Digito ergo aedifico. Digital chains for advanced building processes

The paper focuses on the digitalization of the building processes (design, production, construction) in the awareness that “construction” is, today, the weakest link of a possible digital chain in the building sector. In particular, the paper shows the first findings of research focused on the application, in post-natural disaster areas, of an automated process to build temporary shelters and little facilities services. The illustration of this ongoing activity is an opportunity for some critical reflections about the potentiality of the digital revolution applied to the building sector.