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Dr

Pieter Herthogs

Assistant Professor

Architecture

Orcid identifier0000-0003-2562-8374
  • Assistant Professor
    Architecture

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Main Research Interests:

 

|| Design Evaluation, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), Recommendation Systems, Dispositional Ontology, Decision Support

|| Knowledge Representation & Reasoning, Applied Ontology, Basic Formal Ontology, Knowledge Graphs, Semantic Web Technologies, Search Engines, Hybrid Artificial Intelligence, Symbolic AI, Agentic AI, Human-Machine Collaboration

 

|| Computational City Planning, Digital Planning, Urban Modelling & Simulation, Urban Metabolism, Regenerative Systems, Federated Modelling

|| Public Space Quality, Walkability, Bikeability, Evidence-based Urban Design, Built Environment Health & Wellbeing 

|| Building Adaptation, Circular Economy in Construction, Design for Change

 

|| Land Use & Built Form Regulations, Rule-based Design, Performance-based Design

|| Transdisciplinary Urban Research, Scenario Planning, Goal-based Design



Minor Interests:

 

|| Floorplan Analysis || Kit-of-parts Systems

|| Design Methods || Design Informatics 

|| Parametric Design || Generative Design 

|| Human Computer Interaction || UI/UX Design || Requirements Engineering

|| Effective Communication || Visualisations || Academic Writing || Applications & Demonstrators

|| Digital Participation || Transition Management

|| Urban Digital Twins || Smart Cities || Responsive Cities

|| Urban Big Data Analytics || Urban Analytics || Graph-based Spatial Analysis

|| Spatial Interaction Modelling || Urban Complexity Science || City Science

 

 

Design and Engineering specialisations:

 

|| Architectural Engineering 

|| Computational Design

|| Ontology Engineering



Research Endeavours:

 

|| Exploring how models of human and machine knowledge can help us navigate complex design processes.  

|| Developing computational approaches that bridge disciplines and domains. 

|| Mapping the multiplicity of goals, performances, and meanings that shape good fit.