LRUG returns April 22nd with talks on What’s New in Revit 2027 and Extending Revit at Heatherwick Studio.
🕓 Doors Open: 17:45
🎤 Event Starts: 18:00
🏁 Event Ends: 20:30
Can’t make it in person? We’ll also be streaming the event — register to receive the online link.
Edition #79
🆕 Inside Revit 2027: What's New and What's Next – Lauren Poon, Senior Product Line Manager – Revit Architecture at Autodesk
Lauren will provide an overview of what’s new in Revit 2027, including the Autodesk Assistant for Revit, Forma Connected Client workflows, and key updates across architecture, structures, and MEP.
The session will focus on how these changes improve day-to-day efficiency, strengthen connected BIM workflows across tools and teams, and enhance design through better access to context, analysis, and shared data.
About the Speaker
Lauren Poon is the Senior Product Line Manager for Revit Architecture at Autodesk. Her career in AEC spans more than a decade across design practice, digital transformation, and product development.
Lauren began her career as a practicing architect in Canada, first at Quadrangle Architects and later at Gensler. She then moved into digital transformation at CallisonRTKL in London. Prior to joining Autodesk, Lauren spent three years in product management at Outer Labs. In 2023, Lauren joined Autodesk to help lead the Revit Architecture product line.
🌈 From Geometry to Delivery: Extending Revit at Heatherwick Studio – Alfonso Monedero, BIM Lead at Heatherwick Studio
Revit is central to delivery at Heatherwick Studio, but complex, geometry-driven projects push it well beyond its limits. This session uses a real university campus project in Bogotá to show how the team at Heatherwick have extended Revit to support ambitious design without compromise.
Alfonso will share the custom pipeline his team built to connect Rhino’s freeform geometry to Revit’s structured, data-rich environment. From there, he will cover custom tools that automate documentation, perform intelligent model checking and deliver a continuous feedback loop to the client. The throughline is simple: find where Revit stops, build what fills the gap, and make sure the rest of the studio actually uses it.
About the Speaker
Alfonso Monedero is an architect leading BIM implementation at London-based Heatherwick Studio. Alfonso began his career as a Project Architect and Head of Design at a leading practice in Chile, but moved into a more technical role after seeing firsthand how fluency with technology can unlock new creative possibilities. His international experience spans Spain, India, Chile, and the UK, including an earlier stint as a BIM Consultant with Heatherwick Studio in 2015 and a role as Design Technology Manager at Woods Bagot in London.
In 2018, Alfonso re-joined Heatherwick Studio to lead its ongoing BIM implementation. Under his direction, the studio has undergone a digital transformation that has established it as one of the industry leaders in the space. His goal is simple: embed BIM deeply into the design phase without ever limiting or hindering the creative process.