Books and Edited Volumes

Economou, A. (2025). Shape computation. Springer. [Forthcoming].

Eloy, S., Pauwels, P., & Economou, A. (2018). Advances in implemented shape grammars: Solutions and applications. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (AIEDAM), 32(2), 131-137.

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Selected Journals Articles and Book Chapters

Economou, A., Hong, T. C. K., & Newton, R. (2024).Shape meets Euclid: Integrating shape computation with ruler and compass procedures. Automation in Construction, 165, 105562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105562

Hong, T. C. K., & Economou, A. (2023). Implementation of shape embedding in 2D CAD systems. Automation in Construction, 146, 104640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104640
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Hong, T. C. K., & Economou, A. (2022). What shape grammars do that CAD should: The 14 cases of shape embedding. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 36(E4), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0890060421000263

Okhoya, V. W., Bernal, M., Economou, A., Saha, N., Hong, T. C. K., & Haymaker, J. (2022). Generative workplace and space planning in architectural practice. International Journal of Architectural Computing, 20(3), 645-672. https://doi.org/10.1177/14780771221120580

Economou, A., Hong, T. C. K., Ligler, H., & Park, J. (2021). Shape Machine: A primer for visual computation. In J. H. Lee (Ed.), A new perspective of cultural DNA (pp. 65-92). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7707-9_6

Yu, Y., Hong, T. K., Economou, A., & Paulino, G. (2021). Rethinking origami: On the generation of origami patterns in Shape Machine. Computer-Aided Design, 137, 103029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2021.103029

Park, J., & Economou, A. (2019). The Dirksen grammar: A generative description of Mies van der Rohe’s courthouse design language. Nexus Network Journal, 21(3), 591-622.

Quan, S. J., Park, J., Economou, A., & Lee, S. (2019). Artificial intelligence-aided design: Smart design for sustainable city development. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 46(8), 1581-1599.

Economou, A., & Grasl, T. (2018). Paperless grammars. In J. H. Lee (Ed.), Computational studies on cultural variation and heredity (pp. 139-160). Springer.

Grasl, T., & Economou, A. (2018). From shapes to topologies and back: An introduction to a general parametric shape grammar interpreter. Advances in Implemented Shape Grammars: Solutions and Applications, Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 32(2), 208-224.

Eloy, S., Pauwels, P., & Economou, A. (2018). Promises of shape grammars. Advances in Implemented Shape Grammars: Solutions and Applications, Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 32(2), 131-137.

Ligler, H., & Economou, A. (2016). Entelechy revisited: On the generative specification of John Portman's architectural language. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265813516676489

Grasl, T., & Economou, A. (2013). From topologies to shapes: Parametric shape grammars implemented by graphs. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 40(5), 905-922.

Economou, A., & Grasl, T. (2012). Spatial sieves. In S. Kanach (Ed.), Xenakis matters: Contexts, processes, applications (pp. 287-313). Pendragon Press.

Grasl, T., & Economou, A. (2012). Sort machines. In J. Halatsch (Ed.), Digital urban modelling and simulation (pp. 123-143). Springer-Verlag.

Din, E., & Economou, A. (2010). Surface symmetries: The Smith House revisited. International Journal of Architectural Computing, 8(4), 485-506.

Economou, A., & Swarts, M. (2006). Performing Palladio. International Journal of Architectural Computing, 4(3), 47-61.

Economou, A. (2006). Tracing axes of growth. In L. Albertazzi (Ed.), Visual thought: The depictive space of perception (pp. 351-365). John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Economou, A. (1999). The symmetry lessons from Froebel building gifts. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 26(1), 75-90.
Economou, A., Hong, T. C. K., & Newton, R. (2024).

Selected Conference Proceedings

‍Newton, R., & Economou, A. (2024, July 9). Redefining line maximization in Shape Machine [Preprint]. DCC'24 Conference, Montreal.

