Guest editorial – Future construction: design solutions and approaches

Abstract

With the ever-increasing pace of technological advancement, the AEC industry needs to either match the tempo or face the consequences of lagging behind. This needs to be applied to the entire lifecycle of built environment engineering projects from initial conception to eventual demolition, preferably recycling and deconstruction, to ensure circular sustainability both at the building and urban scale. Nevertheless, several construction industry segments lack the agility to depart conventional approaches and step into new paradigms. Our cities at a global scale are currently confronted with numerous challenges ranging from urban-scale impacts of climate change and harmful environmental influences to building-scale effects related to undesired indoor comfort conditions, low-rated building performance, and inefficient incorporation of industrial advancements in construction, design and beyond.From a cultural resistance to changes to the infrastructural revolution necessary to facilitate the move forward, we are situated at a critical point in history where the emergence of novel design solutions and approaches is essential to support the required transition. Future-proofing the construction industry cannot solely rely on the induction of new technologies/platforms/norms; however, the change needs to be gradual, consistent and paired with a shift in thinking from high-level stakeholders to operators. This special issue, as a continuation avenue building upon the 54th conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), pulls together a diverse range of articles, focussing on Adaptive

A Systematic Review on Enhancement in Quality of Life through Digitalization in the Construction Industry

“…The advent of IR 4.0 is essential for the smooth transformation of the construction industry towards digitalization [33][34][35]. The role of construction stakeholders is important in relation to other parties who are capable of digitalization, as their input can guide them to better implementation [36][37][38]. Digitalization in construction has transformed construction projects from planning to closure [39][40][41] due to the involvement of various technologies such as automation [42][43][44], cyber security [45][46][47], the Internet of Things (IoT) [48][49][50], drones [51,52], Building Information Modelling (BIM), 3D printing, and Augmented Reality etc.…”