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Smart Buildings

Technology and the Design of the Built Environment
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Smart Buildings investigates how technology is transforming architecture and the built environment. It covers advances such as the Internet of Things, 3D printing, innovative materials, and robotics, examining their impact on building design, construction, use, and understanding.

This practical guide showcases global case studies and multidisciplinary insights, highlighting opportunities to enhance communication, flexibility, wellbeing, productivity, and data collection within architectural spaces.
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Ideal for architects, design professionals, and students interested in the integration of technology with the built environment. Also valuable for those curious about the future of architecture and smart technologies.

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A practical guide to technical advances including Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, innovative materials and robotics, Smart Buildings also outlines the opportunities for architecture including improved communication, flexibility, wellbeing, productivity and data collection.

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How is technology shaping our built environment and changing the practice of architecture?

This book explores how buildings and spaces are designed, built, used, and better understood through technology. A practical guide to technical advances, including Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, innovative materials, and robotics, Smart Buildings also outlines the opportunities for architecture, including improved communication, flexibility, wellbeing, productivity, and data collection.

Bringing together multidisciplinary contributions and case studies from across the globe, this book provides an inspiring practical guide on how technology can inspire new architectural ideas, improving quality, comfort, health, and wellbeing in the built environment.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781859468708

Publisher: RIBA Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 January 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: RIBA Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Ron Bakker is an architect and founding partner of PLP Architecture. He is the architect of The Edge, Amsterdam, which Bloomberg has called โ€œthe greenest office building in the world, and quite possibly the smartestโ€. Ron speaks regularly on the role of new technologies in the built environment and their impact on productivity and well-being at universities and conferences around the world, including the World Economic Forum and TEDx.

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