Professor Yusuf Arayici

Professor

Department: Architecture and Built Environment

Yusuf Arayici is a professor in the Built Environment at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, where he previously served as Deputy Head of Department and Head of Apprenticeship Programmes in Architecture and Built Environment. With a research career spanning more than two decades, he is internationally recognised for his expertise in Building Information Modelling (BIM), digital design, process improvement, energy management, and sustainability. He has successfully conducted leading roles in research projects totalling £10 million in funding, working with both academic and industry partners across the UK, Europe, and internationally. He has also supervised sixteen PhD researchers and numerous MSc students, and authored over one hundred academic papers alongside six influential books on BIM, digitalisation, and sustainability.

His recent research advances focus on Deep Learning and Cognitive Digital Twins for healthcare facilities management, as well as AI-driven point cloud classifications for heritage BIM.

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Key Publications

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A cost estimation recommendation system for improved contingency management in construction projects, Mostofi, F., Toğan, V., Tokdemir, O., Arayici, Y. 1 Feb 2025, In: Neural Computing and Applications
An AI-Supported Framework for Enhancing Energy Resilience of Historical Buildings Under Future Climate Change, Öztürk, B., Arslan Selcuk, S., Arayici, Y. 15 Aug 2025, In: Architecture
Point Cloud Segmentation Based on the Uniclass Classification System with Random Forest Algorithm for Cultural Heritage Buildings in the UK, Gil, A., Arayici, Y. 24 Apr 2025, In: Heritage
Sustainable Communities through Digital Transformation, Arayici, Y., Thurairajah, N., Kumar, B. 29 Apr 2025
A Hybrid Modelling Approach for Information Processing Workflow in Inter-cultural Heritage Projects, Cugen, H., Arslan Selcuk, S., Arayici, Y. 10 Jul 2024, In: Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research
Machine and Deep Learning Implementations for Heritage Building Information Modelling: A Critical Review of Theoretical and Applied Research, Gil, A., Arayici, Y., Kumar, B., Laing, R. 1 Sep 2024, In: Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage
A Quantitative, Evidence-based Analysis of Correlations Between Lean Construction and Building Information Modelling, Arayici, Y., Tokdemir, O., Kassem, M. 21 Nov 2023, In: Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
BIM-based big data analytic system for healthcare facility management, Demirdöğen, G., Işık, Z., Arayici, Y. 1 Apr 2023, In: Journal of Building Engineering
Implementing PointNet for point cloud segmentation in the heritage context, Haznedar, B., Bayraktar, R., Ozturk, A., Arayici, Y. 4 Jan 2023, In: Heritage Science
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based Occupant-Centric Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Control System for Multi-Zone Commercial Buildings, Yayla, A., Świerczewska, K., Kaya, M., Karaca, B., Arayici, Y., Ayözen, Y., Tokdemir, O. 2 Dec 2022, In: Sustainability

PGR Supervision

Tugçe Baçnak Development of Reinforcement Learning enabled Cognitive Digital Twin Framework for Space Management in the Accident and Emergency Units of Hospitals Start Date: 01/10/2023
Aleksander Gil AI Implementation Roadmap for Automated HBIM Modelling in UK`s Cultural Heritage Assets Start Date: 01/10/2021