From Digital Twins to Autonomous Construction: Future of Building at Scale
Haris Isakovic
Gropyus
The housing crisis, soaring emissions, and unpredictable costs are pushing the construction industry toward a radical transformation: from one-off projects to large-scale, industrialized production of sustainable residential buildings. Traditional BIM tools were built to digitize legacy workflows—but they cannot keep pace with the complexity of this new paradigm.
To deliver affordable, sustainable housing at scale, we need end-to-end digitalization—from design and robotic manufacturing to assembly, operation, and eventual decommissioning. This means orchestrating multiple data streams in real time: building models, production plans, robotic instructions, material tracking, life-cycle circularity, and human-in-the-loop collaboration.
Mastering this complexity is not just a technical challenge—it’s the foundation for achieving higher levels of autonomy in construction and unlocking a future where buildings are produced as efficiently as cars.
Speaker bio: Dr. Haris Isakovic is an expert in digitalization and AI research at GROPYUS AG. He has extensive experience in both academic research and industrial applications of secure and reliable cyber-physical systems. Haris has contributed to multiple research initiatives across Europe, including recent projects such as Cynergy4MIE. His current work focuses on developing fundamental building blocks for autonomous operations in construction, encompassing digital twins, sensor-rich environments, perception and the dependability of autonomous systems.