Pirouz is a generative design technologist and digital planning theorist who is actively researching the utilization of simulation-driven complexity sciences (generative sciences), digital twinning, and mathematical modelling to contribute to sustainable urban development. He is developing mathematical, computational, and gamified methods for augmented spatial planning, urban design, and participatory housing development.Ā 

Pirouz is especially focused on two types of R&D endeavours:

  • Spatial Planning Support Systems (SPSS) for Strategic Planning, i.e. multi-actor and multi-criteria decision problems on the design of spatial configurationsĀ 
  • Spatial Decision Support Systems (SDSS) for Operational Planning, i.e. spatial optimization problems related to the utilization and operation within spatial networks and spatial systems

Gamification, Game Theory, Serious Gaming, and Cyber-Physical Games are frequent themes in Pirouz's scholarly work.

Expertise

  • Computer Science

    • Algorithms
    • Data Model
    • Programs
    • Social Media
  • Social Sciences

    • Analysis
    • Planning
    • Process
    • Approach

Organisations

Cyber-Physical Design Games, Participatory Design, Planning Support Systems, Design Support Systems, Computational Design, Generative Design, Simulation Modelling

Publications

2025

Urban Indicators Dataset: Drinking Water, Urban Heat, and Housing Provision (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Cardenas-Leon, I., Nourian, P., Koeva, M. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15676614Do urban digital twins need agents? (2025)Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Marçal Russo, L., Dane, G., Helbich, M., Ligtenberg, A., Filomena, G., Janssen, C. P., Koeva, M., Nourian, P., Patuano, A., Raposo, P., Thompson, K., Yang, S. & Verstegen, J. A.https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083251317666IFC2BCM: A Tool for Generating IndoorGML and Building Configuration Model from IFC (2025)SoftwareX, 29. Article 101975. Jia, Z., Nourian, P., Luscuere, P. & Wagenaar, C.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2024.101975What have urban digital twins contributed to urban planning and decision making?: A systematic literature review and a socio-technical research and development agenda (2025)[Working paper › Preprint]. Preprints. Azadi, S., Kasraian, D., Nourian, P. & van Wesemael, P.https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202501.0523.v1

2024

A configuration model for hospital design support systems (2024)[Working paper › Preprint]. Preprints. Jia, Z., Nourian, P., Luscuere, P. & Wagenaar, C.https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.2191.v1Urban digital twin-based solution using geospatial information for solid waste management (2024)Sustainable Cities and Society, 115. Article 105798. Cárdenas-León, I., Koeva, M., Nourian, P. & Davey, C.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105798Digital Twining Education Lessons (2024)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Cardenas-Leon, I., Koeva, M. & Nourian, P.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14062080Open-Source solutions for real-time 3D geospatial web integration (2024)In ISPRS TC IV Mid-term Symposium ā€œSpatial Information to Empower the Metaverseā€ (pp. 289-295) (International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives). Copernicus. La Guardia, M., Koeva, M., Díaz-Vilariño, L. & Nourian, P.https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-2024-289-2024Real-time visibility assessment in an interactive immersive virtual reality application for urban public space design (2024)In ISPRS TC IV Mid-term Symposium ā€œSpatial Information to Empower the Metaverseā€ (pp. 139-145) (International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives). Copernicus. Dane, G., Campoverde, C., Nourian, P. & Koeva, M.https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-2024-139-2024A LiDAR-based digital twinning workflow for traffic monitoring and simulation (2024)ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, X-4-2024(4), 411-418. Wibisana, M. I., Koeva, M., Nourian, P., Petrova-Antonova, D. & Karamitov, K.https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-2024-411-2024

Research profiles

Pirouz teaches a few specific subjects in Area Development and 3D Geospatial Digital Twinning next to providing general guidance in geospatial analysis case studies and MSc thesis projects.Ā 

YouTube Channel: @pirouzaan

Address

University of Twente

Langezijds (building no. 19), room 1305
Hallenweg 8
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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<p><span>Room 1305, University of Twente, Langezijds Building</span></p>
<p><span>Hallenweg 8, 7522 NH Enschede</span></p>

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