David Benjamin
Director of AEC Industry Futures
Americas
Biography
David Benjamin leads applied research on Net-Zero Buildings at Autodesk Research. His work combines research and practice, with a focus on an expanded and actionable framework of environmental sustainability. Over the past several years, his team has explored generative design, low-carbon materials, and re-usable design intelligence for the built environment. Recent projects include the NIS Engine Factory for Airbus in Hamburg, the Autodesk MaRS Office in Toronto, and the Alkmaar Affordable Housing District for Van Wijnen in the Netherlands. David received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies from Harvard and a Master of Architecture from Columbia.
Areas
Publications (13)
2025
A Contactless Multi-Modal Sensing Approach for Material Assessment and Recovery in Building DeconstructionThis research enables contactless assessment of in-situ buildings to…
2019
Design Loop: Calibration of a Simulation of Productive Congestion Through Real-World Data for Generative Design FrameworksThis paper extends the applicability of generative design for space…
2018
Digital Dérive: Reconstructing Urban Environments based on Human ExperienceThis paper describes a novel method for reconstructing urban…
Projects (4)
2019
Project Discover: Workflow for Generative Design in ArchitectureThis project involves the integration of a rule-based geometric…
2017
Bionic Partition: The World’s Largest 3D-printed Airplane ComponentDeveloped in collaboration with Airbus, Autodesk, and APWorks, the…
2017
Bio Computational Evolution: The Next Generation of Software for Synthetic BiologyPioneering the intersection between synthetic biology, architecture,…
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