Biography
Head of Innovation Strategy and Forecasting at UNSense, the arch tech company founded by architect Ben van Berkel and UNStudio. UNSense explores, designs and implements strategies and technologies to improve people’s living conditions, and to make buildings and cities more humane and healthy. UNSense presents the opportunity to fully integrate digital and sensorial technology into the architectural design process.
Presentation
Code space and digital twins
More and more physical spaces rely on software to function. Digital twin technology has moved beyond manufacturing and into the merging worlds of architecture and the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and data analytics. In his presentation, Ren Yee will show how digital twins – simulated software environments – are used to design and manage spaces.