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Serious fun: data-driven design that hits all the right notes
Guest blog postAuthor: Marco D’AmbrogioLead for Architectural Intelligence, Sweco Denmark Last September, Daniel Rees from Skanska and I, representing Sweco Architects Denmark, had the honor of competing on stage at the AECO Design Slam during Autodesk University 2025 in Nashville. Watch the full event here. This year’s challenge was to design a mixed-use neighborhood in…
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How to: create your first site in Forma Site Design
Now that you have access to a Hub in Forma Site Design, watch the video and follow the steps below to enter your first site. Step 01: Create a new project Step 02: Create a new site Step 03: Define your site’s geolocation Step 04: Order contextual data Step 05: Draw your site limit Now…
Learning
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From runway to concourse: how early analysis lifts airport performance
This blog post is based on the Autodesk University 2025 class: Leveraging Forma and its Extension Ecosystem for Airport Design. Watch the full session here. In this interview, Thesla Collier, Design Technology Manager at HNTB (pictured) shares how advanced tools unlock new opportunities to improve building performance to meet high sustainability goals. Based in the…
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Free course: Design performance and sustainability with Forma Site Design, Revit, and Insight
With the increasing complexity of projects today, meeting high sustainability requirements demands new skills from architects to evaluate and improve building performance. In parallel, new data-driven tools are empowering architects to integrate performance-driven design to optimize sustainability strategies from day one. Whether you’re a practicing architect or architecture student, the time is now to learn…
Learning
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Five tips for learning Forma Site Design
Author: Daniel (Onyema) Udeze, Educational Consultant at Global eTraining With the accelerating pace of technological change today, AEC firms don’t want to risk being left behind. The most effective approach for helping teams adapt to disruptive technologies is to provide training in sync with these changes. Data shows that firms with a proactive approach to…
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Accelerating site design to BIM with Forma, Finch, and Revit
Autodesk Forma, available in the AEC Collection or as a standalone subscription, offers powerful AI-powered tools for architects and designers in pre-design and schematic design phases. This blog post is adapted from the Autodesk University 2025 session: From Site Planning to BIM with AI: Accelerating Early-Stage Design with Finch and Forma Site Design. Watch it here.Read…
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How Stantec used Forma’s sustainability analyses to improve building performance and patient wellbeing
Forma Site Design, available in the AEC Collection or as a standalone subscription, offers powerful AI-powered tools for architects and designers in pre-design and schematic design phases. Stantec has leveraged Forma Site Design to fast-track the design of Dubai’s first integrated cancer hospital. Faced with a tight schedule and ambitious sustainability goals, Stantec’s global team…
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Designing the Future: Creativity Takes the Stage at the 2025 AECO Design Slam
Forma Site Design, available in the AEC Collection or as a standalone subscription, offers powerful AI-powered tools for architects and designers in pre-design and schematic design phases. Global competitors reimagined “Music City Living 2050,” blending AI, data, and innovative ideas live at Autodesk University 2025. Every year, the AECO Design Slam brings together the brightest…
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Beyond files: leveraging Dynamo for cross-app intelligence
Autodesk Forma, available in the AEC Collection or as a standalone subscription, offers powerful AI-powered tools for architects and designers in pre-design and schematic design phases. Executive summary AEC workflows still rely heavily on file exchange. Despite our best efforts we often lose data fidelity along the way. But what if instead of moving files,…
Learning
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Designing resilient communities: Arcadis’ data-driven approach with Forma and ArcGIS
Autodesk Forma, available in the AEC Collection or as a standalone subscription, offers powerful AI-powered tools for architects and designers in pre-design and schematic design phases. Our world is changing, and the way we design our environments much shift accordingly to meet new climate and societal demands. Having accessible context and environmental data from the…
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