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11 November 2026

Design and Application of a Virtual-Real Integrated Platform for Intelligent Construction and Landscape Design of Urban Interchanges

Jun Lin1 ,  Liming Zhao1
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1 School of Smart Cities and Digital Twin Technology, Chongqing Institute of Engineering, Chongqing 400056, China
IEF 2026 , 4(10), 247–254; https://doi.org/10.26689/IEF.v4i10.16119
© 2026 by the Author. Licensee: Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty Ltd, Australia. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

To address the pain points in urban interchange teaching at application-oriented universities, such as fragmented disciplinary knowledge, disconnected virtual and physical verification, and difficulty in transforming teaching and research outcomes, this study, guided by the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) concept and relying on the Chongqing Industry-Education Integration Virtual-Real Integrated Practical Teaching Platform, constructs an AI-enabled, multi-professional collaborative virtual simulation experiment platform for urban interchanges. The platform links three core majors—intelligent construction, environmental design, and engineering cost—and builds a four-dimensional knowledge graph of “engineering object—professional knowledge—experimental task—post competency.” Around three types of experiments—vehicular underpass, overpass bridge, and under-bridge landscape—it integrates the process of “virtual cognition—simulation deduction—physical training—post application,” generates competency profiles, and implements the four-stage certification of “probation—assistance—independence—mentoring.” Practice shows that the platform has developed 3 virtual simulation courses, undergone 4 teaching cycles, and annually serves more than 500 student person-times and more than 200 social training person-times; the course was rated as a Chongqing first-class undergraduate course, providing a reference for AI-boosted 

Keywords
Artificial intelligence
Interdisciplinary integration
Knowledge graph
Virtual-real integration
Integration of science and education
Urban interchange
Funding
Chongqing Institute of Engineering Intramural Research Fund Project: “Development of ‘AI + Multi-Professional Collaboration’ Virtual Simulation Experiment Projects” (2025JYZX06)
Chongqing Institute of Engineering Education and Teaching Reform Research Project: “Research and Practice of Smart Teaching Reform in Virtual Simulation Experiment Courses Based on the Cultivation of Learning and Application Ability” (JY2024101)
Chongqing Higher Education Teaching Reform Research Project: “Research on the Reform of ‘Three Systems and Four Stages’ Virtual-Real Integrated Practical Teaching for Digital-Intelligence-Empowered New Engineering” (263315)
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