Technology + Built Environment
For years, the panacea of smart buildings has been framed around interaction. Tap here. Log in there. Adjust this. Override that. A quiet assumption sat beneath it all – that people would be willing participants in the digital lives of their buildings. They sorta were. But increasingly, they won’t be. Gen Z and Alpha are […]
Have you ever walked into a building and instantly felt relaxed, productive, or inexplicably on edge? That’s not by accident, it’s the “vibe” at play. But now, there’s a new, tech-savvy cousin on the scene: vibe coding. I’m excited about what it could mean for smart buildings. Google defines vibe coding as: “Vibe coding is […]
The Single Pane of Glass concept in smart buildings, which purports a unified system management interface, frequently falls short, offering complexity and inflexibility instead of simplicity. Integration of diverse systems is challenging, often creating more problems than solutions. The industry must pivot towards a hybrid approach, utilizing specialized, interconnected microservices to truly realize smart building potential. Matthew Marson, a leader in technology and sustainability, will explore these issues in his monthly column.
I recently read Heatherwick’s book, Humanise: A Maker’s Guide to Building Our World. It’s a great read and something that everyone involved in the built environment should have a flick through. In it, he calls to end the blandemic of boring that we have in the monotony of our contemporary buildings and create a more […]
The July 2023 column discusses the evolution of smart building mobile apps and introduces the Apple Vision Pro as a potential game-changer. It highlights the device’s user-friendly features, its focus on the physical world, and its potential to revolutionize spatial computing. The author, Matthew Marson, is an accomplished leader in the Smart Buildings industry.
If you are a landlord, your traditional role in the property market will soon change. You will increasingly be expected to build, operate and curate homes and offices that provide a host of smart digital services – from environmental sensing to entry controlled by facial recognition. Why? Because this is what people want If you […]
Smart technology and the Internet of Things (IoT) are becoming mainstream, bringing with them design-thinking for a smart built environment that demands a different way of approaching projects. Where it was once possible to design a building or service according to technical requirements alone, it is now necessary to design with relentless interrogation of what […]
View the original blog here This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research Startups and established players alike gathered in Helsinki earlier this month at the Nordic Smart Building Convention to discuss the state of the market for intelligence, digitalization and autonomous sensing in the built environment. This article aims to give a few highlights of […]