Visiting MaRS – Through the Interface

I seem to spend quite a bit of time, these days, talking about the new Autodesk office in Toronto. I did visit one part of the office when I came through in July 2017 – on our world tour – but people hadn’t, at that point, fully moved across from the former 210 King St East office. So this week was – somewhat surprisingly – the first time I’d actually seen the generatively-designed office space first-hand. Crazy.

Generatively-designed Autodesk sign

I’ve been staying in the Chelsea Hotel – apparently the largest hotel in Canada, with about a thousand rooms – which is conveniently located for the office, but isn’t the height of luxury. (Although I will say that the pool and fitness area on the 27th floor make up for the relative crumminess of the guest rooms.)

View from my balcony

On Wednesday I spent my first day in the MaRS office, meeting with various people regarding either Dasher 360 or the generative design tools we’re working on.

The Research area

I’m super-excited about the direction things are headed, especially on the…

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