Shi, Y., & Economou, A. (2024, July 9). Dougong revisited: A parametric specification of Chinese bracket design in Shape Machine [Preprint]. DCC'24 Conference, Montreal.

Economou, A., & Hong, T. C. K. (2023). Back to the drawing board: Shape calculations in Shape Machine. In J. S. Gero (Ed.), Design computing and cognition’22 (pp. 477-496). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20418-0_33

Hong, T. C. K., & Economou, A. (2022). Five criteria for shape grammar interpreters. In J. S. Gero (Ed.), Design computing and cognition’20 (pp. 191-210). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90625-2_11

Economou, A. (2021). Durand redrawn: A formal description of Durand’s "Précis of the Lectures on Architecture". In Conference Proceedings of NEXUS 20/21: Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics (pp. 101-106). Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Ligler, H., & Economou, A. (2019). From drawing shapes to scripting shapes: Architectural theory mediated by Shape Machine. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture + Urban Design (SimAUD).

Economou, A. (2018). The six Vitruvian principles of architectural design reframed within contemporary computational design discourse. In K. Williams & M. G. Bevilaqua (Eds.), Nexus 2018 Architecture and Mathematics Conference Book (pp. 117-121). Kim Williams Books, University of Pisa.

Ligler, H., & Economou, A. (2018). On John Portman's atria: Two exercises in hotel composition. In J. S. Gero (Ed.), Conference Proceedings of Design Computing and Cognition DCC’18 (pp. 439-458). Springer.

Dortdivanlioglu, H., & Economou, A. (2017). Outlining Terragni: A riddle reworked. In G. Çağdaş et al. (Eds.), CAAD Futures 2017, CCIS 724 (pp. 381-394). Springer.

Ligler, H., & Economou, A. (2015). Entelechy I: Towards a formal specification of John Portman's domestic architecture. In B. Martens et al. (Eds.), Real Time: Extending the Reach of Computation, Proceedings of the 33rd eCAADe Conference, Volume 1 (pp. 445-452). Vienna University of Technology.

Park, J., & Economou, A. (2015). The Dirksen variations: Towards a generative description of Mies's courthouse language. In B. Martens et al. (Eds.), Real Time: Extending the Reach of Computation, Proceedings of the 33rd eCAADe Conference, Volume 1 (pp. 453-462). Vienna University of Technology.

Economou, A., & Kotsopoulos, S. (2014). From shape rules to rule schemata and back. In J. S. Gero & S. Hanna (Eds.), Design Computing and Cognition DCC’14 (pp. 419-438). Springer.

Grasl, T., & Economou, A. (2014). Towards controlled grammars: Approaches to automating rule selection for shape grammars. In E. Thompson (Ed.), Fusion: Proceedings of the 32nd eCAADe Conference, Volume 2 (pp. 357-363). Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Quan, J. S., Economou, A., Grasl, T., & Pei-Ju Yang, P. (2014). Computing energy performance of building density, shape, and typology in urban context. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Applied Energy – ICAE2014 (pp. 1602-1605). Elsevier.

Economou, A. (2013). f(x): Explicit and recursive definitions of architectural typology. In M. Bernal et al. (Eds.), Knowledge-Based Design: Proceedings of the 11th Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGRADI) Conference (pp. 211-216). Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa María.

Grasl, T., & Economou, A. (2013). Unambiguity: Difficulties in communicating shape grammar rules to a digital interpreter. In R. Stouffs & S. Sariyildiz (Eds.), Computation and Performance: Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 2 (pp. 617-620). Delft University of Technology.

Grasl, T., & Economou, A. (2011). Grape: Using graph grammars to implement shape grammars. In SimAUD: Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (pp. 45-52). Boston, MA.

Grasl, T., & Economou, A. (2010). Palladian graphs: Using a graph grammar to automate the Palladian grammar. In G. Schmitt et al. (Eds.), Future Cities, 28th eCAADe Conference Proceedings (pp. 275-284). ETH Zurich.

