Building Before Building: Augmenting Design with Reality

On Thursday, April 5th, over 75 people attended “Building Before Building: Augmenting Design with Reality,” a panel presentation held at the 7 Tide showroom as part of Boston Design Week. The panel, moderated by President of Clarke Distribution Corporation, Sean Clarke and comprised of Architect Chris Brown of b Architecture Studio, Interior Designer Michael Ferzoco of Eleven Interiors, Director of Virtual Design and Construction for Windover Construction, Amr Raafat, and Miana Hoyt Dawson, Marketing Strategist for A.W. Hastings & Co, discussed recent technological advances in the industry and how they incorporate them into their design work.

(L-R): Sean Clarke, Clarke Distribution Corporation; Michael Ferzoco, Eleven Interiors; Chris Brown, b Architecture Studio; Amr Raafat, Windover Construction; Miana Hoyt Dawson, A.W. Hastings & Co.
(L-R) Moderator Sean Clarke, Clarke Distribution Corporation, and panelists Michael Ferzoco of Eleven Interiors, Miana Hoyt Dawson of A.W. Hastings & Co., Chris Brown of b Architecture Studio and Amr Raafat of Windover Construction
(L-R) Ted Carbonaro, Nancy Carbonaro
Amr Raafat, Director of Virtual Design and Construction for Windover Construction, provides a demonstration of the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headset.
(L-R) Cassia Wyner, Heather Beland, Lucy Dearborn, Andrea Avery