Material Histories & Innovations at Autodesk Boston

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Discover how Autodesk is bridging past and future at the Autodesk Technology Center in Boston’s Seaport District. As part of Autodesk Research, this hub explores emerging technologies that are reshaping the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry.
 
With large-format fabrication equipment, a wide range of robotics, and two floors of project space, Autodesk research experts and design engineers explore ideas that are transforming the built environment such as industrialized construction, automation and robotics in construction, and digital fabrication. 

Learn how historical material studies, like those from Volterra, Italy, inspire cutting-edge work in digital preservation, adaptive reuse, and sustainable fabrication. From reality capture to biomimicry, explore how deep curiosity drives technological breakthroughs that impact today's built environment.

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Learning Objectives

1. Learn how digital preservation technologies, including reality capture, scan to BIM, XR, and 3D printing, can be applied to your day-to-day projects.
2. Understand how researchers developed the universal roman design method, leading to a new understanding of Roman design that disputes the writings of Vitruvius in the Ten Books of Architecture, and discover how past material studies inform current research.
3. Learn how technology and material research on biology or bio mimicry can develop new technology for practical uses.
4. Understand how adaptive reuse and innovative materials are represented in Boston architecture.

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