After more than two weeks of jaw-dropping games, Olympic planners are now starting to look ahead to Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympics.
In the Bay Area, a Silicon Valley tech company is laying down designs for the next summer games with a billion dollar budget.
San Francisco-based Autodesk has been tasked with using its software and artificial intelligence to create or revamp venues in Los Angeles for Olympics. The city’s plan involves 40 structures as Olympic venues. The buildings are not new, but have been retrofitted and previously used.
“It will help with augmenting creative problem solving by architects, construction workers, engineers, designers that are trying to bring the LA 2028 games to life,” said Dara Treseder of Autodesk.
One example the company can point to is “Project Phoenix,” a 3D-designed housing complex in West Oakland.
“When you think about how we can take that real world example and …