publications
peer-reviewed journals +
book chapters
Paulino DMS, Fivet C, Ligler H, and Napolitano R. 2026. “Integrating Spatial and Structural Considerations in Floor Plan Transformations of Historic Masonry Buildings.” Automation in Construction, Volume 187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106878.
Ligler H. 2025. “Constructing Architectural Theory: A Pedagogical Framework for Engaging the Logic of Precedents with Shape Rules,” International Journal of Architectural Computing. https://doi.org/10.1177/14780771251405442
Ligler H. 2025. “Rewriting Shape Rules: Developing Implemented Shape Grammars to See Anew,” S. Kotsopoulos (ed.), Shape Computation: Fifty Years, 1972-2022, Mathematics and the Built Environment 9, Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-81623-9_19
Ligler H. 2024.“The Grammar of Anne Tyng’s Simpler Space Structures.” Nexus Network Journal 26, 631-648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-024-00775-y
Paulino DMS, Ligler H, and Napolitano R. 2024. "On Determining Structural Wall Layout During the Adaptive Reuse Process of Historic Masonry Buildings" Journal of Building Engineering 95, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.110178.
Walter N, Ligler H, and Gürsoy B. 2024.“The Truchet Tile Grammar: A Generative System for Versatile Tile and Pattern Design.” Nexus Network Journal 26, 649-666. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-024-00779-8
Abu-Aridah D and Ligler H. 2024. "Shape Grammars and Self-Built Refugee Communities: The Transformation from Tent Shelter to Customized Structure in Irbid Camp." International Journal of Architectural Computing 22(1), 149-172. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/14780771241229854
Paulino DMS, Ligler H, and Napolitano R. 2023. "A Grammar-Based Approach for Generating Spatial Layout Solutions for the Adaptive Reuse of Sobrado Buildings" Buildings 13(3), 722, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13030722
Ligler H. 2022.“The Subsymmetry Analysis and Rule-Based Synthesis of John Portman’s Midnight Sun.” Nexus Network Journal 25, 409-437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-022-00644-6
Ligler H. 2021. “Reconfiguring Atrium Hotels: Generating Hybrid Designs with Visual Computations in Shape Machine.” Automation in Construction, Volume 132, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2021.103923
Economou A, Hong K, Ligler H, and Park J. 2020. “Shape Machine: A Primer in Visual Composition”, J.-H. Lee (ed.), A New Perspective of Cultural DNA, KAIST Research Series, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, 65-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7707-9_6
Ligler H and Economou A. 2018. “Entelechy Revisited: On the Generative Specification of John Portman’s Architectural Language.” Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 45(4), 623-648. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265813516676489
peer-reviewed conference papers + proceedings
Ligler H. 2026. “Rowhouse Redux: On Thinking Computationally to Refabricate a Block.” Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) 114th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
Ligler H. 2026. “Designing the Design Process: Shape Grammars in the Architectural Design Studio, Again.” National Conference on the Beginning Design Student (NCBDS) 41.
Ligler H. 2025. “Shape Computation: A Foundation for AI-Embedded Architectural Education.” Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Intersections Conference: AI Design Practices.
Ligler H. 2025. “The Architect as Developer and Urban Influencer.” Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) 78th Annual International Conference.
