CONTEXT | innovation in the future of construction

The construction sector has been one of the main engines of the world’s economy during the last century; it generates 10% of every country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in Europe and 6.3% in Latin America, directly implying thousands of jobs and associated industries. During the last decade,  global financial instability has negatively affected the growth and wealth of construction and development, while also causing dramatic impact on climate change and the environment.

We now face a transition moment calling for new ideas towards social, economic and environmental future growth of our buildings and urban infrastructure.

The information era that we live in today, introduces technologies that advance with great speeds and transform the means and ends of the construction sector. Advanced and novel materials, digital design technologies, advanced manufacturing techniques and new interfaces between users, processes and built environments present unprecedented means for constructing challenging and innovative projects within a framework of 21st century challenges generated by global urbanization, economic instability and in particular, the increasing awareness related to the environmental crisis.

Ideas and innovation are the currency of the future of construction.

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