Langezijds

dr. P. Nourian MArch (Pirouz)

Assistant Professor
ITC-SCI-PLAN
Langezijds 1305
p.nourian@utwente.nl
+31534897465
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Focused on Digital Design & Urban Systems, Pirouz is a computational mathematician and a generative systems technologist who is actively researching the utilization of simulation-driven complexity sciences (generative sciences), computational urban planning, and mathematical policy analysis to contribute to sustainable urban development, especially in areas with perplexing questions of decision analysis and ambiguous trade-offs. He is developing mathematical, computational, and gamified methods for augmented spatialĀ planning, computational urban design, and participatory housing development.Ā 

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

  • Network-Based Digital Transformation of Strategic Planning, i.e. multi-actor and multi-criteria decision problems on the design of spatial configurationsĀ 
  • Network-Based Operations Research for Operational Planning, i.e. spatial optimization problems related to the utilization and operation within spatial networks and spatial systems

Gamification, Graph Theory, Network Science,Ā Game Theory, Serious Gaming, and Cyber-Physical SystemsĀ are frequent themes in Pirouz's recent scholarly work.

Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Digital Twin
    • Decision Making
    • Urban Planning
    • Artificial Intelligence

  • Computer Science

    • Interactivity
    • Spatial Configuration
    • Computer Aided Design
    • Architectural Design

Organisations

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

Publications

2026

AI-empowered urban digital twins: Integrating geospatial and legal data for spatial planning and governance (2026)In ISPRS TC IV (WG IV/9): 10th International Conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities (SDSC) (pp. 105-112) (ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences). Copernicus. Koeva, M., Petrova-Antonova, D., Zlatanova, S., Peters, R., Persello, C., Lehtola, V., Nourian, P., Flacke, J., Grouls, R. & Stein, A.https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-XII-4-W2-2026-105-2026From Planning Question to Spatial Database: A Geospatial Data Scheme-Aware Importer for Urban Digital Twins (2026)In ISPRS TC IV (WG IV/9) 10th International Conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities (SDSC) (pp. 33-40) (ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences). Copernicus. Cárdenas-León, I., Koeva, M., Nourian, P. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-XII-4-W2-2026-33-2026Where to start with urban Digital Twins?: Backward-chaining key indicators for cross-sector water, heat, and housing impact analysis (2026)Computers, environment and urban systems, 131. Article 102512 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Cárdenas-León, I., Nourian, P., Koeva, M. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2026.102512Digital twin for improvement of the sustainability of neighbourhoods through scenario planning (2026)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] EGU General Assembly 2026. Athid, R., Koeva, M. N. & Nourian, P.https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-7450Digital twin for improvement of the sustainability of neighbourhoods through scenario planning (2026)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] EGU General Assembly 2026. Athid, R., Koeva, M. N., Nourian, P., Kramer, U.-B. & Schluter, M.Cross-sectoral digital planning Drinking Water-Urban Heat-Housing Provision indicators dataset (2026)Data in brief, 64. Article 112310. Cárdenas-León, I., Nourian, P., Koeva, M. N. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.112310

2025

Participatory Generative Design Education: On cultivating collective intelligence in design and planning (2025)In Teaching Architecture: Insights from TU Delft ā€“ Research on Education Innovation in Architecture & the Built Environment (pp. 18-31). TU Delft open. Nourian, P. & Azadi, S.https://doi.org/10.47982/7rjsjy50Urban 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.15676613Formalizing-modelling-utilizing ontology: A semantic framework for adaptive stakeholder-specific urban digital twins in urban planning processes (2025)Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Azadi, S., Kasraian, D., Nourian, P. & van Wesemael, P.https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083251329398What have urban digital twins contributed to urban planning and decision making?: From a systematic literature review toward a socio-technical research and development agenda (2025)Smart Cities, 8(1). Article 32. Azadi, S., Kasraian, D., Nourian, P. & van Wesemael, P.https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities8010032

Research profiles

Pirouz teaches a few specific subjects in Area Development and 3D Geospatial Digital Twinning, Spatial Information Systems Architecture and Land-Use Transport Interaction (LUTI) modelling, next to providing general guidance in geospatial analysis case studies and MSc thesis projects on digital twinning, planning support systems, and geo-design.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 1431, University of Twente, Langezijds Building</span></p>
<p><span>Hallenweg 8, 7522 NH Enschede</span></p>

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