Thousands of buildings in Colombia, South America could crumble in the next earthquake and crush thousands of its citizens.
Autodesk’s Latin America Marketing Program Manager, Juan M Martinez, Senior Data Scientist, Patty Svenson, and Forge Product Manager, Philippe Videau went to Colombia as part of a pro bono project to support Build Change, an Autodesk Foundation grantee, as they set out to retrofit homes in earthquake prone cities. Juan is originally from Bogota, but Patty and Philippe had never been, so why did they go?
“After the first site visit, I, personally, was incredibly panicked that what we came up with wasn’t going to work. I found the tool we proposed to be unwieldy and had no idea of where to even begin drawing.”
— Patty Svenson
Read on to find out why.
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