Case Studies: What Will Buildings Do For Us?

Four companies. Four answers. 

For most of history, buildings have been remarkably passive. We design them, build them, and then adapt our lives to the spaces we have created.

Software, data, and AI begin to reverse that relationship. Buildings can understand how they are used, services can respond to the people inside them, workplaces can change with demand, designers can test alternatives almost instantly, and owners can understand the neighbourhood outside the front door with a precision they have never had before.

Four companies get seven minutes to answer a question: How will AI and data-driven software change the role buildings play in our lives?