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AECCafe Industry Predictions for 2025 – Chaos

Monday, January 20th, 2025

By Vladimir Koylazov, Head of Innovation, Chaos

Vladimir Koylazov

In 2025, the AEC industry will see the culmination of several trends that have been building over the past few years.

To start, architects and designers will see huge improvements around more efficient building techniques. For decades, they have been striving to improve efficiency, but the process has been slow on the design side, as designers need to spend time fully realizing their creations, then send them off for a full energy analysis. It’s a slow, iterative process that can require multiple rounds of analysis, all of which take time and money.

These inefficiencies are improving. Last year, Chaos launched Enscape Impact, a tool that can determine the energy efficiency of a building during the initial design phase. Designers receive energy efficiency data they need as part of their creative stage and have the power and freedom to make changes that can directly impact the project’s overall energy efficiency. This leads to more cost-effective projects and more energy efficient buildings, and will ultimately help to address escalating concern over sustainability.

I predict that the need to build more sustainable, future-proof cities will be one of the most talked about trends in the coming year and could help the industry move in new directions. There will be a continued push to make cities more resilient and climate friendly through improvements to construction and climate-proofing new and existing builds. Changes to improve sustainability will be gradual, but urgency will build as temperatures continue to rise and natural disasters cause devastation around the world. Tools that can help are on the way, and tech companies, including Chaos, are focusing heavily on the need. As the archviz community unites around the evolving needs, tools will become more readily available.
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Reinventing the Future: Autodesk’s Bold Vision for AI, Sustainability, and the LA28 Olympics at Autodesk University 2024

Monday, October 21st, 2024

Autodesk University 2024 delivered an inspiring keynote by President and CEO Andrew Anagnost, offering a bold vision for the future of AI, sustainability, and how these transformative forces are set to reshape industries. This year’s keynote featured in-depth conversations with Casey Wasserman, Chairperson of LA28, and Raji Arasu, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Autodesk. Together, they explored Autodesk’s groundbreaking role in the upcoming LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, its application of artificial intelligence (AI) across industries, and the lasting impact of technology in a rapidly changing world.

AI for Practical Transformation

Anagnost opened with a candid discussion about the gap between AI’s hype and its current usefulness. He acknowledged that while much of AI’s promise remains unfulfilled, Autodesk is laser-focused on creating AI tools that deliver practical solutions today. “Technologies come with a lot of hype, but our focus at Autodesk is on AI that works for you today, delivering tangible productivity and creativity gains,” Anagnost said. His message was clear: Autodesk is driving AI innovation that empowers users across industries, from architecture to manufacturing to entertainment.

 

One of the standout initiatives presented was Project Bernini, Autodesk’s groundbreaking AI model. Bernini allows designers to generate fully realized 3D objects in minutes, a process that would have traditionally taken hours or even days. This AI tool is already proving to be a game-changer in streamlining design workflows, with the potential to enhance creativity while eliminating repetitive tasks.

“Bernini exemplifies how AI can augment your creativity and productivity,” said Arasu, emphasizing that Autodesk’s AI is designed to solve real-world problems, not just theoretical challenges. Arasu elaborated on how Bernini allows designers to prompt AI using natural language, sketches, or images, creating a new era of rapid ideation. “We want AI to enhance your skills, not replace them. The creative work that you do is so complex and so special—AI cannot solve for your ingenuity,” Arasu said.

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Sustainable Architecture Meets Reforestation in China — Interview with Wolfgang Frey

Monday, August 1st, 2016

Wolfgang Frey, a practicing architect who specializes in sustainability at his architectural firm Frey Architekten, in the eco-city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, has found a way to offset his own carbon dioxide “debt.“ In the spring of 2014 Mr. Frey began a reforestation project on the Chinese mountain Xishan (‘West Mountain’ in English) in Taiyuan in the Chinese province of Shanxi.

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