"Non-Fungible Building Components: Using Smart Contracts for a Circular Economy in the Built Environment"

"Non-Fungible Building Components: Using Smart Contracts for a Circular Economy in the Built Environment"

Dounas, Theodoros; Jabi, Wassim; Lombardi, Davide

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The presented research study tackles the topic of economic and material sustainable development in the built environment and construction industry by introducing and applying the concept and the potential of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) on blockchain within the early stages of the design process via the interface of common design software. We present a digital infrastructure layer for architectural assets and building components that can integrate with AEC supply chains, enabling a more effective and articulated development of circular economies. The infrastructure layer consists of a combination of topology graphs secured with a blockchain. The paper concludes with a discussion about the possibilities of material passports as well as circular economy and smart contracts as an infrastructure for whole lifecycle BIM and digital encapsulation of value in architectural design.

The presented research study tackles the topic of economic and material sustainable development in the built environment and construction industry by introducing and applying the concept and the potential of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) on blockchain within the early stages of the design process via the interface of common design software. We present a digital infrastructure layer for architectural assets and building components that can integrate with AEC supply chains, enabling a more effective and articulated development of circular economies. The infrastructure layer consists of a combination of topology graphs secured with a blockchain. The paper concludes with a discussion about the possibilities of material passports as well as circular economy and smart contracts as an infrastructure for whole lifecycle BIM and digital encapsulation of value in architectural design.

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DOI: 10.5151/sigradi2021-20

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Dounas, Theodoros; Jabi, Wassim; Lombardi, Davide; ""Non-Fungible Building Components: Using Smart Contracts for a Circular Economy in the Built Environment"", p-1189-1198. In: XXV International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics. São Paulo: Blucher, 2021.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/sigradi2021-20