Built Environment, Architecture and Construction (BEACON) Research Excellence Group

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The Built Environment, Architecture and Construction (BEACON) Research and Enterprise Group sets out to advance the frontiers of knowledge and innovation in architecture, the built environment and construction through cutting-edge, alternative and innovative research methodologies, interdisciplinary collaboration and sustainable practices.

Our mission is to inspire transformative solutions that enhance the resilience, efficiency and quality of our natural and built environments, fostering harmonious, long-term, global relationships between people and their respective environments. We aim to improve the quality of lives through responsive, proactive and sensible utilisation of technology and its associated nexus of data, information, knowledge and wisdom.

BEACON seeks to facilitate digital transformation in/of architecture and the built environment to pave the way towards liberating the workforce for concentrating more on planning, strategising, innovation, and technology-based creativity and development (Industry 4.0). We aim to help the discipline/industry and their associated and inter-dependent sector(s) to move towards prosperity beyond mere vocation and growth, freeing up further human, organisational and societal capacities to concentrate on the personal and social well-being of employees, all space users and develop holistic health in the built and natural environments (Industry 5.0).

If you are interested in working with us, please contact Poorang Piroozfar [email protected]

Ikenna Ajiero
- I.Ajierobrighton.acuk
- School of Arch, Tech and Eng - Lecturer
- Built Environment, Architecture and Construction (BEACON) Research Excellence Group
Person: Academic
20142025
Mahmood Alam
- M.Alambrighton.acuk
- School of Arch, Tech and Eng - Associate Dean Education and Student Exp
- Built Environment, Architecture and Construction (BEACON) Research Excellence Group
- Advanced Engineering Centre
Person: Academic
20112026
Md Saniul Alam, CEng
- M.S.Alambrighton.acuk
- School of Arch, Tech and Eng - Senior Lecturer
- Built Environment, Architecture and Construction (BEACON) Research Excellence Group
Person: Academic
20122024

1 Active
2 Finished

Agritech 5G: Growing Sussex (Agritech 5G)
Khan, Z. (PI), Rafiq, I. (CoI), Shah, R. A. (CoPI), Khan, B. (CoPI) & Ogunleye, B. (CoPI)
16/06/24 → 13/06/27
Project: Industry
EEA: Enacting Gregory Bateson’s Ecological Aesthetics in Architecture and Design
Sweeting, B. (PI), Perera, D. (PI), Boehnert, J. J. (CoI), Davidova, M. (CoI) & Goodbun, J. (CoI)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/02/23 → 31/01/25
Project: Research Councils / Government Depts.
Lankelma KTP
Garrett, C. (PI), Soldar, G. (CoPI) & Diakoumi, M. (PI)
1/11/21 → 31/10/23
Project: Research Councils / Government Depts.

78 Article
33 Conference contribution with ISSN or ISBN
12 Chapter
7 Editorial
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Coral Visual Recognition for Marine Environmental Monitoring: A Systematic Review of Progress, Challenges, and Future Directions
Liu, H., Luo, Y., Luo, Q., Xu, Y., Wang, X. & Guo, X., 13 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 14, 8, 24 p., 717.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Human Visual Attentiveness and Response to Biophilic Interior Design: An Eye-Tracking Study
Elliott, J., Fallahkhair, S., Farr, E. & Piroozfar, P., 28 Feb 2026, (Accepted/In press) 28TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION. Springer, (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) ).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Conference contribution with ISSN or ISBN › peer-review
Integrated experimental testing and optimisation of numerical data-driven modelling for eco-efficient GI-fibre mortars with recycled crushed waste clay bricks in ferrocement strengthening of RC beams
Miah, M. J., Miah, M. S., Hasan, N. M. S. & Mughal, H., 23 Mar 2026, In: Frontiers in Materials. 13, 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File

The Journal of Architecture (Journal)
Sweeting, B. (Reviewer)
Mar 2025
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
Towards a Typology of Circularities
Sweeting, B. (Presenter) & Goodbun, J. (Presenter)
15 Jun 2024 → 19 Jun 2024
Activity: External talk or presentation › Oral presentation

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Living Cybernetics, Playing Language: 60th Anniversary Meeting of the American Society for Cybernetics
Sweeting, B. (Member of programme committee)
15 Jun 2024 → 19 Jun 2024
Activity: Events › Conference

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Ikenna Ajiero

Mahmood Alam

Md Saniul Alam, CEng

Agritech 5G: Growing Sussex (Agritech 5G)

EEA: Enacting Gregory Bateson’s Ecological Aesthetics in Architecture and Design

Lankelma KTP

Coral Visual Recognition for Marine Environmental Monitoring: A Systematic Review of Progress, Challenges, and Future Directions

Human Visual Attentiveness and Response to Biophilic Interior Design: An Eye-Tracking Study

Integrated experimental testing and optimisation of numerical data-driven modelling for eco-efficient GI-fibre mortars with recycled crushed waste clay bricks in ferrocement strengthening of RC beams

The Journal of Architecture (Journal)

Towards a Typology of Circularities

Living Cybernetics, Playing Language: 60th Anniversary Meeting of the American Society for Cybernetics

Built Environment, Architecture and Construction (BEACON) Research Excellence Group

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