Computational Representations of Built Environments

Explore how digital models power the built environment—from BIM and OpenBIM to city models, linked data, and ontologies. This 5-credit English course builds practical skills for developing software solutions with real-world construction data.

2.9.2026 - 25.10.2026

5 cr

Registration period closed

• Basic concepts: representation, format, model
• Levels of interoperability (technical, syntactic, semantic, pragrmatic)
• BIM and evolution of model data (stages/LODs)
• OpenBIM: IFC, BCF, bSDD, IDS
• Open tools: IfcOpenShell, That Open Engine
• City models: CityGML, CityJSON
• Linked data and granular representations (URI, RDF, SPARQL)
• Ontologies for built environment (OWL and established ontologies)

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Fields

Engineering and technology

Scope

5 cr

Code

TX00FE95

The student
• can identify and explain the relevant machine understandable representations and formats used for entities of different scopes in built environments (building products, buildings, urban areas)
• understands how the models based on each representation are created
• can identity and explain the levels of interoperability within and between different representations
• understands the roles of application programming interfaces, data representations and formats, and query languages in accessing data
• understands how different representations can be interlinked
• can apply relevant programming tools to structure and utilise each of the representations
• can create software solutions utilising relevant representations.

Organiser

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

Contact details

avoinamk@metropolia.fi

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