micro-urban space and the health of elderly people. This special issue is purposed to find out how the innovative utilization and activation of spaces can link the health of the elderly with digital technologies and new quantitative research methodologies.

Guest Editors:

Fei CHEN

School of Architecture, Tianjin University, China

Gang FENG

School of Architecture, Tianjin University, China

Wei ZHAO

School of Architecture, Tianjin University, China