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Digital Technologies Transforming Construction Design

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 August 2024 | Viewed by 6956

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Barbara Rangel

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Faculty of Engineer, University of Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
Interests: 3D printing for construction; integrated project design; architectural design theory; industrial design
Dr. Ana Sofia Guimarães

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Faculty of Engineer, University of Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
Interests: 3D printing for construction; building pathology and rehabilitation; energy and hygrothermal behaviour
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Prof. Dr. César Martín-Gómez

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Department of Construction, Building Services and Structures, Universidad de Navarra, 31009 Pamplona, Spain
Interests: building services; energy; integration; architecture; biomimicry; thermoelectricity; safety
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Due to today's economic, cultural, and political panorama, construction is being pushed to industrialisation. This industrialisation is transforming the processes and methodologies of all disciplines, from design to construction and even maintenance. In order to reduce construction times, off-site prefabrication has increased, and processes are now being brought to the factory. In the building site, these elements produced in the factory are assembled in plug-and-play systems. As a machine, the building is controlled remotely by a digital twin model. Hence, automation is now a part of building processes during construction and in service.

This “digital revolution” has inevitably transformed construction design processes from architecture to engineering. 3D printing has allowed customised pre-fabrication and the return to monolithic construction. Artificial intelligence is giving design the capacity to predict infinite variations. Virtual and augmented reality empowers constructors and building users to connect directly to management processes.

In this Special Issue, a reflection is made on the transformations this digital revolution is generating in construction design, from architecture to engineering, gathering new research trends, case studies, pilot projects, reviews, and state-of-the-art discussions.

Dr. Barbara Rangel
Dr. Ana Sofia Guimarães
Prof. Dr. César Martín-Gómez
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • digital architecture
  • generative design
  • tectonic design
  • 3D printing for construction

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Generate Master-Quality Architectural Designs from Text Descriptions
by Junming Chen, Duolin Wang, Zichun Shao, Xu Zhang, Mengchao Ruan, Huiting Li and Jiaqi Li
Buildings 2023, 13(9), 2285; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13092285 - 08 Sep 2023
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The exceptional architecture designed by master architects is a shared treasure of humanity, which embodies their design skills and concepts not possessed by common architectural designers. To help ordinary designers improve the design quality, we propose a new artificial intelligence (AI) method for [...] Read more.
The exceptional architecture designed by master architects is a shared treasure of humanity, which embodies their design skills and concepts not possessed by common architectural designers. To help ordinary designers improve the design quality, we propose a new artificial intelligence (AI) method for generative architectural design, which generates designs with specified styles and master architect quality through a diffusion model based on textual prompts of the design requirements. Compared to conventional methods dependent on heavy intellectual labor for innovative design and drawing, the proposed method substantially enhances the creativity and efficiency of the design process. It overcomes the problem of specified style difficulties in generating high-quality designs in traditional diffusion models. The research results indicated that: (1) the proposed method efficiently provides designers with diverse architectural designs; (2) new designs upon easily altered text prompts; (3) high scalability for designers to fine-tune it for applications in other design domains; and (4) an optimized architectural design workflow. Full article
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Bibliometric Analysis of Personalized 3D-Printed Concrete-Based Modules for Construction: Leveraging the Ordinatio Method
by Tássia Latorraca, Ana Sofia Guimarães and Bárbara Rangel
Buildings 2024, 14(3), 802; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14030802 - 15 Mar 2024
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The research landscape of personalized 3D-printed concrete-based modules for construction and their impact on thermal performance through generative design methods is explored through a bibliometric analysis. Comprehensive analysis techniques, including bibliographic data and visualization with VoSviewer, are employed to unveil collaborative networks, influential [...] Read more.
The research landscape of personalized 3D-printed concrete-based modules for construction and their impact on thermal performance through generative design methods is explored through a bibliometric analysis. Comprehensive analysis techniques, including bibliographic data and visualization with VoSviewer, are employed to unveil collaborative networks, influential articles, research trends, and emerging themes within this domain. Global contributions are showcased, with citations predominantly from the UK and USA, while Denmark and Australia demonstrate a significant impact relative to publication numbers. Prominent authors like Buswell, Mechtcherine, and Zhang are highlighted through co-authorship analysis, revealing evolving collaborative patterns over time. Seminal works and influential authors are identified through co-citation analysis, providing insights into intellectual networks. Source citation analysis emphasizes the importance of sustainability and advanced manufacturing methods through key journals in the field. Keyword co-occurrence analysis identifies the core themes, including 3D concrete printing, additive manufacturing, and sustainability. Emerging trends indicate a growing focus on sustainability and adopting advanced manufacturing technologies. These insights have implications for future research, guiding impactful contributions in this evolving field. Full article
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Mapping a Decade of Smart Homes for the Elderly in Web of Science: A Scientometric Review in CiteSpace
by Jianfeng Liao, Xiao Cui and Hwanyong Kim
Buildings 2023, 13(7), 1581; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13071581 - 21 Jun 2023
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Challenges caused by the care of the ageing population in many countries are becoming increasingly severe. However, high expenditures on healthcare services and the cost of infrastructure construction will be an unbearable burden for both the government and individuals. Due to its security, [...] Read more.
Challenges caused by the care of the ageing population in many countries are becoming increasingly severe. However, high expenditures on healthcare services and the cost of infrastructure construction will be an unbearable burden for both the government and individuals. Due to its security, convenience, and lower prices compared with traditional medical care, smart home technology, which includes information and communication technologies (ICTs), artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT), can reduce the care burden. While smart home studies targeting older adults have increased, systematic analysis of these studies is lacking. CiteSpace enables rapid clustering and visualisation of the literature using scientific diagrams, exhibiting the results more comprehensibly. This analysis of academic research published within the last decade (from 2012 to 2023) through a scientometric approach can help to understand the historical variations, the latest technologies and emerging trends, and the research clusters that have emerged related to the study of smart homes for the elderly (SHFTE). The study results showed that recent research mainly centres on IoT for home automation and home-based healthcare, including wearable device applications and information security analysis. Research trends regarding SHFTE have focused primarily on developing and updating smart technologies based on the IoT, sensors, and related home monitoring. Therefore, greater emphasis must be placed on connecting smart homes and intelligent buildings with communities and societies, developing the potential of smart communities, and investigating the application of smart integration to the home and community in cities. Full article
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