EP 023116 January 2025 · 49 min
BIM-ing Innovation: How Alfonso Monedero Bridges Tech and Creativity at Heatherwick Studio
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BIM and design technology are often treated as back-office production tools, but in the right hands they can support creativity, geometry, collaboration and better project delivery.
Stephen Drew speaks with Alfonso Monedero from Heatherwick Studio about BIM, technology, AI, coding, recruitment and how digital specialists can bridge technical systems with ambitious design work.
The conversation covers:
How Alfonso built a BIM and design technology career in the UK
Why adaptability matters in a changing software landscape
How BIM teams support complex geometry and design delivery
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- · Stephen Drew
Stephen Drew
Hello everyone. This is not a virtual podcast live stream like I'm used to be doing. As you can see, we're in a very beautiful office and I've got an amazing guest today. Someone that has an unconventional career, but is doing a lot of creative stuff. But dealing with a lot of logic as well. So my guest here, he can introduce himself in a bit.
- · Stephen Drew
Stephen Drew
He's gonna do a bit of a better job than me, however, Alfonso Manero, head of BIM at Heavy Works Studios. Alfonso, how are you today? You okay?
Heatherwick Studio projects
The work behind the conversation.
Singapore · 2020
EDEN
A 20-storey apartment building that lifts private homes and generous planted balconies into Singapore's tropical canopy.
View project →King's Cross, London, United Kingdom · 2024
Making House
Heatherwick Studio's King's Cross home transforms a 1970s office into a workshop, studio and public window onto making.
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