ICT influence on Spatial Planning, Building and the Built Environment

The building sector is entering a new era. Developments in ICT have an impact throughout the entire life cycle of a building and the built environment. Through changes in daily life it will influence; the spatial planning, the urban structure of the future, our cities and the living environment. It shows already its influence in our way of living, our habits. The gap between creative design, which is done by means of advanced modelling software and the building technical aspect of designs, is getting bigger. ICT and Internet technology provide a closer link between the participants in the building process, their activities, knowledge, and information. Collaboration and communication within ICT techniques will be the future of the building. This paper provides a vision on the influences of the future ICT developments in spatial planning, architecture in general and focuses on the influences of the building sector in the above-mentioned fields