Cognitive Buildings

<p>Cognitive building is a pioneering topic envisioning the future of our built environment. The concept of cognitive provides a paradigm shift that steps from the static concept of the building as a container of human activities towards the modernist vision of machine à habiter of Le Corbusier where the technological content adds the capability of learning from users' behavior and environmental variables to adapt itself to achieve major goals such as user comfort energy-saving flexible functionality high durability and good maintainability. The concept is based on digital frameworks and IoT networks towards the concept of a smart city.</p>