Smart Cities: The Rise of Programmable Buildings with APIs
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Claims that APIs turn building service stacks into programmable interfaces and that cities become a distributed mesh network of buildings communicating with people, vehicles and drones. Cites 90% of time spent indoors, 70% urban by 2050, one example of a prison converted to a hotel, and that the service layer (HVAC, lighting, fire, elevators, EV charging, sensors) now has a digital-first lifespan of ~30–40 years. Proposes concrete tools: API-first design, IoT, BIM and blockchain to orchestrate systems, but offers conceptual integrations rather than deployed, measured pilots.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 0:13Built Environment Overview
- 1:37Typewriter Issues & Urban Slums
- 3:08Gentrification & Urban Repurposing
- 5:02Adaptive Reuse of Buildings
- 6:46Building Service Layers
- 8:55API-First Approach in Architecture
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