The debate on the digitalization of the built environment sector has a central position in the government agendas of many industrialized countries, investing above all the training profiles, the statutes of professionals and the methods of controlling the organizational, design, construction and management processes of the works. This volume is conceived within Architectural Technology studies, collecting contributions by researchers and designers on the digitalization processes, investigating the type of educational offer of some national realities, delineating some significant examples of applied research of the disciplines of the project, as well as presenting design and construction processes in Italy and abroad, on the scenarios of innovation in relation to the use of BIM methodology.

Sergio Russo Ermolli
Sergio Russo Ermolli Architect, Associate Professor of Architectural Technology at the Department of Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II, member of the Management Committee of SITdA - Italian Society of Architectural Technology, member of the Scientific Council and the College of Teachers of the University Masters "Building Information Modeling and Integrated Sustainable Design" and "Architectural, Urban and Environmental Design and Rehabilitation with the Use of Innovative Technologies" of the University of Naples Federico II, member of the University Task Force (TFDA) "Industry 4.0 and sustainable development", develops researches on the relationship between design and digital innovation in the processes of industrial production and transformation of the built heritage. ?