Digital Twin Project Integrating Machine Learning for an Effective Asset Management  Project Overview The COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant limitations in long-term resource planning within hospital environments, particularly regarding clinical patient...Read More

Digital Twin Platform for one of the largest urban regeneration projects in Europe Madrid Nuevo Norte is Madrid’s big 21st-century project. The most important urban transformation action that the capital...Read More

An actionable tool The challenge of UDTs is helping to provide high-quality built environments, more sustainable and resilient, for people. In general, these tools have to serve a purpose, be...Read More

Introduction The digitalization of every single component of cities has become a commodity in recent times, as the last iteration of the broader concept of smart cities (Cureton & Dunn,...Read More

What if city planners could test urban design scenarios before breaking ground? Utrecht’s Digital Twin is making this a reality, as we discovered at the Urban ReLeaf General Assembly in...Read More

The volumetric regime and the city as an object According to Gaboury (2021: 12), computer graphics assume that ‘the world is understood as a relational system of objects capable of discrete...Read More

Explores the roadmap for implementing BIM in Sant Feliu de Llobregat to enhance public administration efficiency, transparency, and the quality of urban management.... Membership Required You must be a member...Read More

Analyzes BIM adoption in North Macedonia and proposes a national roadmap to drive digital transformation, boost productivity, and enhance building energy performance.... Membership Required You must be a member to...Read More

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Architect, engineer and curator of the Biennale Architettura 2025, Carlo Ratti opened the IAAC Lecture Series 2025/26 in Barcelona. His keynote explored how natural, artificial and collective intelligence can reshape...Read More

In Ljubljana, the former Rog Factory has been transformed into Center Rog, a new hub for art, design, and innovation. Designed by the Barcelona-based studios Mendoza Partida and BAX Studio,...Read More

Developed within the Resilient by Design (RBD) initiative, the South Bay Sponge proposes a resilience framework that imagines new modes of climate adaptation for California’s South Bay. A multidisciplinary team...Read More

A Journey Through Failure, Experiment, and Urban Renewal In an interview conducted by urbanNext, architect Doreen Heng Liu discusses her book Dacheng Flour Factory, published by Actar, which documents the transformation...Read More

“Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.” — Haruki Murakami What role does landscape play in creating a sense of tranquility? This project examines tranquility as a collage...Read More

Originally built in the early 1920s by engineer Miroslav Kasal, the townhouse exemplified Central European bourgeois refinement. Its richly ornamented façade, wrought-iron fencing, and lush garden expressed dignity and social...Read More

In this immersive pavilion tour, Lydia Kallipoliti and Areti Markopoulou introduce The Metabolic Home: New Forms of Cohabitation and Decarbonization in the Dense City, a prototype dwelling that reimagines domestic...Read More

Zurich Airport Park reimagines an infrastructural edge as a high-intensity public landscape that also strengthens ecological systems. The commission called for a park capable of absorbing thousands of daily users...Read More

Did you know that buildings and cities today aren’t just built—they’re born digitally first? Welcome to the new world of BIM. BIM stands for Building Information Modelling. Imagine a single...Read More

The document Glossary of Terms in the SPHERE Project Environment provides a comprehensive compilation of definitions and key concepts used throughout the SPHERE Project — a Horizon 2020–funded research initiative...Read More

The document “Acronyms in the SPHERE Project Environment” is a comprehensive glossary developed as part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 SPHERE project (Grant Agreement No. 820805). It compiles over...Read More

Data Driven Building Digital Twins as New Business Cases in the Built Environment explores how data analytics and digital platforms are reshaping the architecture, engineering, construction, and operation (AECOO) industries....Read More

Building Digital Twins, Simulation Technical Insight is a technical report developed within the European Union’s Horizon 2020 SPHERE project (grant Nº 820805). Authored by P. Vicente Legazpi, Ángel Font, and...Read More

Building Information Modelling, or BIM, has become the cornerstone of a new era in construction. More than just a digital design tool, BIM is a methodology that expands across 10...Read More

To address the pressing issues of climate change and the global housing crisis by exploring innovative, sustainable construction methods that can be implemented anywhere in the world. Developing a rapid...Read More

A robotic timber construction prototype redefining architecture in the tropics, developed by IAAC’s Robotics Lab, The Circular Factory and Prospera.... Membership Required You must be a member to access this...Read More