ABSTRACT
As a theoretical discipline, architecture therefore encompasses the design of buildings, cities and other built environments. In addition, it also studies discursive fields regarding architecture and cities as well as the discipline of architecture and its boundaries, built environments broadly defined, and the effects of society on both discipline and built form—and, conversely, the ways that the discipline and built form affect society. This chapter begins with an overview of the main principles and theoretical developments in the field of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED). It illustrates important contributions that architects have made to the instantiation of criminological principles. The chapter presents computational tools that have been developed to support architects in designing more secure and more resilient buildings. More advanced tools, possibly relying on artificial intelligence, will have to be developed for the collection and analysis of high quality—high-resolution data, and assist architects in better designing-out crime and terrorism.
