By Professor Michael Ostwald

Journal articles

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Lee H, 2017, 'Measuring the spatial and social characteristics of the architectural plans of aged care facilities', Frontiers of Architectural Research, 6, pp. 431 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2017.09.003

Dosen AS; Ostwald MJ, 2016, 'Evidence for prospect-refuge theory: a meta-analysis of the findings of environmental preference research', City Territory and Architecture, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40410-016-0033-1

Yu R; Gu N; Ostwald M, 2016, 'The mathematics of spatial transparency and mystery: using syntactical data to visualise and analyse the properties of the Yuyuan Garden', Visualization in Engineering, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40327-016-0033-y

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Gu N, 2016, 'The language of design: Spatial cognition and spatial language in parametric design', International Journal of Architectural Computing, 14, pp. 277 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1478077116663350

Williams K; Ostwald MJ, 2016, 'Seed Concepts in Architecture and Mathematics', Nexus Network Journal, 18, pp. 333 - 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-016-0301-0

Amini Behbahani P; Ostwald MJ; Gu N, 2016, 'A syntactical comparative analysis of the spatial properties of Prairie style and Victorian domestic architecture', Journal of Architecture, 21, pp. 348 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2016.1179661

Yu R; Ostwald MJ; Gu N, 2015, 'Parametrically Generating New Instances of Traditional Chinese Private Gardens that Replicate Selected Socio-Spatial and Aesthetic Properties', Nexus Network Journal, 17, pp. 807 - 829, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-015-0263-7

Ostwald MJ, 2015, 'Symbolic, Aesthetic and Generative Applications', Nexus Network Journal, 17, pp. 349 - 352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-015-0257-5

Lee JH; Gu N; Ostwald M, 2015, 'Creativity and parametric design? Comparing designer’s cognitive approaches with assessed levels of creativity', International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 3, pp. 78 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21650349.2014.931826

Ostwald MJ; Ediz Ö, 2015, 'Measuring Form, Ornament and Materiality in Sinan’s Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque: an Analysis Using Fractal Dimensions', Nexus Network Journal, 17, pp. 5 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-014-0219-3

Lee JH; Sher WD; Lee HS; Mak MY; Ostwald MJ, 2015, 'Strategic planning indicators: Towards mixed-use developments supporting urban regeneration in Seoul', Global Built Environment Review, 9, pp. 48 - 68, http://www.globalbuiltenvironmentreview.co.uk/Pages/LatestIssueMarch2015.aspx

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Gu N, 2015, 'A syntactical and grammatical approach to architectural configuration, analysis and generation', Architectural Science Review, 58, pp. 189 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2015.1015948

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ, 2014, 'Testing the wright space: Using isovists to analyse prospect-refuge characteristics in Usonian architecture', Journal of Architecture, 19, pp. 645 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2014.965722

Yu R; Gu N; Ostwald M; Gero JS, 2014, 'Empirical support for problem-solution coevolution in a parametric design environment', Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design Analysis and Manufacturing AIEDAM, 29, pp. 33 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0890060414000316

Çekmiş A; Hacihasanoǧlu I; Ostwald MJ, 2014, 'A computational model for accommodating spatial uncertainty: Predicting inhabitation patterns in open-planned spaces', Building and Environment, 73, pp. 115 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.11.023

Ostwald MJ, 2014, 'Intersections Between Architecture and Mathematics', Nexus Network Journal, 16, pp. 247 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-014-0200-1

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ, 2014, 'Prospect-Refuge theory and the textile-block houses of Frank Lloyd Wright: An analysis of spatio-visual characteristics using isovists', Building and Environment, 80, pp. 228 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.05.026

Ostwald MJ, 2014, 'The event, politics and dissent: Alain badiou and the utopian provocations of Brodsky and Utkin', Architecture and Culture, 2, pp. 12 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/175145214X13796096691409

Ostwald MJ, 2014, '“Space and Sound: Harmonies of Modernism and Music in Richard Neutra’s Clark House.”', Centre, 18, pp. 64 - 77

Williams AP; Ostwald MJ; Brewer GJ; Le Goff R, 2014, 'Sustainable Retail Spaces: Establishing the Profile of a "Green Population"', Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, 4, pp. 77 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2154-8676/cgp/v04i01/53731

Ostwald M; Vaughan J, 2013, 'Limits and Errors: Optimising Image Pre-Processing Standards for Architectural Fractal Analysis.', Architectural Science Research, 7, pp. 1 - 20

Ostwald MJ; Dawes M, 2013, 'Differentiating between Line and Point Maps Using Spatial Experience: Considering Richard Neutra's Lovell House', Nexus Network Journal, 15, pp. 63 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-012-0134-4

Yu R; Gu N; Ostwald M, 2013, 'Comparing designers' problem-solving behavior in a parametric design environment and a geometric modeling environment', Buildings, 3, pp. 621 - 638, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings3030621

Ostwald M; Vaughan J, 2013, 'Differentiating the whites: Using fractal analysis to investigate the visual properties of the architecture of John Hejduk and Peter Eisenman', Empirical Studies of the Arts, 31, pp. 21 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/EM.31.1.b

Williams AP; Brewer G; Ostwald M; Le Goff R, 2013, 'Profiling consumer attitudes to retail spaces: Shopping centres as 'place'', International Journal of Interdisciplinary Organizational Studies, 7, pp. 41 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2324-7649/CGP/v07i02/59386

