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How to: analyze your first proposal
In this article, you’ll learn how to run the sun hours analysis in Forma Site Design. The sun hours analysis provides a visual map of sun exposure – it’s a major part of any architecture site analysis. It shows how many hours of direct sunlight your site and building receive on specific dates. How to…
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Forma Site Design wins Architectural Record 2025 Architectural Products of the Year!
We are proud to announce that Forma Site Design is a winner in the new software and technology category of the 2025 Architectural Record Best Architectural Products of the Year competition. Winners are selected by an independent jury of industry professionals and the Architectural Record team. The jury stated: “Forma Site Design is overhauling early-stage…
Industry & Insights
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How to: add your first building to an existing site in Forma Site Design
This is the second article in our Quick Start learning series. Read the first article – How to: create your first site in Forma Site Design. You can create a schematic model in Forma Site Design using as little as two tools: Basic building and Move. This guide summarizes the essential tools and features used…
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Design for Good: The science behind the design at HMC Architects
Executive summary Guided by their “Design for Good” ethos, HMC Architects are delivering pursuits with a new competitive edge thanks to AI and data-driven tools. A recent proposal for a STEM center at a California community college demanded an innovative design focused on sustainability and student needs–within a deadline of just four weeks. Navigating the…
Customer Stories
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Forma+MVRDV workshop: three days of learning, conversations, and a nail-biting design competition
In May 2025, the Forma Community team invited MVRDV to the Forma HQ in Oslo, Norway for an intensive workshop. We spent three days with eight architects from MVRDV, learning, testing, and getting a glimpse into the future. After weeks of planning, it was great to finally meet the whole team to Oslo. The first…
Community
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Five ways Forma Site Design helps architects beat early phase deadlines
The early stage of a project sets the foundation for success—but it’s also when tight deadlines and budgets hit hardest. Architects need to quickly understand site conditions, test multiple concepts, and keep teams aligned—all while time, resources are limited. They face the pressure to deliver clear direction quickly, often with limited resources, incomplete data, and too…
Product
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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…
Customer Stories
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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…
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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…
Customer Stories
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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…
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