Din, E., & Economou, A. (2009). Emergent symmetries and visual computations: A group theoretical analysis of The Smith House by Richard Meier. In T. Tidafi & T. Dorta (Eds.), Joining Languages, Cultures and Visions: CAADFutures 2009 (pp. 173-187). PUM.

Economou, A., & Grasl, T. (2009). Point worlds. In G. Gagdas & B. Colakoglu (Eds.), Computation: The New Realm of Architectural Design, 27th eCAADe Conference Proceedings (pp. 221-228). ITU/YTU.

Grasl, T., Economou, A., & Branum, C. (2009). Combining triples: Using a graph grammar to generate courthouse topologies. In G. Gagdas & B. Colakoglu (Eds.), Computation: The New Realm of Architectural Design, 27th eCAADe Conference Proceedings (pp. 605-612). ITU/YTU.

Economou, A., & Riether, G. (2008). Vitruvian machine. In Proceedings of CAADRIA: Beyond Computer-Aided Design (pp. 522-528). Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Economou, A., & Grasl, T. (2008). Unraveling complexity. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (pp. 361-374). DCC, USA.

Economou, A., & Grasl, T. (2007). Sieve_n: A computational approach for the generation of all partial lattices of two-dimensional shapes with an n-fold symmetry axis. In J. Kieferle & K. Ehlers (Eds.), Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) Conference Proceedings (pp. 947-954). Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Grasl, T., & Economou, A. (2007). Spatial similarity metrics: Graph theoretic distance measurement and floor plan abstraction. In T. Maver (Ed.), Proceedings of Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures: CAADFutures (pp. 251-263). Sydney, Australia.

Economou, A. (2006). Well-tempered mappings of architecture and music. In V. Trova, K. Manolides, & G. Papakonstantinou (Eds.), Representation as Vehicle of Architectural Thought: Conference Proceedings (pp. 85-94). University of Thessaly Press. (In Greek: Οικονόμου, Α. (2006). Συγκερασμένες Απεικονίσεις Αρχιτεκτονικής και Μουσικής. Πρακτικά Συνεδρίου: Η αναπαράσταση ως Όχημα Αρχιτεκτονικής Σκέψης, σελ. 85-94).

Park, H. J., Economou, A., & Papalambros, P. (2005). Hermes: A computational tool for proportional studies in design. In B. Martens & A. Brown (Eds.), Conference Proceedings of the Computer-Aided Architecture Design Futures: Learning from the Past a Foundation for the Future (CAADFutures 2005) (pp. 99-108). Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Economou, A. (2001). Four algebraic structures in design. In J. Wasim (Ed.), Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture: Reinventing the Discourse (pp. 192-201). Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture.

Economou, A. (2001). C2C2C2: Pythagorean structures in design. In M. Burry, S. Datta, A. Dawson, & J. Rollo (Eds.), Proceedings of Mathematics and Design 2001: The Third International Conference: Digital . Hand . Eye . Ear . Mind (pp. 128-138). Deakin University.

Economou, A. (2000). Shape grammars in architectural design studio. In W. Mitchell & J. Fernandez (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2000 ACSA Technology Conference: The Intersection of Design and Technology (pp. 75-81). Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.

Economou, A. (2000). Spatial canons and fugues. In Proceedings of Greenwich 2000: Digital Creativity Symposium (pp. 53-60). University of Greenwich.

Economou, A. (1999). Counting, coloring, and computing: Lessons from the kindergarten. In J. Barrallo (Ed.), Arts, Mathematics and Architecture: Proceedings of the First International Conference (pp. 147-155). The University of the Basque Country.

Economou, A. (1998). The symmetry of the equal temperament scale. In J. Barrallo (Ed.), Mathematics and Design 98: Proceedings of the Second International Conference (pp. 557-566). The University of the Basque Country.