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Centre for Digital Built Britain completed its five-year mission and closed its doors at the end of September 2022

This website remains as a legacy of the achievements of our five-year foundational journey towards a digital built Britain
 
Read more at: Designing Safe Complex Environments

Designing Safe Complex Environments

Using the principles of universal design, this project aims to create a VR environment that reduces usability issues such as balance in order to test virtual built environment designs with users who have a balance or sensory impairment.


Read more at: The local governance of digital technology – implications for the cityscale digital twin

The local governance of digital technology – implications for the cityscale digital twin

What part does city and regional governance play in how a city-level digital twin develops? It is necessary to understand the ways in which governance for digital twins is bound by context and the ways in which it is generalisable in order to successfully transfer knowledge and best practices among...


Read more at: A digital twin prototype for journeys to work in Cambridge

A digital twin prototype for journeys to work in Cambridge

How can digital twins address city-level problems such as transportation planning as work patterns change? This project represents an early trial to address the research gap on city-level digital twins. The pilot is focused on commutes, such as journeys to work, which are a key determinant of peak-...


Read more at: Exploiting traffic data to improve asset management and citizen quality of life

Exploiting traffic data to improve asset management and citizen quality of life

This project builds on a tool developed by two Cambridge PhD students that allows for the generation of high-resolution geographical data heat maps. These heat maps can help to solve optimisation problems relevant to citizens’ everyday lives. Specifically, we investigate how the interdependence...


Read more at: Dr Didem Gurdur Broo

Dr Didem Gurdur Broo

Research Background


Read more at: Dr Xiang Xie

Dr Xiang Xie

Research background

Xiang Xie is a research associate working in the Asset Management group in Institute for Manufacturing. Xiang’s research mainly focuses on the application of building level and campus level Digital Twin to support better-informed decision-making. Particularly, he is interested in establishing a digital-twin enabled building energy quantification and performance assessment framework in Operations and Maintenance management.


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - The local governance of digital technology – Implications for the city-scale digital twin

Publication: Final Report - The local governance of digital technology – Implications for the city-scale digital twin

31 July 2019

screenshot_2020-06-24_at_14.27.58.png Project background What part does city and regional governance play in how a city-level digital twin develops? It is necessary to understand the ways in which governance for digital twins is bound by context and the ways in which it is generalisable in order to successfully transfer...


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - PolyChora Alpha: a new digital interface for interdisciplinary city design

Publication: Final Report - PolyChora Alpha: a new digital interface for interdisciplinary city design

10 July 2019

screenshot_2020-07-01_at_17.16.41.png Project background The aim of this project was to develop a new digital interface to integrate the data and visualisation of the designs of land use, buildings, transport infrastructure and associated urban services at both the neighbourhood and city scale. The interface can also be...


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - A digital twin prototype for journeys to work in Cambridge

Publication: Final Report - A digital twin prototype for journeys to work in Cambridge

10 July 2019

screenshot_2020-06-30_at_22.17.11.png Project background This project represents an early trial to address the research gap on city-level digital twins. The pilot is focused on commutes, such as journeys to work, which are a key determinant of peak-time travel demand. It aims to develop a digital twin model prototype for...


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - Analysing Systems Interdependencies using a Digital Twin

Publication: Final Report - Analysing Systems Interdependencies using a Digital Twin

10 July 2019

screenshot_2020-06-30_at_21.51.57.png Project background This project investigates how to understand infrastructure complexity, using the digital twin. This work provides a first step toward next-generation systems engineering by demonstrating the feasibility of using a digital twin to generate new insight on systems...