David Benjamin is Director of AEC Research at Autodesk and Associate Professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. His work combines research and practice, with a focus on an expanded and actionable framework of environmental sustainability. Recent projects include the Airbus NIS Engine Factory (a low-carbon lighthouse project for the future of manufacturing), the Princeton University Embodied Computation Lab (a new building for research on robotics and building systems), and Hy-Fi (a branching tower for the Museum of Modern Art made of a new type of biodegradable brick). He edited the book “Embodied Energy and Design: Making Architecture Between Metrics and Narratives.”