Maximizing the potential of digitalization, technologies of the virtual realm present an opportunity to rethink the experience of space, society, and culture. Cities designed with integrated smart technologies and sustainable energy sources can improve urban life. Given the impact of these technologies, this paper examines the connections between data, infrastructure, and the public realm. Artificial intelligence (AI) can transform the environment we live in, and cities are facing the rise of urban intelligence (UI). Mobile sensors and handheld devices, referred to as “urban tech,” allow cars, buses, bicycles, and citizens to collect data about air quality, noise pollution, and the urban environment at large. Smart urban infrastructures can address issues such as crime, environmental pollution, and public health and help improve quality of life. How will our lives change intellectually, physically, and emotionally as the Internet of things (IoT) migrates into urban environments? Twenty-first-century architecture can find new purpose by adopting a coherent vision for the future. Virtual space can function as a mediating layer between the real and the yet to come, between cultural identities and a truly global technological existence.

最大限度地发挥数字化的潜力，虚拟领域的技术提供了一个重新思考空间、社会和文化体验的机会。采用综合智能技术和可持续能源设计的城市可以改善城市生活。鉴于这些技术的影响，本文研究了数据、基础设施和公共领域之间的联系。人工智能（AI）可以改变我们生活的环境，城市正面临着城市智能（UI）的兴起。被称为“城市技术”的移动传感器和手持设备允许汽车、公共汽车、自行车和市民收集有关空气质量、噪音污染和整个城市环境的数据。智能城市基础设施可以解决犯罪、环境污染和公共卫生等问题，并有助于提高生活质量。随着物联网 (IoT) 迁移到城市环境中，我们的生活将如何在智力、身体和情感上发生变化？二十一世纪的建筑可以通过对未来采取连贯的愿景来找到新的目的。虚拟空间可以充当现实与未来、文化身份与真正的全球技术存在之间的中介层。