Workshop/Build Meeting #2 – CitiVerse Sandbox BIM & CIM Thursday 26 March

Workshop/Build Meeting #2 – CitiVerse Sandbox BIM & CIM Thursday 26 March

This workshop is the second and continuing part of a broader Nordic (FinEstNorSwe) initiative to define and prototype a CitiVerse Sandbox — a shared environment where BIM and CIM can converge into a unified, scalable and interoperable system.

Agenda

13.00  Joint Introduction – FinEstNorSwe context and objectives

13:10  Introduction in Breakout Rooms

Zoom Group #1 – BIM Group. Focus: Building and structuring a Total BIM Sandbox for CitiVerse
Zoom Group #2 – CIM Group. Focus: Building and structuring a Total CIM Sandbox for CitiVerse

13:20  Workshop Session using the Miro Board

14:00  Group Reports

Each group presents outcomes and insights from the Miro work

14:20-15:00  Open Discussion

Next steps for developing:
– A Total BIM Sandbox
– A Total CIM Sandbox
This discussion will be framed within the CitiVerse / MetaVerse context

Context and Problem Framing

Across Europe, cities are rapidly developing digital twins, BIM models, and urban data platforms. However, these efforts remain largely fragmented — technically, organisationally, and semantically.

Despite significant investments, three core challenges persist:

  • Lack of interoperability between BIM (building scale) and CIM (city scale) environments
  • Disconnected data ecosystems, where models, simulations, and real-time data are not integrated into shared decision-making environments
  • Limited human-centric interfaces, making complex urban data difficult to understand, explore, and act upon for stakeholders, citizens, and decision-makers

At the same time, the emergence of Web 4.0, CitiVerse and human-centric Virtual Worlds introduces a new paradigm: Cities are no longer just modelling infrastructure — they are building interactive cognitive environments for understanding and shaping complex urban systems.

This creates a critical need: How do we move from isolated digital models to interoperable, human-centric, and standards-based digital twin ecosystems?

Key Questions for the Workshop

Participants are invited to collaboratively explore:

  • How can BIM and CIM environments be structurally connected into a coherent digital twin ecosystem?
  • What are the minimum viable components of a CitiVerse Sandbox?
  • How do we ensure interoperability through standards (data models, APIs, semantics)?
  • How can these environments become human-centric, enabling understanding, not just visualisation?
  • What is required to move from sandbox environments to real-world deployment and scaling across cities?

Expected Outcome

By the end of the session, we aim to have:

  • A clearer shared structure for:
    • a Total BIM Sandbox
    • a Total CIM Sandbox
  • Identified key components, standards, and interfaces
  • A step toward a Nordic interoperable CitiVerse framework

Zoomlänk till mötet

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87425558873?pwd=uN1j1dSzTUhnEBbbFkRXX3xDWj6rhg.1