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Expand your knowledge on building design (powered by AI) with our technical content written by the DBF team and the DBF community. Check out our whitepapers to stay updated.

September 26, 2024

DBF CITYPULSE: Generative Planning for “What-if” Urban Diagnostics and Scenarios

CITYPULSE is a diagnostic tool that uses LLMs, geospatial data, citizen personas, and 15-minute city indicators to assess neighborhoods. It provides mobility, amenity, CO2 emissions, and demographic analysis for tailored recommendations.

October 11, 2023

Generative Pre-trained Transformers for 15-Minute City Design

Explore our whitepaper presenting a 15-Minute City Concept Generation Tool, integrating artificial intelligence through a pre-trained language model, overcoming challenges in linking location-specific requirements to sustainable design solutions.

September 1, 2023

DBF Synthetic Structural Generation for Early-Stage Carbon Evaluation

Embodied carbon from building materials and construction accounts for 11% of the total global carbon emissions. The building industry urgently needs to transition to carbon sequestering structural materials to meet UN climate targets.

Real-time Urban Insights: Neighbourhood Scoring System for 15-Minute City Design

We present a novel neighborhood-scoring system to automate descriptive spatial metrics of neighbourhood quality based on geo-location.