Radical Technologies

Over the course of this chapter, we provide an overview of a range of technologies that deliver the application of data to the built environment. We first use complexity theory to frame the technologies described in this chapter in terms of whether they are best suited to tackling complex or merely complicated problem sets. We then discuss key types of technology that one can use to deliver digital change in built environment organisations including Building Information Modelling (BIM), Business Intelligence (BI), Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI), Smart Buildings and Internet of Things (IoT), Digital Rehearsals and automated parametric design, Digital Twins, and Generative AI.