Autodesk has opened its Building, Innovation, Learning and Design (BUILD) Space, a fabrication-minded research and development facility for project and research teams from academia, industry and Autodesk to explore "next-generation" construction fabrication techniques.
The 70,000-square-foot facility in Boston gives these teams access to equipment and collaborative partners they may not otherwise have had access to — rent free. Companies must still cover their own insurance and materials costs.
The BUILD space includes six industrial robots, a 5-ton bridge crane for large project and moving equipment, workshops for materials such as wood, metal and composites, and 3D printers, and large-formate CNC routers and waterjets.
"You go to Google to find something, you go to Amazon to buy something," said Jim Lynch, vice president of Autodesk's building products group. "If you want to make something, we want you to come to Autodesk. That's a pretty important transformation for the company."
