COVID-19 Design Challenges Call To Action

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My longtime friend and Autodesk colleague Kean Walmsley and I have been talking about ways Autodesk technology might assist our customers, and even us at Autodesk in these changing times or the “new normal”. How might we evaluate social distancing, points where people could congregate or HVAC flows all based on best health and safety practices being publicly discussed in this potential new normal environment when many self isolated communities slowly phase back in public settings and buildings.

I would love to see discussions and solutions on how to evaluate existing structures or future and construction sites to best protect everyone. Perhaps a virtual Hackathon around C19 solutions to the new challenges in design and construction.

How might we:

  • Evaluate designs and layouts to see the areas less than 6 feet social distancing in office layouts or construction and facility designs.
  • Identify areas of touch and contamination concerns.
  • Generatively provide layouts of buildings and work…

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