Democratizing the Built Environment through Generative Design
With new kinds of automation, design processes can get faster, easier, and more agile
In the early years of hypertext markup language (HTML), only Internet hobbyists and professional programmers had the knowledge and skills to use it. That made web design a precious commodity, and companies paid millions for sites that today seem relatively simple. But through years of optimization, automation, and the development of user-centered tools, the process of designing a web page has been greatly democratized—now even children can successfully create sites with HTML. And the same will happen with new tools like generative design, according to Anton Dy Buncio of VIATechnik. As processes are optimized and automated, even stakeholders who aren’t design professionals—such as leasing associates, brokers, property managers, and facility operators—will be empowered to participate in the design process directly and inform it with their data. In Dy Buncio’s vision, design will ultimately be democratized and agile, enabling our physical world to rapidly respond to changing needs.
About the speaker
Anton Dy Buncio is COO of VIATechnik, providing VDC, VR, and AR consulting services to projects all over the world. He has been a management consultant at Bain & Company and holds a bachelor’s degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.
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