Description
Key Learnings
- Learn how to apply technology workflows to evaluate material and furniture carbon impact in the early design phase.
- Learn how to conduct analysis and perform quantitative data collection.
- Learn how to create automated inventories to assess circularity potential, from early design through potential value engineering.
Speaker
- Argelia BarcenaArgelia Barcena is a a Regional Design Technology Manager at Gensler, where her role covers the Northwest Region (US and Canada). With 20+ years of experience in the architecture, engineering, and construction field, she has worked for various architecture firms throughout the years, including global firms. She has served as adjunct faculty for several colleges/ universities in San Francisco and has authored two books in the topic of Building Information Modeling. Argelia has been a speaker for the San Francisco AIA Chapter, the USC BIM Symposium, BIM Coordinators Summit, and Autodesk University where she ranked Top-Rated Class Award. She has participated as an exam writer for Autodesk's Revit Certified Professional Exam. An architecture graduate, her career started off in a typical path of designing spaces and buildings and halfway through her career it pivoted towards design technology given her highly technical skills and interests. She is currently the Associate Director for the AIA San Francisco Board of Directors and Regional Lead for the global organization Women in BIM (WIB). Recognized as an Autodesk Expert Elite, Argelia stands as a testament to dedication, innovation, and leadership in the evolving landscape of architectural practice and design technology.