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Tall, flexible, and digitally connected: A peek at the buildings of the future
(Eco Business, 30 Sep 2019) What will buildings and cities of the future look like in the face of global megatrends like climate change? Eco-Business gazes into the crystal ball with industry experts at the recent International Built Environment Week in Singapore.
Buildings of the future will have to be taller, multi-purpose and digitally connected, said industry experts at the International Built Environment Week in Singapore earlier this month.
The impact that megatrends such as rapid urbanisation, growing populations, and climate change will have on the building and construction industry was extensively discussed, with more than one conference segment focused on how to build for these changes.
Explaining what determines the development of building design, Alvin Ng, vice president of digital solutions at Johnson Controls International (JCI), told Eco-Business: “The future of the built environment is the intersection point between architecture and design, technology, and community and social environments. In that intersection is how we can transform the way people learn, live, work, and play.”
Space is, after all, a function of how people use it, he added.
And use it intensely they will—industry professionals Eco-Business spoke to predicted that buildings of the future will have spaces that serve multiple functions, and will be linked up to digital systems to enable smarter, tailored services for users.
The cities of the future must rise high and occupy as little ground area as possible, while also ensuring a single space or plot of land can be reused for multiple purposes, said IBEW speakers.
Eco Business, 30 Sep 2019: Tall, flexible, and digitally connected: A peek at the buildings of the future
