Arch. Gulbahar Emir Isik, MSc.

M.A. Lijun Chen, Arch. Gulbahar Emir Isik, MSc., Noor Marji, MSc., Ing. arch. Akshatha Ravi Kumar

15116 Ústav modelového projektování, 15118 Ústav nauky o budovách, 15119 Ústav urbanismu

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M.A. Lijun Chen, Arch. Gulbahar Emir Isik, MSc., Noor Marji, MSc., Ing. arch. Akshatha Ravi Kumar

15116 Ústav modelového projektování, 15118 Ústav nauky o budovách, 15119 Ústav urbanismu

The world’s population is ageing. New measures and concepts of population ageing are significant for assessing the living conditions and living arrangements of the elderly, their contributions to society, and their needs for social protection and health care. In 2018 the World Health Organization (WHO) published a report subtitled “Looking back over the last decade, looking forward to the next”, which explicitly mentions technology as a support for age-friendly environments. Although the WHO has discussed the involvement of technology and computers in terms of access to information etc., and uses technology as a “supplementary indicator” regarding “internet access,” in 2019 Marston and van Hoof are critical of WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities and Communities model, which lacks reference to and recognition of technological solutions in multiple domains. Increasingly, scholars are finding recognition of the importance of technology and digitalisation as the third pillar of age-friendly cities and communities, particularly in terms of use-friendly and sustainable design, acceptance of technology, and implementation and caregiver needs. The creation of genuine multisectoral action based on cooperation between the various disciplines make it possible to achieve a truly age-friendly society for present and future generations. In the context of active ageing and global digital trends, this study focuses on the analysis of two digital practices (digital twins and artificial intelligence) in the built environment of age-friendly communities, discusses inclusive transformation strategies for age-friendly communities, presents a proposed framework for inclusive digital age-friendly community transformation, illustrates future trends in age-friendly community design planning, and provides a reference point for future research.

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prof. Dr. Henri Hubertus Achten, Arch. Gulbahar Emir Isik, MSc.

15116 Ústav modelového projektování

A digital twin is a simultaneous digital reflection of object processes and states. Digital twins are usually made of objects that exist in reality or which are very near completion in a design and production process. In our research, we investigate the potential of digital twin technology for early design. Key to the early application of digital twin in design is the role of information and simulation. Since design information is valuable for predicting the future of design, we assume that design will begin to change as digital twin technologies become more and more adaptable, as designers simultaneously have digital twins of the past, present, and future. Digital twin technologies have many capabilities to support the design process at various stages from concept design to the final design. Throughout this process, architects use digital and physical models. Combined with digital twin technology, these models form what we call hybrid prototypes. Estimating that simulation has a vital impact on the design process, we raised the question of what the potential of architectural hybrid prototyping in design processes with digital twin technologies is. Similar to the development of the design through increasingly informed and detailed models, we think that the closest thing to the design process with the digital twin is the so-called foetal, child, and adult digital twin. Based on this classification, we approach the concept of hybrid prototyping and digital twin.

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prof. Dr. Henri Hubertus Achten, Arch. Gulbahar Emir Isik, MSc.

15116 Ústav modelového projektování

The Digital Twin (DT) is a tryadic system as a digital representation or a mirror of a physical process or its twin and the intelligence, which connects them. Digital twin technology has many uses, from aerospace to infrastructure and manufacturing. However, when it is looked at the design process, it is seen the digital twin does not impact ways of design thinking. ‘If a digital twin is a mirror image, then how can the digital twin be used to feedforward and feedback that does not yet exist, because it is being designed’ is the question to answer in this research. From the literature review, some ways are called fetal, child, and adult digital twins and probably come closest to the design process with the digital twin. As the digital twins of the fetal and child digital twin have not been operationalized yet, it is needed to put this idea into the theoretical framework. To be meaningful for design, the framework should unite the activities of the design process with the technologies and products of the digital twin. By combining two approaches (the Basic Design Cycle (BDC) activities and the digital twin technologies from Digital Twin Technology Development (DTTD) layers at the city and building levels, we can highlight where and how digital twin technology can be used in the design process. The method is systematized in a descriptive framework, which highlights the use of digital twins in the design process.

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