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Buildings as Networks - Bologna University Press
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Buildings as Networks
Modelling Built Heritage Knowledge Through Graphs
di Angelo Massafra
The digital transition of built heritage has converged heavily on HBIM, whose hierarchical data models now strain under the demands of cross-domain decision-making in digital building management. This volume advances an alternative framework, Buildings as Networks, which conceptualises buildings as graph-based knowledge systems. Graph representations connect heterogeneous building data more naturally than tabular relational models, forming broader interoperable superlogical structures. They also provide the semantic scaffolding that AI systems need to ground probabilistic behaviour in domain knowledge. In light of the epistemological revolution brought by AI, the book argues that rethinking heritage data architecture is a precondition for machine intelligence in the built environment.

Angelo Massafra
PhD in Architecture and Design Cultures from the Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna. He is currently a Researcher at the Department of Architecture of the same university and serves as Assistant Professor in Building Renovation and Digital Project Management. He has been an academic visitor at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University. His research explores advanced digital methodologies for the assessment, renovation, and management of built heritage, with a particular focus on knowledge-based systems for building performance modelling.
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Argomento
Architettura
Formato
150 × 210 mm
Pagine
328
Anno
2026
Confezione
Brossura
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN
9791254777947
ISBN online
9791254777954
DOI
10.30682/9791254777954