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Presentation: What should we expect the future of housing to look like and how will AI and new technologies effect the design and construction process of houses, especially as technology is dominating our world today?

We are witnessing transformative innovations in other industries i.e. automobiles, smart phones, computing, and aeronautics, however, the housing industry is left for the most part unchanged.

For over 15 years, researchers at the Center for Design Research at Virginia Tech have been proposing future innovations in how we will live in homes and how we will build them in the future. Now, with collaboration with a local homebuilder, Van Metre Homes, we will be taking the lead in industrializing the home-building process that will eventually pave the way for factory-built smart homes.

Learning Objective 1

After attending this program, participants will understand the importance of designing for the future. That future homebuyers will expect modern conveniences and technologies to be incorporated into everyday home functionality..

Learning Objective 2

After attending this program, participants will understand homebuilders need to embrace industrialized methods of construction for more efficient production and home delivery.

Learning Objective 3

After attending this program, participants will understand, to reach affordability, homes should be built smaller and smarter with more efficient space planning.

Learning Objective 4

After attending this program, participants will see examples of sustainable architecture including energy positive solar houses that are energy and water efficient.

Presented by

Joseph Wheeler, AIA