How APIs help buildings
LEARN
Ivan Nokhrin
CEO BuiltAPI GmbH
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Unlike fish, we do experience our environment
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We spend almost 90% of our time indoors
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70% of world’s population will live in cities by 2050
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1984
population 73,000
Yiwu, China
2023
population 2,000,000
Globe population: +2.3 bn people last 35 years
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HUMAN HABITAT IS
URBAN ENVIRONMENT
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THE PAST: 1930s
There is something patently insane
about all the typewriters sleeping
with all the beautiful plumbing
in the beautiful office buildings
and all the people
sleeping in the slums.
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1 mn people occupy 2 sq km slums area
Dharavi, India
1 mn people occupy 8 sq km office area
Helsinki, Finland
Efficient
(Vacancy: 0 sqm)
Desirable
(vacancy: 1000000 sqm)
THE FUTURE: 2020s
USE OF SPACE
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Cities adapt through gentrification of districts
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Repurposing buildings
Katajanokka, Helsinki, Finland
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social models changing at accelerated pace
modern technologies offer new experiences
1969 2023
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buildings don’t change so fast
1990s TODAY
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CONSTRUCTION SITE
150 YEARS AGO
CONSTRUCTION SITE
TODAY
buildings don’t change so fast
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How buildings learn: the six ”S” layers
STUFF
SPACE
SERVICE
STRUCTURE
SKIN
SITE
CHANGE
CYCLE
(LIFESPAN)
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How buildings learn: the six ”S” layers
STUFF
SPACE
SERVICE
STRUCTURE
SKIN
SITE
CHANGE
CYCLE
(LIFESPAN)
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DIGITAL-FIRST SERVICE LAYER
ENERGY
LIGHTING
FIRE SAFETY
SURVEILLANCE
CHARGING
PLUMBING
HVAC
ELEVATORS
ACCESS
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Programmable Buildings
{API}
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CITY AS A
MESH NETWORK
OF BUILDINGS
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to learn faster
buildings need
to embrace
API-first
technologies
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