Dosen AS; Ostwald MJ, 2013, 'Prospect and refuge theory: Constructing a critical definition for architecture and design', International Journal of Design in Society, 6, pp. 9 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2325-1328/cgp/v06i01/38559

Ostwald MJ, 2013, 'The fractal analysis of architecture: Calibrating the box-counting method using scaling coeffi cient and grid disposition variables', Environment and Planning B Planning and Design, 40, pp. 644 - 663, http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/b38124

Dawes M; Ostwald MJ, 2013, 'Precise Locations in Space: An Alternative Approach to Space Syntax Analysis using Intersection Points', Architecture Research, 3, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.5923/j.arch.20130301.01

Ostwald MJ; Dawes M, 2013, 'Prospect-refuge Patterns in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie Houses: Using Isovist Fields to Examine the Evidence', The Journal of Space Syntax, 4, pp. 136 - 159

Yu R; Gu N; Ostwald M, 2012, 'Using situated FBS ontology to explore designers' patterns of behavior in parametric environments submitted: July 2012', Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 17, pp. 271 - 282

J Ostwald M; Henderson R, 2012, 'The Modern Interior and the Excitation Response: Richard Neutra’s Ocular-centric Phenomenology', Architecture Research, 2, pp. 27 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.5923/j.arch.20120203.02

Wong ASW; Chalup SK; Bhatia S; Jalalian A; Kulk J; Nicklin S; Ostwald MJ, 2012, 'Visual gaze analysis of robotic pedestrians moving in urban space', Architectural Science Review, 55, pp. 213 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2012.688013

Ediz O; Ostwald MJ, 2012, 'The Süleymaniye Mosque: A computational fractal analysis of visual complexity and layering in Sinan's masterwork', Architectural Research Quarterly, 16, pp. 171 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1359135512000474

Chapman M; Ostwald MJ, 2012, 'Avian Monstrosities: hatching and dispatching the machined interior', Ultima Thule: Journal of the Architectural Imagination [Special issue: To the Islands, The Architecture of Isolation], 2, http://www.ultimathule.com.au/index.php/ultima/article/view/35/35

Jozefiak S; Ostwald MJ, 2012, 'Inhabiting the Informational: Foucault’s bio-politics and the economics of the panopticon interior', IDEA Journal, 3, pp. 8 - 19

Dawes M; Ostwald MJ, 2012, 'Lines of Sight, Paths of Socialization: An Axial Line Analysis of Five Domestic Designs by Richard Neutra', International Journal of the Constructed Environment, 1, pp. 1 - 28

Philip WA; Ostwald MJ, 2012, 'Supporting creativity in architectural education: Examining the impact of leadership, management and staff development', Text: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses, 16, pp. 1 - 16

Ostwald MJ; Dawes M, 2012, 'Using Isovists to Analyse Architecture: Methodological Considerations and New Approaches', International Journal of the Constructed Environment, 3, pp. 85 - 106

Dawes M, 2012, 'Using Isovists to Analyse Prospect-Refuge Theory: An Examination of the Usefulness of Potential Spatio-Visual Measures', International Journal of the Constructed Environment, 3, pp. 25 - 40

Ostwald MJ, 2011, 'A Justified Plan Graph Analysis of the Early Houses (1975-1982) of Glenn Murcutt', Nexus Network Journal, 13, pp. 737 - 762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-011-0089-x

Ostwald MJ, 2011, 'The Mathematics of Spatial Configuration: Revisiting, Revising and Critiquing Justified Plan Graph Theory', Nexus Network Journal, 13, pp. 445 - 470, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-011-0075-3

Williams AP; Ostwald MJ; Askland HH, 2011, 'The relationship between creativity and design and its implication for design education', Design Principles and Practices, 5, pp. 57 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/1833-1874/cgp/v05i01/38017

Jalalian A; Chalup SK; Ostwald MJ, 2011, 'Architectural evaluation of simulated pedestrian spatial behaviour.', Architectural Science Review, 54, pp. 132 - 140

Ostwald MJ; Dawes M, 2011, 'Axial Line Analysis Revisited: Reconsidering its Value for Architecture.', International Journal of the Constructed Environment, 1, pp. 219 - 242

Ostwald MJ, 2011, 'Examining the Relationship Between Topology and Geometry: A Configurational Analysis of the Rural Houses (1984-2005) of Glenn Murcutt.', The Journal of Space Syntax, 2, pp. 223 - 246

Ostwald MJ; McPherson R; Dawes M, 2011, 'Neutra Through a Dark-Adapted Eye: Using design to investigate the relationship between concept, theory and form.', Ultima Thule: Journal of the Architectural Imagination, 1, http://www.ultimathule.com.au/index.php/ultima/article/view/3/8

Vaughan J; Ostwald MJ, 2011, 'The Relationship Between the Fractal Dimension of Plans and Elevations in the Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: Comparing The Prairie Style, Textile Block and Usonian Periods.', Architectural Science Research, 4, pp. 21 - 44

Vaughan J; Ostwald MJ, 2010, 'Using fractal analysis to compare the characteristic complexity of nature and architecture: Re-examining the evidence', Architectural Science Review, 53, pp. 323 - 332, http://dx.doi.org/10.3763/asre.2010.0024

Ostwald MJ, 2010, 'The politics of fractal geometry in Russian paper architecture: The intelligent market and the cube of infinity', Architectural Theory Review, 15, pp. 125 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13264826.2010.495447

Ostwald MJ, 2010, 'Ethics and the auto-generative design process', Building Research and Information, 38, pp. 390 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2010.481172

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