Framework
DICE within the European Innovation Ecosystem The Digital Innovation Cluster for the Built Environment (DICE) is conceived as an innovation platform that connects stakeholders across the entire value chain of the built environment. By bringing together research institutions, industry partners, public administrations, and innovation organizations, DICE aims to facilitate knowledge exchange, experimentation, and collaboration across […]
Current Maturity and Future Ambitions
DICE currently demonstrates success factors at Level 2 maturity: we collaborate with academia (TUHH, HCU), SMEs (gmp), public and civic institutions (LIG, LSBG), and have access to testing laboratories (HCU, TUHH, LSBG) and local testbeds (HafenCity, Kleiner Grasbrook, EDGE). We are actively developing cross-sectoral collaborations and will expand our partnerships in alignment with the B4PIC […]
Alignment with B4P Objectives
DICE supports B4P’s general objectives—scientific, economic, and societal—through interdisciplinary innovation, AI-enhanced infrastructure management, and smart city planning tools. Our projects align with the majority of the B4P’sseven specific objectives, including system integration, lifecycle performance, circular economy, and clean energy transition. The cluster involves communities, cities and metropolitan scales.
Core Partners
HafenCity University Hamburg (HCU)is a university focused on the built environment and metropolitan development, bringing together architecture, urban planning, engineering, geomatics, and related spatial disciplines. As an academic partner, HCU contributes research expertise in sustainable urban transformation, digital city science, planning methods, and interdisciplinary knowledge production. Hanseatic Wireless Innovation Competence Center (HAWICC)is a research initiative […]
Idea and Motivation to Join the B4PIC Network
With the proposal DICE – Digital Innovation Cluster for the Built Environment – we are applying to join the B4PIC network as a Prospective Innovation Cluster to collaborate across Europe on people-centric and sustainable urban innovation. The idea of DICE is to establish a value-chain of digital planning and construction for smart buildings and smart […]
Mission
The Digital Innovation Cluster for the Built Environment (DICE) connects stakeholders from research, industry, public administration, and civil society across the entire lifecycle of the built environment. The cluster serves as a platform for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and innovation in planning, design, construction, operation, and urban development. Located in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, DICE benefits […]
Welcome to DICE
Digital Innovation Cluster for the Built Environment (DICE)