With the world population expected to increase from nearly 8 billion today to 10 billion by 2050, it’s easy to say that sustainability is important. But how do we actually make it happen?
Watch these 15-minute presentations from AU 2017 for inspiration and insight into how designers, planners, and builders are finding new ways to do more, do it better, and do it with less.
Using InfraWorks to Provide Shelter & Safety for Refugees
Speaker: Jessica Chambers
With millions of refugees in need of emergency resettlement every year, Jessica Chambers, a senior consultant at Microdesk, explains how her agency partnered with Autodesk to build housing 30-50% faster using the power and flexibility of BIM.
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Mimicking Natural Systems Design
Speaker: Bart Gaczorek
To make product design truly sustainable, we need to go beyond the product itself to the entire supply chain. Bart Gaczorek, chief design officer at…