Hou Dan

Assistant Professor

Research Interest: Design Generation Algorithm; Building Performance Optimization; Parametric Design; BIM

1. Research Project

Computational Support for Spatial Grammars for Urban and Architectural Design, Singapore MOE's AcRF start-up grant, research member.

Building Energy Efficiency Optimization System based on Parametric Building Information Modelling, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Cooperative Research Fund for Overseas and Hong Kong and Macao scholars), research member.

Theory and Method of Low-energy Public Building Design in Cold Climate Area, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Key Project), research member.

2. Publications

Dan Hou, Rudi Stouffs*.An Algorithmic Design Grammar Embedded With Heuristics. Automation in Construction，0926-5805 ，Feb.2019，Volume: 102 , p.308-331.

Dan Hou, Rudi Stouffs*. An algorithmic design grammar for problem solving. Automation in Construction，0926-5805 ，Aug. 2018，Volume: 94 , p.417-437.

Dan Hou, Gang Liu*, Qi Zhang, Lan Wang, Rui Dang. Integrated Building Envelope Design Process Combining Parametric Modelling and Multi-Objective Optimization. Transactions of Tianjin University, 1006-4982 ，Dec. 2016，Volume: 23 , Issue: 02 , p.138-146.

Dan Hou, Xiaoqian Li, Wei Yan, Gang Liu. A multi-stage framework for building energy optimization: prototypes and key factors for a case study. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of IBPSA, 2522-2708, Sep. 2019， p.2941-2950.

Dan Hou, Zhen Han, Wei Yan, Gang Liu. Embedding sensitivity analysis into PSO for building energy optimization. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of IBPSA, 2522-2708, Sep. 2019， p.2918-2924.

3. Honor:

Excellent Student Paper Award of the Youth Committee of China Green Building and Energy Conservation Committee in 2017

4. Courses:

Building Construction

Architecture Design 

Contact: houdan_2015@163.com