Digital twins for the built environment

Boje, Calin; Kubicki, Sylvain; Guerriero, Annie; Rezgui, Yacine; Zarli, Alain

doi:10.1201/9781003204381-10

Cited by 10 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…From a technical standpoint, there is not a single format or type of tool that is meant to be used for every DT of cities or territories. Boje et al (2020) argue that many concepts and applications already discussed in the past are reused and renamed as building blocks of a DT, in order to foster interoperability, automation and intelligence of systems. In the built environment, some authors promote the use of BIM or CIM as inputs for the DT digital model allowing, among other things, the visualisation, exchange, sharing and management of the physical twin data (Boje et al, 2020;Deng et al, 2021;Ding et al, 2018;Petrova-Antonova & Ilieva, 2019).…”

Section: 11mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Boje et al (2020) argue that many concepts and applications already discussed in the past are reused and renamed as building blocks of a DT, in order to foster interoperability, automation and intelligence of systems. In the built environment, some authors promote the use of BIM or CIM as inputs for the DT digital model allowing, among other things, the visualisation, exchange, sharing and management of the physical twin data (Boje et al, 2020;Deng et al, 2021;Ding et al, 2018;Petrova-Antonova & Ilieva, 2019). Sensing capability, characterising the flow of data "in real time" (Haag & Anderl, 2018;Tao et al, 2019), is often attributed to the IoT as a means of linking the physical and the virtual.…”

Section: 11mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Howell et al (2017) also stress the importance of the semantic web for resolving interoperability issues between different practitioners exchanging information. Finally, Boje et al (2020) argue that artificial intelligence algorithms and associated tools/processes allow for various analyses, simulations but also predictions to be performed in a DT. Eventually, since DT cannot be limited to specific formats, tools or technologies, we propose to focus on DT characteristics which are widely accepted among studied authors.…”

Section: 11mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…scientific literature: -A DT requires the creation (or re-use) of a digital model which represents all the constituents of its physical twin and contains information related to its entire life cycle (Boje et al, 2020;Grieves, 2014;Qi & Tao, 2018); -Different forms of data gravitate bidirectionally between physical and virtual entities. These data are delivered "in real time" by sensors to the virtual twin to be processed in order to establish knowledge bases, providing one of the added values associated with DT (Batty, 2018;Grieves, 2014;Haag & Anderl, 2018;Howell et al, 2017;Mohammadi & Taylor, 2017;Qi & Tao, 2018;Tomko & Winter, 2019;Tuegel et al, 2011); -A DT must be able to perform various analyses, simulations and predictions to achieve some decision making and optimisation (Batty, 2018;Tomko & Winter, 2019;Tuegel et al, 2011).…”

Section: Key Criteria To Characterise a Dt According Tomentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Exploring Digital Twin Adaptation to the Urban Environment: Comparison With Cim to Avoid Silo-Based Approaches

Deprêtre

Jacquinod²,

Mielniczek³

2022

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract. The use of digital models and tools to support a more sober, sustainable and human-centred spatial planning is constantly expanding. Among those, digital models of buildings and territories are considered useful by scientists and practitioners and used for a wide range of purposes. Several labels are currently used to characterise those digital tools and models, partly reflecting on technological developments: 3D city models, Planning support systems, Smart Cities, urbanism 3.0., City Information Model (CIM), Digital Twins (DT), etc. First used in industry, the label DT is now both used by practitioners and researchers, in relation to the development of innovative city models. Nevertheless, this label remains fuzzily defined and designates heterogeneous models from a technical standpoint. In this paper, we propose an exploration of the definitions and technical contents of DT at the city scale and a comparison with CIM approaches, as CIM is also used to label similar city models. Our analysis is based on a literature review of both DT and CIM definitions and applications to the urban context, an exploratory survey conducted with 13 practitioners about their views on DT and its potential regarding urban planning and management and a comparison of a few real-world projects either labelled CIM or DT by practitioners. Our analysis leads us to pinpoint several of the remaining challenges for a DT approach to be developed at the city scale. We also shed light on potential shortcomings of future research, if based on too narrow DT definitions.

show abstract

Section: 11mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: 11mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: 11mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Key Criteria To Characterise a Dt According Tomentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Exploring Digital Twin Adaptation to the Urban Environment: Comparison With Cim to Avoid Silo-Based Approaches

Deprêtre

Jacquinod²,

Mielniczek³

2022

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…duplications of business operations, institutions, labor forces, arriving to be extended to one's own persona ("personal digital twin, " de Kerckhove, 2021) and the urban environment ("city digital twin, " Boje et al, 2020;Nochta et al, 2021;Papyshev and Yarime, 2021;Shahat et al, 2021;Wan et al, 2023). Notably, a City Digital Twin (CDT) is a 3D dynamic model that can help synthesize data from various sources (e.g., geospatial information systems, archival data, Internet of Things) to create an integrated real-time knowledge of the city.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

No longer hype, not yet mainstream? Recalibrating city digital twins' expectations and reality: a case study perspective

Calzati

2023

Front. Big Data

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

While the concept of digital twin has already consolidated in industry, its spinoff in the urban environment—in the form of a City Digital Twin (CDT)—is more recent. A CDT is a dynamic digital model of the physical city whereby the physical and the digital are integrated in both directions, thus mutually affecting each other in real time. Replicating the path of smart cities, literature remarks that agendas and discourses around CDTs remain (1) tech-centered, that is, focused on overcoming technical limitations and lacking a proper sociotechnical contextualization of digital twin technologies; (2) practice-first, entailing hands-on applications without a long-term strategic governance for the management of these same technologies. Building on that, the goal of this article is to move beyond high-level conceptualizations of CDT to (a) get a cognizant understanding of what a CDT can do, how, and for whom; (b) map the current state of development and implementation of CDTs in Europe. This will be done by looking at three case studies—Dublin, Helsinki, and Rotterdam—often considered as successful examples of CDTs in Europe. Through exiting literature and official documents, as well as by relying on primary interviews with tech experts and local officials, the article explores the maturity of these CDTs, along the Gartner's hype-mainstream curve of technological innovations. Findings show that, while all three municipalities have long-term plans to deliver an integrated, cyber-physical real-time modeling of the city, currently their CDTs are still at an early stage of development. The focus remains on technical barriers—e.g., integration of different data sources—overlooking the societal dimension, such as the systematic involvement of citizens. As for the governance, all cases embrace a multistakeholder approach; yet CDTs are still not used for policymaking and it remains to see how the power across stakeholders will be distributed in terms of access to, control of, and decisions about CDTs.

show abstract

Embracing the Digital Twin Paradigm for Urban Sustainability

Cheshmehzangi,

Ardakani

2024

Urban Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Digital twins for the built environment

Cited by 10 publications

References 0 publications

Exploring Digital Twin Adaptation to the Urban Environment: Comparison With Cim to Avoid Silo-Based Approaches

Exploring Digital Twin Adaptation to the Urban Environment: Comparison With Cim to Avoid Silo-Based Approaches

No longer hype, not yet mainstream? Recalibrating city digital twins' expectations and reality: a case study perspective

Embracing the Digital Twin Paradigm for Urban Sustainability

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About