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Ofir Glassman

  • Research Assistant
  • Ariel University

About

Ofir Glassman is an architecture student at the Ariel School of Architecture and a research assistant at AAIRL. Her work focuses on the intersection of architectural design, AI, and human experience in built environments.

Ofir’s research studies how AI can approximate aspects of human behavior and spatial response, helping designers evaluate built environments beyond conventional performance metrics. Her work contributes to the lab’s Synthetic Humans and Design AI research directions.

Projects

Synthetic Humans
Synthetic Humans This project investigates whether AI models can approximate selected dimensions of human spatial experience to provide early-stage design feedback — and rigorously identifies where they cannot. AI Design
METROPOLIS: Urban Digital Twin
METROPOLIS: Urban Digital Twin An open, interoperable urban digital twin framework for integrating city data, deploying urban AI models, and supporting evidence-based planning. Smart Cities

Papers

2026 Publication

Why Students Don't Use Urban AI: A Study of Machine Learning Tool Adoption in the Design Studio

Ofir Glassman, Orly Cohen-Moas, Achituv Cohen, Noam Teshuva, Jonathan Dortheimer
  • Venue Damtsas, E. and Spaeth, A. B. (eds.), Informed Creativity in Architecture and Engineering - Proceedings of the 44th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2026), Volume 3
Open paper
2026 Publication

Synthetic Emotional Affect: Visual Language Models as Emotional Evaluators for Physical Environments

Jonathan Dortheimer, Adiya Nussbaum-Karmon, Gerhard Schubert, Nikolas Martelaro, Ofir Glassman, Neta Ben-David, Haya Brama
  • Venue Elsevier BV
Open paper

Want to solve real urban problems with AI?

We welcome applications from researchers, designers, and practitioners from diverse disciplinary backgrounds. If you are interested in contributing to research at the intersection of AI, design, and urban studies, we encourage you to apply and join our team.

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