A project for sustainable cities and territories
B@ARCA is a research and development project launched as part of the social challenge ‘Sustainable Cities and Communities’, which addresses ARCA Sud Salento’s need to improve maintenance management and centralise information on public real estate assets.
The project was created with the aim of making the management of public residential buildings more efficient, transparent and immediate through the digitisation of data and the adoption of advanced technological tools.
BIM-GIS STACK
BUILDING DIGITAL TWIN
NRT MONITORING
BIM, GIS and Living Lab approach
The project applies a BIM-basedapproach, starting with the digitisation of two pilot buildings and the creation of informative, parametric three-dimensional models (As-Built), integrated with structural, plant and energy data.
This information flows into a shared web platform, which dialogues with a WebGIS mapping system covering the entire ARCA Sud housing portfolio, resulting in a digital, dynamic and georeferenced building file.
The entire research process was developed according to the Living Labmethodology, actively involving ARCA Sud Salento and its tenants. The B@ARCA Living Lab project is also an ENoLL Adherent Member, in recognition of the project’s methodological value.
The aim of the project and its history
The management of public buildings today requires a unified, up-to-date and dynamic view of the condition of the properties, the priorities for intervention and the maintenance activities.
B@ARCA was created to address the problem of fragmented information management by introducing an integrated system capable of monitoring, analysing and supporting decisions in real time, connecting the managing body, local community and citizens.
Digital platform and user involvement
A key element of the project for us was the development of a web application and a mobile app designed to simplify communication between tenants and the managing body.
Users can report information and incidents, while ARCA can plan, monitor and archive maintenance work in a structured way, integrating information from BIM models, the GIS system and monitoring data.
N&C designed and produced several types of sensors to acquire near-real-time data on the structural and energy efficiency of the monitored buildings. The data acquired on the web platform help to enrich the building files and feed into the analysis carried out by the managing body.
This approach fosters more efficient asset management, better planning of interventions and active citizen involvement in the care of living spaces.
