Automating Cities: Design, Construction, Operation and Future Impact

Book Description

This book highlights the latest advancements in the use of automated systems in the design, construction, operation and future of the built environment and its occupants. It considers how the use of automated decision-making frameworks, artificial intelligence and other technologies of automation are presently impacting the practice of architects, engineers, project managers and contractors, and articulates the near future changes to workflows, legal frameworks and the wider AEC industry. This book surveys and compiles the use of city apps, robots that operate buildings and fabricate structural elements, 3D printing, drones, sensors, algorithms, and advanced prefabricated modules. The book also contributes to the growing literature on smart cities, and explores the impacts on data privacy and data sovereignty that arise through the use of sensors, digital twins and intelligent transport systems. It provides a useful reference for further research and development in the area of automation in design and construction to architects, engineers, project managers, superintendents and construction lawyers, contractors, policy makers, and students.

中文：

书名：城市自动化：设计、建设、运营和未来影响

本书重点介绍了在建筑环境及其居住者的设计、施工、操作和未来使用自动化系统方面的最新进展。它考虑了自动化决策框架、人工智能和其他自动化技术的使用目前如何影响建筑师、工程师、项目经理和承包商的实践，并阐明了在不久的将来对工作流程、法律框架和更广泛的AEC行业的变化。这本书调查和汇编了城市应用程序、操作建筑物和制造结构元素的机器人、3D打印、无人机、传感器、算法和高级预制模块的使用。这本书还为日益增长的关于智能城市的文献做出了贡献，并探索了传感器、数字双胞胎和智能交通系统的使用对数据隐私和数据主权的影响。它为建筑师、工程师、项目经理、主管和建筑律师、承包商、政策制定者和学生在设计和施工自动化领域的进一步研究和开发提供了有益的参考。