1. The Machine Metropolis: Introduction to the Automated City -- 2. Designing Human-Machine Interactions in the Automated City: Methodologies, Considerations, Principles -- 3. Automating Kinetic Screen Design from an Origami Fold -- 4. From Factory to Site - Designing for Industrial Robots used in On-Site Construction -- 5. 3D Printing and Housing: Intellectual Property and Construction Law -- 6. Automation in structural health monitoring of transport infrastructure -- 7. Framework for Automated UAV based inspection of external building facades -- 8. Design and Automation for Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction in Tall Buildings -- 9. Automation of Land Expansion: Prefabrication of Floating Platforms for Expansion of Cities onto Adjacent Water Bodies -- 10. Automating Fab Cities: 3D Printing and Urban Renewal.

This book highlights the latest advancements in the use of automated systems in the design, construction, operation and future of the built environment and its occupants. It considers how the use of automated decision-making frameworks, artificial intelligence and other technologies of automation are presently impacting the practice of architects, engineers, project managers and contractors, and articulates the near future changes to workflows, legal frameworks and the wider AEC industry. This book surveys and compiles the use of city apps, robots that operate buildings and fabricate structural elements, 3D printing, drones, sensors, algorithms, and advanced prefabricated modules. The book also contributes to the growing literature on smart cities, and explores the impacts on data privacy and data sovereignty that arise through the use of sensors, digital twins and intelligent transport systems. It provides a useful reference for further research and development in the area of automation in design and construction to architects, engineers, project managers, superintendents and construction lawyers, contractors, policy makers, and students.