It is Alive in the Lab

Paolo Soleri: Arcosanti was an Example of More with Less for Better that was Ahead of Its Time

Palo Soleri died in 2013. He was an Italian born architect, urban theorist, craftsman artist, and philosopher. He founded his Architectural Design and Craft Studios, Cosanti, in 1955 and founded Arcosanti in 1970. Arcosanti is an urban laboratory focused on... Read more →

Redshift: 6 Disruptive Examples Show How Manufacturing and Construction Are Converging

Since the Autodesk position is that construction, manufacturing, and multimedia are converging, I shared Mark Albert's "A Convergence of Construction and Manufacturing" post on It's Alive in the Lab the other day. Actually, Autodesk has held this belief about industry... Read more →

The Conveniences of a Smart Home Augment the Comforts of Home

Tucked away in a game room closet is an array of equipment that combines with smartphone apps to make a smart home. We recently moved to Cypress, Texas. The deciding factors for the home that we purchased included having an... Read more →

The Rock Boat XIX: Day Three of Five - It Was a Group Effort

The Rock Boat is a five-day floating music festival. Bands play concerts as the ship travels to its destinations. This year, our cruise went to Key West and Nassau, The Bahamas. Believe it or not, the destinations do not matter.... Read more →

The Hills are alive with the Sound of Convergence

Autodesk serves three primary industries: Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Product Design and Manufacturing (PD&M) Media and Entertainment (M&E) Our position is that these industries are converging: Customers who make buildings (AEC) are starting to behave more like customers who... Read more →

A Bold Proposal: HOA Approval for Solar Panels for My Home in Cypress, Texas

Q: Can efficiency trump aesthetics? As mentioned in previous blog posts, we're adding solar panels to our Lennar home in Cypress, Texas. A Bold Proposal: Solar Plans for My Home Energy in Cypress, Texas A Bold Proposal: Proposed Layout of... Read more →

Personalized License Plates: The tradition continues...

Though I often view myself as the way my wife sees me (to ensure I am a decent husband and father), I sometimes define myself by what I do. What I do is tightly coupled to the company I work... Read more →

The Rock Boat XIX: Day Two of Five - Alan Doyle Made My Day

The Rock Boat is a five-day floating music festival. Bands play concerts as the ship travels to its destinations. This year, our cruise went to Key West and Nassau, The Bahamas. Believe it or not, the destinations do not matter.... Read more →

Happy Valentine's Day

A few months ago I saw an ad for a personalized product where you put in the dates and locations of where you met your spouse, proposed, and got married. Purchase one from ModernMapArt The result is a physical print... Read more →

Olivier Lépinoy: Blockchain for Construction

Olivier Lépinoy is an Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Sales Development Executive in our Worldwide Field Operation team. His focus is on Strategy, Digital Transformation and Data Analytics for clients in Construction. His education is as an architect and urban... Read more →

THE FUTURE OF MAKING: Compose Infographic Maps Materials based on Structure and Composition

I was the project manager for Autodesk's THE FUTURE OF MAKING book. THE FUTURE OF MAKING tells remarkable stories of how emerging technologies are changing how we make things, who makes things, and the very nature of the what we... Read more →

Autodesk Research: Things are Designed in the Context of Other Things

Rhys Goldstein is a simulation expert in the Complex Systems group at Autodesk Research. His work helps communities of researchers and practitioners collaborate in the development of next-generation simulation-based design tools. At the 2018 Winter Simulation Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden,... Read more →

The Rock Boat XIX: Day One of Five - That Doesn't Sound like the Album

Today is Friday, and regular It's Alive in the Lab readers (like Adam Hockley) know that means that I'll blog about something besides Autodesk technology. Since I just returned from a five-day vacation, I'll write about each of the days... Read more →

List of Autodesk Gallery Exhibits by Industry

The Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco celebrates design — the process of taking a great idea and turning it into a reality. With about 60 different exhibits regularly on display that showcase the innovative work of Autodesk... Read more →

THE FUTURE OF MAKING: Create Infographic maps Hardware to the Ways Things are Made

I was the project manager for Autodesk's THE FUTURE OF MAKING book. THE FUTURE OF MAKING tells remarkable stories of how emerging technologies are changing how we make things, who makes things, and the very nature of the what we... Read more →

Yes, It's The Rock Boat Time Again

This week my wife and I are on The Rock Boat. This is our eighth voyage. The Rock Boat is a 5-day cruise that departs from Tampa, Florida to Key West, Florida and Nassau, The Bahamas where rock concerts are... Read more →

Lorenzo Villaggi: Inspiring the Future of Vertical Urbanism

Lorenzo Villaggi is a Research Scientist in Autodesk Research. He's an architect, researcher, and educator based in New York City. Lorenzo explores the future of architecture with The Living focusing on generative design, new materials, and the quantification of qualitative... Read more →