Reconfigurable Neighborhood—Mechatronisation of the Urban Design

Karolina Dąbrowska-Żółtak, Jerzy Wojtowicz and Stefan Wrona
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Karolina Dąbrowska-Żółtak: Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-659 Warsaw, Poland
Jerzy Wojtowicz: Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-659 Warsaw, Poland
Stefan Wrona: Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-659 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 24, 1-14

Abstract: Today more than half of the world’s population lives in cities not yet ready for the massive growth and adaptation required to meet global urbanization predicted for the next decades. The planning, design, and urban governance must urgently evolve. Future cities should become more efficient, inclusive, and sustainable. The intelligent town we anticipate combines the concepts of new information flow as well as research proposals for the design, upgrade of buildings and municipal infrastructure using robots and mechatronic systems at the scale of dwelling, building, neighborhood, district or town. This article presents the conceptual framework for the role of kinetic and responsive design at the scale of small urban areas, taking into account dynamic adaptation to users’ needs and changing environmental conditions across a day, week, month and year.

Keywords: kinetic architecture; architectronic; robotic; responsive architecture; mechatronic in architecture; urban planning of change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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