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OPERATIONALISING CONCEPTS OF DIGITAL TWINS ON DIFFERENT MATURITY LEVELS (FOETAL, CHILD, ADULT) FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROCESS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2023

Gülbahar Emir Isik  and
Henri Hubertus Achten
Gülbahar Emir Isik*
Affiliation:
Czech Technical University in Prague
Henri Hubertus Achten
Affiliation:
Czech Technical University in Prague
*
Emir Isik, Gülbahar, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic, gulbahar.emir.isik@cvut.cz

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A digital twin is the mapping of a physical twin between hybrid spaces. The lifecycle of digital and physical twins occurs through the concepts of foetal, child, and adult twins. This technology can be used to assist clients and designers with real-time data. The use of digital twin technology in architectural design can be realised at various stages, from design to operation. Designers will be able to gain knowledge of the past, present, and future using this technology. This will reveal possible design scenarios. In this study, a hypothetical scenario is designed, in which designers build a building while already having a digital twin template. To do this, Building Information Modelling (BIM) is used as a reference model for digital twins, along with the fidelity levels of digital twins and the level of detail-development of BIM. When designers want to design a new project related to their predecessors, they already use the same type of digital twin-building portfolio they can use for their new design. A digital twin will help optimise the new process. Therefore, the digital twin of a building with a similar building type can be used to extract relevant data for the design process.

Keywords

Design processComputational design methodsDesign engineeringdigital twinfoetal-child-adult digital and physical twins
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 3: ICED23 , July 2023 , pp. 2825 - 2834
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