On the Future of Computation in Architecture: A Discussion with Phil Bernstein

This presentation by Phillip Bernstein, former Vice President of Strategic Industry Relations at Autodesk, will focus on software and the future of its use in architecture and construction, including topics such as building information modeling (BIM), virtual reality, and artificial intelligence.

Speaker:
Phillip Bernstein, FAIA, Lecturer in Professional Practice at the Yale School of Architecture

Phillip Bernstein was formerly a Vice President at Autodesk, where he was responsible for leading a team that sets the company’s future vision and strategy for technology as well as cultivating and sustaining the firm’s relationships with strategic industry leaders and associations. He currently teaches professional practice at the Yale School of Architecture and consults to Autodesk on special projects. Prior to joining Autodesk, Phil practiced architecture as a principal at Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, where he managed many of the firm’s most complex commissions.

Phillip writes and lectures extensively about practice and technology issues, has been published in Architectural Record, Architecture, Architecture+Urbanism, Design Intelligence, Fast Company, Fortune and Perspecta and quoted in The Economist, Vanity Fair, Dwell and The Wall Street Journal.  Phil is co-editor of Building (in) The Future: Recasting Labor in Architecture (2010) and BIM In Academia (2011), and co-author of Goat Rodeo: Practicing Built Environments (2016). He is a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council and former Chair of the AIA National Contract Documents Committee. He is a licensed architect in California.

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