I gave this presentation during the Glasgow Science Event on Digital Innovations, held at the University of Glasgow on the 9th of June 2014.

1. Bringing Digital Curation to
Architects to promote innovation
in the Construction sector
Dr Ruggero Lancia
Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute
University of Glasgow

2. Difficult times
Source: BD survey 2013

3. IMAGE: Bloomberg Pavilion by Akihisa Hirata
Need for Innovation
Design Sustainability
Efficient Design and Building Collaboration
Feasible Buildings’ Lifecycle Management
Social Inclusion in Design Choices

4. IMAGE: Metropol Parasol by J. Mayer H.
Digital Opportunities
PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)
Generative Design
Co-Design
Digital Fabrication

5. Digital Difficulties
Long-term Data Authoritativeness and
Reliability
Perpetual Data Accessibility and Reusability
IPR Management
Extended Digital Workflows
IMAGE: Bloom Games by Alisa Andrasek, Jose Sanchez

6. Digital Curation for Architecture
practices
Digital Curation (Beagrie, 2008):"the actions needed to maintain
digital [...] materials over their entire life-cycle and over time”.
Feasibility / Sustainability / Legal Management / Access / Reuse / Interpretation
Produce - Ingest - Enrich - Manage - Preserve - Dispose
Curatorial Actions implemented within Digital Design Workflows
IMAGE by Nicolas Borel: FRAC Centre Orleans by Jacob + Macfarlane Architects

7. Commercial practices as partners
DIDECU (DIgital DEsign CUration) [2010-2011, First Step Award]
This knowledge exchange project was aimed at transferring curatorial
competences and procedures to an Architecture practice while evaluating both
the feasibility and the adequacy in a medium sized commercial context of the
audit tools and methodologies, policies and requirements established by the
Digital Curation community.
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This investigation resulted in an audit of the data held, the infrastructure
implemented and the procedures adopted by the project partner, complemented
by their correlated risk assessment, and in a complete preservation plan detailing
policies, requirements and suggested procedures tailored to the project partners'
procedural and technical context.
IMAGE: Centre for Scottish War Blinded by Page Park Architects

8. Commercial practices as partners
DEDICATE (DEsign’s DIgital Curation for ArchiTecturE) [2013, AHRC]
This project investigated the requirements and procedures to build a common
sustainable framework for the curation of Built Environment related data across
disciplines and professional contexts.
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This project gathered a select group of Scottish Architecture practices and Engineering
consultancies as project partners. Their assets, creation and management procedures,
technical framework and standards compliances were audited. In particular, their
digital assets underwent extensive characterisation analysis.
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For more information on all the activities of DEDICATE visit its website:
http://architecturedigitalcuration.blogspot.co.uk/
IMAGE: Loch Leven Heritage Trail by GRAS

9. Conclusions
Digital Technologies offer great opportunities for innovating
the Construction sector (see also the political initiatives
such as the 2016 Cabinet Office Construction Strategy).
Information Management / Digital Curation can support the
renewal of business strategies, models and procedures in
this sector.
Digital Curation competences might become part of both
the Architects education and professional responsibilities.
IMAGE: digital grotesque - a 3D printed room by michael hansmeyer

10. Thank you for your attention!
ruggero.Lancia@glasgow.ac.uk
http://architecturedigitalcuration.blogspot.co.uk
@ruggero_lancia