Ligler H. 2025. “Kahn’s Two Houses: From Formal Analysis to Design Synthesis.” In: Marques, B., Ruivo, C., Leite Viana, D., Vieira Vaz, J. (eds) Formal Methods in Architecture. FMA 2024. Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02782-5_34
Hong T-C K and Ligler H. 2024. “The Isovist Grammar: Automating Isovists and Isovist Fields with Visual Rules.” In Herrera, Pablo C., Gómez, Paula, Estevez, Alberto T., Torreblanca-Díaz, David A. (eds.), Biodigital Intelligent Systems - Proceedings of the XXVIII Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2024), 225–236. https://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/sigradi2024_284.pdf
Govindarazan K, Ligler H, Abbas Y and Duarte JP. 2023. “Translating Christopher Alexander’s Patterns for Immersive Virtual Reality: A Rule-Based Approach to Behavior Testing in VR.” In Dokonal, W, Hirschberg, U, and Wurzer, G (eds), Digital Design Reconsidered - Proceedings of the 41st Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2023), 399–408. https://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/ecaade2023_450.pdf
Imam C and Ligler H. 2023. “3D Voxel Grammar of Mangalabas (Goodwill House).” In Dokonal, W, Hirschberg, U, and Wurzer, G (eds.), Digital Design Reconsidered - Proceedings of the 41st Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2023), 441-450. https://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/ecaade2023_221.pdf
Paulino DMS, Lewis KL, Napolitano R and Ligler H. 2023. “Automating the Adaptive Reuse of Cultural Heritage: A Computational Framework for Reconfiguring Historic Masonry Buildings.” In Dokonal, W, Hirschberg, U, and Wurzer, G (eds.), Digital Design Reconsidered - Proceedings of the 41st Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2023), 691- 700. https://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/ecaade2023_397.pdf
Ligler H. 2023. “Visualizing Anne Tyng’s Transformations of the Octetruss.” Nexus Network Journal 25 (Supplement 1; Conference Proceedings), 71-78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-023-00692-6
Walter N, Ligler H and Gürsoy B. 2023. “From Graphical Treatment of Combinatorics to Tiling Grammars.” Nexus Network Journal 25 (Supplement 1; Conference Proceedings), 321-332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-023-00715-2
Abu-Aridah D and Ligler H. 2022. “From Shelter to Home: Transformation Grammar of Housing Units in Irbid Refugee Camp.” In Herrera, PC, Dreifuss-Serrano, C, Gómez, P, Arris-Calderon, LF (eds.), Critical Appropriations - Proceedings of the XXVI Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2022), 311–322. https://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/sigradi2022_6.pdf
Paulino DMS, Knapp C, Ligler H and Napolitano R. 2022. “The Reviver Grammar: Transforming the Historic Center of Sao Luis through Social Housing.” In Herrera, PC, Dreifuss-Serrano, C, Gómez, P, Arris-Calderon, LF (eds.), Critical Appropriations - Proceedings of the XXVI Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2022), 347–358. https://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/sigradi2022_94.pdf
Nowobilski M and Ligler H. 2021. “The Market Square Grammar: Reconstructing the Facades of Warsaw’s Old Town.” In Stojakovic, V, and Tepavcevic, B (eds.), Towards a new, configurable architecture - Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference, 283-292. https://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/ecaade2021_068.pdf
Paulino DMS, Napolitano R, Ligler H, Bak K, Hogan SL and Moreno J T C. 2021. “A Grammar Based Methodology to Support the Adaptive Reuse of Historic Buildings: The Case Study of the Sobrado Building Type.” In The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLVI-M-1-2021, 515–521. https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVI-M-1-2021/515/2021/isprs-archives-XLVI-M-1-2021-515-2021.pdf
Ligler H and Economou A. 2019. “From Drawing Shapes to Scripting Shapes: Architectural Theory Mediated by Shape Machine.” In Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SIMAUD ’19), 279-286. https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.5555/3390098.3390137
Ligler H and Economou A. 2019. “On John Portman’s Atria: Two Exercises in Hotel Composition.” In Gero J. (eds) Design Computing and Cognition ’18 (DCC 2018). Springer, Cham., 439-358. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05363-5_22
Ligler H and Economou A. 2015. “Entelechy I: Towards a Formal Specification of John Portman’s Domestic Architecture.” In Martens, B, Wurzer, G, Grasl T, Lorenz, WE and Schaffranek, R (eds.), Real Time - Proceedings of the 33rd eCAADe Conference, 445-452. https://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/ecaade2015_253.content.pdf
Ligler H and Economou A. 2015. “Lost in Translation: Towards an Automated Description of John Portman’s Domestic Architecture.” In Proceedings of the XIX Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2015), 657-661. https://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/sigradi2015_11.165.pdf