Modern Digital Technologies for the Built Environment of the Future
A special issue of Infrastructures (ISSN 2412-3811).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 March 2025 | Viewed by 1139
Special Issue Editor
Interests: building information modeling; building information modelling; bim; landscape information modeling; city information modeling; integration BIM-GIS; education
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Elements of building, technical, transmission, green, or blue infrastructure are essential to communities and are an important part of surface infrastructure. Thanks to digitization, robotization, and automation, built facilities are becoming more comfortable and sustainable. Designed construction facilities using modern technologies offer an opportunity to achieve the idea of the Digital Twin (DT). As many case studies over the past few decades have shown, the management of such facilities is more effective than traditional analog methods using traditional communication channels. At the same time, the construction of such facilities using modern technologies is faster and more efficient.
This Special Issue will collect articles on a wide range of topics related to existing and new methods of designing, implementing, and managing construction facilities. We encourage you to submit manuscripts in which new technologies have been applied for the design of both building and infrastructure elements (including transmission and green/blue infrastructure). The topic will also include the application of modern technologies: BIM (Building Information Modeling), VR (Virtual Reality), AI (Artificial Intelligence), IoT (Internet of Things), etc. The design, implementation, and management of construction facilities have evolved significantly in recent years with the introduction of innovative sensors, modern data communication systems, or ICT solutions. As a result, innovative approaches to building new broad infrastructure are particularly welcome in this Special Issue.
Dr. Andrzej Borkowski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- buildings transmission
- infrastructure
- green infrastructure
- blue infrastructure
- Digital Twin (DT)
- BIM (Building Information Modeling)
- VR (Virtual Reality)
- AI (Artificial Intelligence)
- IoT (Internet of Things)
- management
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Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: A case study in parametric analysis and architectural epistemology
Authors: Mike Christenson, Professor of Architecture
Affiliation: University of Minnesota, USA
Abstract: The project described in this essay examines the epistemological potentials of parametric
analysis as an approach to studying spatial and morphological aspects of existing buildings. By
drawing on Suarez’s inferential conception of representation, the study positions parametric
digital models of existing buildings as dynamic, formal and spatial mechanisms for hypothesis
generation, moving beyond traditionally static, isomorphic models. Using the Federal Archive
Building in New York City as a case study, the essay demonstrates how iterative digital modeling
processes may reveal latent design properties, challenge conventional assumptions about
accuracy and isomorphism, and inform new architecturally relevant insights. The essay also
addresses potential risks of the approach, such as overinterpretation and neglect of material
context, advocating for transparency and hybrid methodologies. Ultimately, the essay argues that
parametric analysis transforms digital models of existing buildings into tools for conceptual
inquiry, offering a productive framework for interpreting the built environment.
