Description
Generative design is a framework for combining digital computation and human creativity to achieve results that would not otherwise be possible. It involves the integration of a rule-based geometric system, a series of measurable goals, and a system for automatically generating, evaluating, and evolving a very large number of design options. This approach offers many benefits for designing buildings and cities–including managing complexity, optimising for specific criteria, incorporating a large amount of input from past projects and current requests, navigating trade-offs based on real data, structuring discussion among stakeholders about design features and project objectives, offering transparency about project assumptions, and offering a “live model” for post-occupancy adaptation. The framework consists of 3 main components: 1) generate a wide design space of possible solutions through a bespoke geometry system; 2) evaluate each solution through measurable goals; 3) evolve generations of designs through evolutionary computation. Generative design is a flexible and scalable framework. It can be applied to a wide range of design problems and scales: from industrial components all the way to buildings and cities. In this session, we'll explore how generative design is being applied by Autodesk Research's The Living at a variety of scales, and how the Autodesk tools used by The Living (Dynamo and Refinery) can be used by customers to implement their own generative design workflows.
Key Learnings
- Understand the core concepts behind generative design
- See the various customer projects Autodesk Research has implemented using Dynamo with Refinery
- See how generative design workflows can be applied at a range of scales in AEC projects
- Learn how Dynamo can be used with the Refinery optimisation engine to implement generative design workflows for AEC
Speakers
- LVLorenzo VillaggiLorenzo Villaggi is a Principal Research Scientist within the AEC Industry Futures group, Autodesk Research. His work focuses on novel data-driven design approaches, reusable design intelligence, advanced visualization and sustainability. Recent projects include a net zero carbon and affordable housing development for Factory_OS in California, the NIS engine Factory for Airbus in Hamburg, the Alkmaar Affordable Housing District for Van Wijnen in the Netherlands, the Autodesk Mars Office in Toronto, and the Embodied Computation Lab for Princeton University.
Kean WalmsleyKean Walmsley is the director of Systems Design/Architecture Engineering, focused on the research area of human-centric building design. He has previously worked on projects exploring the integration of IoT data with BIM (Digital Twins) using Autodesk Platform Services, as well as Generative Design in the AEC space. He has worked in various roles – and in various countries – during his career at Autodesk, including building and managing teams of software developers in Europe, the Americas, and Asia/Pacific. Kean engages regularly with Autodesk’s developer and computational design communities, providing technical content and insights into technology evolution.
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