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The RB lab in collaboration with the AiDAPT lab and the University of Amsterdam publishes paper on Advancing Applications for Artificial-Intelligence-Supported Ambient Control in the Built Environment in Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD) journal.

Abstract
Ambient intelligence (AmI) relying on electronic devices employing information and communication technology (ICT) and artificial intelligence (AI) embedded in the network connecting these devices tends today to be insufficiently used. This deficiency implies that spaces are uncomfortable and considerable energy dissipates due to distribution losses, excessive or unnecessary climate control of little- and unoccupied spaces, etc.

Building operations are responsible for ±27% of annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and infrastructure materials and construction are responsible for an additional ±13% annually; both need to be addressed integratively to meet sustainability goals.Footnote1,2 This paper addresses this in three AI-supported AmI test simulations of applications focusing on illumination and ventilation systems embedded in the built environment.

Keywords:
Ambient Control, AI, Computational Design, Robotics, Interaction, Comfort, Health, CO2 Reduction, Indoor and Outdoor Climate

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24751448.2024.2322927

Robotic Building lab and partners’ MSCA Horizon proposal ‘ArchiSpace’ has been approved and proceeds now into the grant preparation stage!

Space Architecture design and prototyping in planetary analogue environments aims to develop reliable and safe settlements that adequately protect astronauts physical and mental well-being from all possible threats that the hostile environment of extraterrestrial space presents. The goal is to design and build sub-systems prototypes (e.g., walls, roofs, living spaces, etc.) of human infrastructures to be built on planetary surfaces, which will be tested in planetary analogue environments. This project uses environmental and geological setting analogues as a base to define architectural constraints, sketch design and prototypes to be used in future space human settlements. ArchiSpace is pioneering a new fields of interdisciplinary and intersectoral research in Europe by bridging geology/space sciences and architecture/space architecture. Geology/space science is crucial because the subsurface plays a fundamental role in the selection of the landing sites and the location of ‘human-focused’ habitats. Architecture/space architecture has a key role in designing comfortable, safe and functional habitats. This planetary approach could also be applied on Earth.

https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2024/tu-delft/five-tu-delft-researchers-receive-marie-curie-grant
https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2024/bk/nwo-award-for-deepti-adlakha-and-marie-curie-grant-for-henriette-bier
https://indiaeducationdiary.in/five-tu-delft-researchers-awarded-prestigious-marie-curie-grants/

Henriette Bier is invited to participate on 4th of June in a combined research and education afternoon activity on Advancing AI and Robotics in (Space)Architecture at the Ballerup campus, Denmark Technical University, Copenhagen.

Advancements in AI and robotics increasingly impact architecture and building construction with ±60% of the tasks expected to be fully automated, ±45% being Human-Robot Interaction supported, and only ±5% remaining in human hands. Identifying those tasks and developing AI and robotically supported applications is of great relevance for addressing societal challenges such as scarcity, safety, labor skill shift, and environmental impact.