Hamidreza Sakhaei is a Ph.D. candidate in Architecture at UniSA Creative and the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments (IVE) at the University of South Australia. He is actively involved in teaching at the university, contributing to a range of courses in architecture and urban studies. Hamidreza holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Architecture, with his master’s research focusing on quantifying spatial cognition through the exploration of film spaces. His ongoing Ph.D. research, funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant, investigates the application of Virtual Reality systems to enhance parametric design through innovative design studies.
About me
Hamidreza Sakhaei is a Ph.D. candidate in Architecture at UniSA Creative and the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments (IVE) at the University of South Australia. He is actively involved in teaching at the university, contributing to a range of courses in architecture and urban studies. Hamidreza holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Architecture, with his master’s research focusing on quantifying spatial cognition through the exploration of film spaces. His ongoing Ph.D. research, funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Project Grant, investigates the application of Virtual Reality systems to enhance parametric design through innovative design studies.
About me
Member of Tarbiat Modares University Scientific Association of Architecture. Sep 2017- Jan 2020
About me
Researcher at Architectural design, Modeling and Fabrication Lab, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. Jan 2020- Feb 2023
Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute Scholarship, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 22/06/2023 - 31/05/2026
Parametric VR: An Interactive Virtual Reality System for Parametric Design, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2025
Design Thinking in Immersive Environments: Exploring the impacts of VR on parametric design processes
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
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| 2020 |
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Sakhaei, H., Drogemuller, A., Yu, R., Cunningham, A., Thomas, B. H., and Gu, N. (2024) Towards an immersive design experience: initial user requirements to integrate parametric design with virtual reality, in F. Zhang, R. Yu, C. Bischeri, T. Liu, and M. Khoshbakht (eds), Harmony in Architectural Science and Design: Sustaining the Future, 57th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association 2024, pp. 310–318, November 26–29, 2024, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Drogemuller, A., Sakhaei, H., Cunningham, A., Yu, R., Gu, N., & Thomas, B. H. (2023). Envisioning Paramersive Design: An Immersive Approach to Architectural Design and Review. In 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct) (pp. 261-265). IEEE.
Sakhaei, H., Gu, N., & Looha, M. A. (2023). Assessing the association between subjective evaluation of space qualities and physiological responses through cinematic environments’ emotion-eliciting stimuli. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1012758.
Sakhaei, H., Biloria, N., & Azizmohammad Looha, M. (2022). Spatial stimuli in films: Uncovering the relationship between cognitive emotion and perceived environmental quality. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 940882.
Sakhaei, H., Yeganeh, M., & Afhami, R. (2022). Quantifying stimulus-affected cinematic spaces using psychophysiological assessments to indicate enhanced cognition and sustainable design criteria. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, 832537.
Sakhaei, H. (2020). Interactive kinetic canopy with industrial architecture legacy preservation approach. Journal of Architectural Research and Development, 4(2).
Research
Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute Scholarship, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 22/06/2023 - 31/05/2026
Parametric VR: An Interactive Virtual Reality System for Parametric Design, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2025
Design Thinking in Immersive Environments: Exploring the impacts of VR on parametric design processes
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
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