Digital transformation of the design, construction and management processes of the built environment

Abstract

The chapters included in this book deal with the digital transformation of the built environment. Digitalization is perhaps the outstanding trend in all the sectors of the life, all around the world: an Italian perspective on what is happening in the industry of the built environment may be especially interesting because of the peculiarities of the construction sector, and because criticalities and barriers are in Italy more challenging than in many other countries. The book belongs to a series designed to present a structured vision of the many possible approaches—within the field of architecture and civil engineering—to the development of researches dealing with the processes of planning, design, construction, management and transformation of the built environment. Each book contains a selection of essays reporting researches and projects, developed during the last six years within the ABC Department (Architecture, Built environment and Construction engineering) of Politecnico di Milano, concerning a cutting-edge field in the international scenario of the construction sector. Following the concept that innovation happens as different researches stimulate each other, skills and integrated disciplines are brought together within the department, generating a diversity of theoretical and applied studies. Each part of the book was designed to include relevant research outcomes in all the different stages of the transformation process (i.e. Interoperable Management of the Process, Design Stage, Executive Stage and Management Stage) with a common thread (e.g. handling of the information, support of designers and clients in the first stage, optimization of production and construction activities, efficient management of buildings). Moreover, the volume includes a final part on Digital Technologies for Multi-Scale Survey and Analysis, which embraces all the previously mentioned stages and also presents state-of-the-art case histories on Italian monuments well known worldwide, transferring to historic preservation the processual vision matured through the multidisciplinary approach to the built environment as a whole.