| dc.description.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. | |
