WDBE UPDATES // WDBE Talks episode 24 released
Productizing Sustainable Urban Housing with BJ Siegel
How do you take the learnings from Apple’s way of innovating products and apply them to housing? On WDBE Talks, you’ll hear how BJ Siegel pivoted from Apple to follow his passion at Juno, a proptech company.
In this episode, Aarni Heiskanen and his guest JB Siegel discuss:
- How BJ, an architect, became a commercial concept developer
- What did years with Apple teach him
- Who is Juno for, and how is it different from a traditional way of housing construction
- Digitalization can make a building environmentally sustainable over its life cycle
- What are the biggest challenges in developing industrialized construction
- What can make Juno a succeed
- What’s in the future for BJ and Juno
BJ will deliver his keynote at WDBE in September. On the podcast, he gives a glimpse ofwhat he will cover in his keynote.
Guest of this episode:
About BJ Siegel, Co-Founder & Head of Design at Juno
BJ Siegel is an internationally award-winning architect with over 30 years of experience delivering innovative projects worldwide. In April 2019, BJ co-founded Juno, a venture-backed prop-tech company focusing on designing, developing, and delivering urban multifamily housing as a branded consumer product.
Previously, as the Studio Director at the multi-disciplinary experience design firm Eight Inc, BJ served as the original concept architect for the first eight years of the Apple Retail Program.
In 2009, he joined Apple Real Estate and Development to lead their Innovation Group. Within two years, BJ became the Senior Design Director for all Apple retail stores worldwide, directing the program through its flagship development and International
expansion.
BJ holds a Master’s in Architecture from Tulane University and Yale University and over 40 design and utility patents for innovative design work at Apple.
You can connect with BJ on LinkedIn and learn more about Juno at juno.co.
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Meet Dr. Pallavi Mohan, Senior Scientist and Solutions Architect at NVIDIA AI Technology Center
Pallavi is a senior scientist and solutions architect at NVIDIA. She collaborates with research
institutes and customers to solve exciting challenges in the digital twin research space using
NVIDIA Omniverse.
You can learn more about Pallavi’s thoughts on WDBE Talks, the podcast for the World of
Digital Built Environment. To hear her keynote and meet her in person, come to WBDE in
September 2023.
WDBE-talks: Digital Twins for a Sustainable Future with Dr. Pallavi Mohan of NVIDIA
In this episode of WDBE Talks, Aarni Heiskanen interviews Dr. Pallavi Mohan, a Senior Scientist and Solutions Architect at NVIDIA. They discuss Pallavi’s work in the XR and digital twins research space and the potential of digital twins and extended reality technologies for the built environment sector. Pallavi shares her journey into her current position at NVIDIA and how she leverages her expertise in virtual environments to create dynamic virtual experiences.
Meet Marzia Bolpagni, Head of BIM International at Mace
Marzia is a building engineer by background. She became interested in BIM, Building
Information Modeling, during her studies at the University of Brescia, in her hometown in
northern Italy.
You can learn more about Marzia’s thoughts on WDBE Talks, the podcast for the World of
Digital Built Environment. To hear her keynote and meet her in person, come to WBDE in
September 2023.
Meet Michelle Xuereb, the AEC Sustainability Innovator
Don’t miss Michelle Xuereb’s keynote speech at WDBE in September 2023.
The world faces a climate crisis, and the built environment is key to mitigating and adapting. Michelle Xuereb, the Director of Innovation at BDP Quadrangle, sees innovation as crucial to the transition to sustainable construction, and architects have a vital role in the process. She’s on a mission to build a culture of innovation within the BDP practice
and upskill designers to meet future requirements.
Simulation-Powered Planning for Sustainable Building Projects with Pyry Haahtela, COO Haahtela TVD
Simulation-Powered Planning for Sustainable Building Projects
with Pyry Haahtela
The sustainability of a construction project should not be an afterthought but a crucial
consideration from the start. Pyry Haahtela, the COO of Haahtela TVD, shared his views on
when and how clients and developers can best manage the carbon footprint of their
projects with simulation.
WDBE-talks: From Objects to Sustainable Experiences with Michelle Xuereb
In this episode of WDBE Talks, Michelle Xuereb, the Director of Innovation at BDP
Quadrangle shares her insights on sustainability, innovation, and new approaches to
creating built environments. As one of the keynote speakers at WDBE in September 2023,
Michelle is a prominent voice in the field.
