Architectural RDM Pipeline

ARCHITECTURAL RDM PIPELINE: ENABLING FAIR AND EFFICIENT ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT

Building on the NFDI4ING Seed Fund project “RDM-Workflows for Construction Engineering and Architecture”, the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt (ULB) and the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart are jointly developing a scalable research data management (RDM) pipeline tailored to the needs of the architectural research community. The Architectural Research Data Management Pipeline aims to make diverse and complex architectural research data easier to capture, connect, and publish in compliance with FAIR principles.

Architectural research often produces heterogeneous datasets that are inherently complex and difficult to standardise and share, also due to their visual nature. The goal of the project is to develop a user-friendly service that integrates existing NFDI services and automatically convert research outputs into linked knowledge graphs, enabling enriched datasets. The initiative focuses on two core themes: supporting researchers with clear workflows and templates, and ensuding the pipeline meets researchers needs. Implementation includes enhancing an existing prototype, creating a showcase demonstrator using data from multi-storey timber construction projects, and ongoing engagement with stakeholders through workshops and conferences. By tightly linking research and infrastructure, the project will deliver a modular workflow that supports automation and data-driven methods, enables FAIR publication, and represents visual data in AEC appropriately.

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Prof. Achim Menges
Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD), University of Stuttgart

RESEARCHER
Hana Svatoš-Ražnjević (ICD)
Dr. -Ing. Tobias Schwinn (ICD)

PARTNERS
The University and State Library Darmstadt, TU Darmstadt
Roger Winkler, Stephan Tittel, Gerald Jagusch, Dr. Marc Fuhrmans, Prof. Dr. Thomas Stäcker

FUNDING
German Research Foundation (DFG), Wissenschaftliche Literaturversorgungs- und Informationssysteme (LIS)