In this episode, we talk with our guest Mariana about digital architecture for the metaverse and web3, how design compares between the digitial and the physical, optimisim or lackthereof within the architectural profession, generational shifts, and how to maintain wellbeing. Mariana Cabugueira is an architect and the founder of Mariana Cabugueria Studio. She has previously worked at Zaha Hadid Architects in London and at the web3 metaverse blockchain platform Wilder World. She speaks at numerous events worldwide on the intersection of physical and digital architecture. She teaches the highly s ..read more

Dion Moult has created BlenderBIM which introduces BIM functionality in Blender. BlenderBIM is an open source native IFC authoring tool that allows users to utilise it for various functionialities. Find out where BlenderBIM came from and what it is capable of ..read more

New podcast episode with Arturo Tedeschi. Arturo that has been at the forefront of utilising and showcasing the impact of computational design. A true cross-disciplinary designer, Arturo has and continues to collaborate with some of the leading brands in the world. Find out about the man behind the celebrated AAD book that every Grasshopper user probably has on their desks, his story, his thoughts on the importance of innovation in all design fields, and the impact of AI ..read more

Stay tuned for Part 2 of this podcast, which will be available only on youtube, where Dion guides us through how to use BlenderBIM ..read more

In this episode we talk with Bruno Postle, the maker behind Homemaker. Homemaker is an addon for Blender that uses Topologic's non manifold mesh algorithms, that allows you to model a low poly mesh and assign specific "patterns" and almost instanteniously turn that into an IFC BIM model in Blender. You will learn about his inspiration of creating homemaker based on Cristopher Alexander's A Pattern Language. Bruno is trained as an architect assisting large scale sculptors with realising and building their designs ..read more

In this episode Dimitar talks with Gaia on what architects can do to preserve their mental wellness in the typically highly stressful and intense academic and professional architecture environments ..read more

In this episode I talk about AI and how it can impact architectural design elements ..read more

In this podcast episode, we talk with Ping Hsiang Chen, who is a senior architect and computational designer at Zaha Hadid Architects. We discuss the importance of computational design in the holistic design process beyond concept stage, the importance of continuous learning, and Ping Hsiang describes how he developed a computational design model in Zaha that embeds design intelligence and possible feedbacks for easy modification. Beyond typical computational design, this process takes into account how potential design revisions can be addressed that come from external sources like the clients ..read more

Do you think architects get paid enough? Maybe not? Find out what might be the reasons for this ..read more

In this podcast episode, we are honoured to talk with Dr. Wassim Jabi, who is the driving force behind an open source software framework called Topologic. Topologic can be used for architectural design with non-manifold geometries to automatically indicate external walls, internal walls, separate spaces, and more. The models that Topologic uses are extremely lightweight, yet the framework allows to take that lightweight massing model and either turn into BIM geometry or do Energy or FEA analysis ..read more