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ARCHIVE · 09 STUDIES · SCALES 1:5–1:∞ · OPEN RESEARCH

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Research Notes & Studies

FR-01 07 - CITY

Urban Metabolism: Fractal Patterns in Global Cities

A comparative working note on resource flows, spatial entropy, and self-similar growth patterns across five cities (Tokyo, Copenhagen, Istanbul, London, and Ankara), built on two decades of public Ankara data. Mapping how each metabolizes energy, data, and people at scale.

Urban SystemsFractal AnalysisPolicy Design

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FR-02 01-03 - FURNITURE→APARTMENT

Adaptive Domesticity: The Cultural DNA of Living Spaces

Privacy gradients, thresholds, and hospitality protocols read through a century of published floor plans: how domestic ritual shapes spatial layout from furniture joinery to apartment organization.

Cultural ProxemicsHousingTypology

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FR-03 04 - BUILDING

Generative Facades: Performance-Driven Envelopes

Evolutionary algorithms optimizing building envelopes for climate responsiveness. Self-shading parametric geometries reaching 38-45% modeled cooling reduction while keeping daylight and views.

Climate DesignParametricOptimization

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FR-04 04 - BUILDING

AI Form Finding: Biological Precedents in Architecture

Exploring the frontier where generative adversarial networks and diffusion models produce structurally novel forms inspired by biological morphogenesis, from coral growth to bone topology.

Generative AIBiomimicryMorphogenesis

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FR-05 05 - COMPLEX

Emergent Complexes: Swarm-Driven Site Design

Multi-agent swarm systems orchestrating building placement, orientation, and massing at complex scale. 2,500+ autonomous agents negotiate site constraints to discover high-fitness spatial configurations.

Swarm IntelligenceAgent-BasedEmergence

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FR-06 02 - ROOM

Spatial Computing: From Point Clouds to Digital Twins

Field-tested spatial capture pipelines combining LiDAR scanning and VR/AR review. Turning physical environments into centimeter-accurate working models for design collaboration.

LiDARDigital TwinXR Interface

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FR-07 06 - DISTRICT

Garden City Revisited: Topographic Utopias

Reinterpreting Howard's radial garden city model through computational topography and ecological corridors. How historic urban ideals evolve when confronted with terrain, climate data, and contemporary density.

Urban TheoryEcologyMorphology

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FR-08 06 - DISTRICT

Computational Urbanism: Algorithmic District Design

Multi-objective evolutionary optimization (NSGA-II) applied to district-scale masterplanning. Balancing pedestrian flow, solar access, density, and green space in an end-to-end simulated district.

NSGA-IIMasterplanningMulti-Objective

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FR-09 08 - TIME

Agent-Augmented Practice: Running a Studio as a System

A working note from inside a solo, agent-augmented studio: documentation as single source of truth, claim-check discipline, task orchestration, and the honest bottlenecks of one architect running a multi-product practice.

AgentsPractice OpsDocumentation

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