{"id":46470,"date":"2023-11-13T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/?post_type=news&p=46470"},"modified":"2023-11-13T17:18:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T22:18:50","slug":"ai-powered-sustainable-housing-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/news\/ai-powered-sustainable-housing-phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk-led collaboration brings AI-powered, climate-friendly solution to affordable housing\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1989, the Phoenix Ironworks Steel Factory in West Oakland, California moved to a smaller location near the marina. The buildings and equipment were dismantled, leaving a 5-acre slab of concrete next to the I-880 freeway. For almost 30 years, the site was empty or underused, even as the population in the region grew, the cost of construction increased, and the housing crisis became more urgent. <\/p>\n

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This empty plot of land in West Oakland, California will transform into The Phoenix, a 316-unit affordable and sustainable housing complex.<\/p><\/div> <\/div>\n

Yet within a year, this plot of land will become an innovation village for architects, engineers, and builders who are exploring solutions to housing and climate change. The digital thread connecting these teams and their project data from design to construction is Autodesk\u2019s Design and Make Platform<\/a>. Known as The Phoenix, the new project will consist of 316 affordable and sustainable homes, built at about half the cost, time, and carbon footprint of a typical multi-family building in the San Francisco Bay Area. <\/p>\n

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The Phoenix will be built at about half the cost, time, and carbon footprint of a typical multi-family building in the San Francisco Bay Area.<\/p><\/div> <\/div>\n

To make this possible, the multi-disciplinary team harnessed the power of the Autodesk Platform to share data and workflows and tap into AI-powered insights across the project lifecycle. In the early phases of the project, the team made data-informed trade-offs between goals for operational carbon, embodied carbon, cost, and livability. Later, they leveraged their unit catalog from past projects to reduce time and risk through reusable design intelligence. And in the final stages, the team is combining physical and digital automation to construct a set of buildings that is both efficient and loved by residents. <\/p>\n

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The multi-disciplinary team used the Autodesk Platform to make data-informed trade-offs between goals for operational carbon, embodied carbon, cost, and livability.<\/p><\/div> <\/div>\n

This week, we are thrilled to share the full story of The Phoenix at Autodesk University<\/a>, our annual Design and Make Conference. <\/p>\n

AI-assisted design unlocks funding and better livability<\/h3>\n

The Phoenix is propelled by the California Housing Accelerator. It provides massive incentives for affordable housing projects that can achieve tight timelines impossible with traditional design and construction methods. Meeting the challenge can unlock billions of dollars in subsidies to build new housing, but it requires creative solutions at every step. The innovation required to qualify for such funding starts with design. Autodesk and MBH Architects\u2014a successful 34-year-old firm specializing in retail, hospitality, and high-density residential design\u2014have been using The Phoenix to test new technologies and transform traditional workflows. Principal Ryan McNulty is taking the firm into the future. \u201cThe most dangerous phrase in the English language is, \u2018This is how we have always done it,\u2019\u201d McNulty says.