Decentralising architectural design through data governance

Theodoros  Dounas; Davide Lombardi; Hico  McDonald

doi:10.1049/PBBE007E_ch8

Decentralising architectural design through data governance

Theodoros Dounas, Davide Lombardi^*, Hico McDonald

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Department of Architecture

Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

This chapter explores the processes of decentralisation of architectural design
through a series of design experiments and prototypes that develop an alternative
governance model for architectural design, one routed into a new political economy
for architectural design with a scope of transforming architecture into a non-
extractive, allographic discipline

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Distributed Ledger Technologies in the Built Environment: Key concepts, technologies, and applications
Editors	Mohamad Kassem, Abel Maciel, Daniel M. Hall
Publisher	The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Chapter	8
Pages	207-237
Number of pages	31
ISBN (Electronic)	9781839538353
ISBN (Print)	9781839538346
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/PBBE007E_ch8
Publication status	Published - May 2025

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Dounas, T., Lombardi, D., & McDonald, H. (2025). Decentralising architectural design through data governance. In M. Kassem, A. Maciel, & D. M. Hall (Eds.), Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Distributed Ledger Technologies in the Built Environment: Key concepts, technologies, and applications (pp. 207-237). The Institution of Engineering and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1049/PBBE007E_ch8

Dounas, Theodoros ; Lombardi, Davide ; McDonald, Hico . / Decentralising architectural design through data governance. Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Distributed Ledger Technologies in the Built Environment: Key concepts, technologies, and applications. editor / Mohamad Kassem ; Abel Maciel ; Daniel M. Hall. The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2025. pp. 207-237

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Dounas, T, Lombardi, D & McDonald, H 2025, Decentralising architectural design through data governance. in M Kassem, A Maciel & DM Hall (eds), Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Distributed Ledger Technologies in the Built Environment: Key concepts, technologies, and applications. The Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 207-237. https://doi.org/10.1049/PBBE007E_ch8

Decentralising architectural design through data governance. / Dounas, Theodoros ; Lombardi, Davide; McDonald, Hico .
Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Distributed Ledger Technologies in the Built Environment: Key concepts, technologies, and applications. ed. / Mohamad Kassem; Abel Maciel; Daniel M. Hall. The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2025. p. 207-237.

Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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