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Research Areas
Digital Technologies Section is a dynamic powerhouse in computational innovation, leading the charge in reshaping the design, construction, and planning of buildings and environments for a sustainable and performance-oriented future. Our core mission revolves around seamlessly uniting the human and physical aspects, blending structural, thermal, and acoustic factors with cognitive, functional, geo-information, and social elements through cutting-edge computational tools. The fusion of both DI and GIS Technologies drive us to innovate and break new boundaries in areas of research across all scale for the small to the large in various topics such as employing advanced manufacturing techniques, tackling complex design challenges, and promoting cross-disciplinary research collaboration. In this exciting crossroads of informatics, architectural engineering, and spatial computation, Digital Technologies Section foster an environment of interdisciplinary exploration and education, paving the way for the future of sustainable design and digital brilliance.

Key topic areas include: 

  • Building performance
  • geo-information technologies
  • Indoor models and navigation
  • Digital Twins and decision support
  • Vario-scale maps
  • Point clouds representations
  • Land administration
  • Computer-aided manufacturing
  • Materials research
  • Building performance
  • Computational design

 

 

Research Labs

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Projects

woodw-otrees_250x250WOOD WITHOUT TREES RESEARCH PROJECT
The on-going Wood Without Trees project studies a solution to upcycle both components into a fully biobased material for additive manufacturing. 

 

\images\doubleface1_250x250DOUBLEFACE – 4TU LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT
The project designed and prototyped a modular system for adjustable translucent thermal mass, based on an innovative (digital) approach to thermal principles of trombe walls.

 

\images\geomatics_250x250ND-POINTCLOUDS: A MODEL FOR DEEPLY INTEGRATING SPACE, TIME, AND SCALE
Novel massive multi-dimensional point cloud data sets, time and added information representing space. 

 

cadster_250x250LAND ADMINISTRATION DOMAIN MODEL/3D LAND ADMINISTRATION
The registration of the legal status in complex 3D situations will be investigated under the header of 3D Cadastres.  

\images\adam250x250ADAM - OPEN TECHNOLOGIEPROGRAMMA NWO
A new cutting-edge acoustic device is proposed that regulates its performance by its geometrical characteristics based on interference principles. 

 

heritage_250x250REPRINTING ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE
A pilot study was proposed includes high-definition scanning and 3D printing of a heritage structure at the building scale.

 

DATALESS1_250x250DATALESs
Integrating thousands of controllable elements in LESs and green buildings into traditional control or optimization frameworks while still guaranteeing optimal system-level objectives

 

MULTICARE_250x250MULTICARE
Multi-hazard low-carbon resilient technologies and multi-scale digital services for a future-proof, sustainable & user-centred built environment.