AECtech 2018 | NYC

October 25-28, 2018 Baruch College Thornton Tomasetti

ENGINEERED FOR COMMUNITY DESIGNED FOR TECHNOLOGY aectech.us

About AEC Tech Each year, Thornton Tomasetti hosts New York City’s AEC Tech, welcoming technology professionals from the architecture, engineering and construction industry and beyond. Since its creation in 2013, it has evolved from a twoday conference into a four-day experience featuring professional development workshops, speakers, presentations and a 24-to-30-hour hackathon. We strive to offer the most enriching workshops in the latest technologies, engage industry leaders and provide a forum for project growth, development and networking.

By serving as a space where creative minds can devise new technologies, acquire skills and make new connections, AEC Tech is helping build an open community of knowledge sharing to promote industry progression and enhance collaboration and communication.

About CORE studio CORE studio is Thornton Tomasetti’s virtual incubator of ideas. Its name derives from the union of computational modeling and research and development, which are at the core of our firm’s mission. Our team is a diverse assortment of specialists, with each member bringing expert knowledge and an inquisitive mind to projects of every size and scope. Our experience working across all Thornton Tomasetti practices affords us unique insight into the needs of – and solutions for – our clients and our firm.

CORE studio provides a valuable interface among design and construction teams, developing new workflows and processes that promote collaboration and enhance building design. Our analyses of today’s practices allow us to envision the optimized workflows of tomorrow.

Photos courtesy of Jon Taylor Photography

Programming AEC Tech 2018 is the sixth annual event and a four-day experience for professionals in the AEC industry and more!

We are proud to present the 2018 theme, Interpolations, focusing on the injection of innovative processes, technologies, and workflows that are rerouting the way the industry works, designs, and thinks.

The event kicked off with master classes on Thursday, symposium on Friday, and the infamous hackathon took place on Saturday and Sunday.

Thursday, October 25

Friday, October 26

Master classes

Symposium

Saturday, October 27

Hackathon Day 1

Sunday, October 28

Hackathon Day 2

Master classes Morning Session rhino.compute Dale Fugier, Robert McNeel & Associates Building (AEC) Interoperability through Visual Programming Hiram Rodriguez, CORE studio Lunchbox ML Nathan Miller, Proving Ground BIM Interoperability Nick Mundell, CORE studio

Afternoon Session Intro to Web API’s Gui Talarico, WeWork Building (AEC) Interoperability through Visual Programming Hiram Rodriguez, CORE studio Fundamentals of Envelope Heat Flow with Honeybee THERM Mostapha Roudsari and Chris Mackey, Ladybug Tools Structural Optimization Daniel Segraves and Emil Poulsen, CORE studio

Photos courtesy of Jon Taylor Photography

Symposium Opening Notes Charles Portelli, CORE studio New Development Tools Using Rhino Brian Gillespie, Robert McNeel & Associates Challenging Asymmetric Knowledge: Learning through Responsive Play Margaret Wang and Serena Li, CORE studio New Data Structures for CAD/CAE/CAM Michael Leach, nTopology (Nearly) 1 Million SF/Month: The Platforms and Processes Supporting WeWork’s Growth Andrew Heumann and Gui Talarico, WeWork How to Train your Algorith Nathan Miller, Proving Ground Design Intent! = Machine Instructions: Bottlenecks in design to fabrication workflows James Coleman, A.Zahner Company Fuzzy Tech: Why the Future of Software Looks GREAT for Design Toru Hasegawa, Morpholio Parts for Wholes: A Critical Investigation of Digital Computing for Design Onur Yuce Gun, New Balance Athletics Panel Discussion: Entrepreneurship Shane Scranton, IrisVR Don Henrich, Assemble Systems Jesse Devitte, Building Ventures Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari, Ladybug Closing Notes Robert Otani, CORE studio

Hackathon CONGRATULATIONS to our WINNERS! Best Overall Hack: RESThopper Team: Marc Syp, NBBJ Emil Poulsen, CORE studio Sergey Pigach, CORE studio Chuck Driesler, HOK Carl Wedell, Radius Track Corp.

Nico Azel, Carnegie Mellon

Best Open Source: Verify in Field (VIF) Team: Mohammad Khatib, e.construct Miles Barber, Thornton Tomasetti Pengcheng ‘Alex’ Zhou, Thornton Tomasetti Maryanne Wachter, LERA Paola Cuevas, Perkins Eastman Motasem Matarneh, e.construct

Best Collaboration: Holy Frit Team: Ali Worthington, KieranTimberlake Christopher Connock, KieranTimberlake Brandon Cuffy, KieranTimberlake Saeran Vasanthakumar, KieranTimberlake Cheryl Hu, KieranTimberlake Eric Rudisaile, Microdesk Albert Slepak, Brooklyn Technical High School

Cheers to all our project teams!! theSAURUS Team: Petr Mitev, NBBJ Konrad Sobon, HOK Ahmed Abbas, e.construct Patrick Pease, Arup Varvara Toulkeridou, Autodesk Aaron Tang, Autodesk Sy-Wei Ho Jasmine Wright, The New School/DKGR

GoRhinoGo Team: Charlie Portelli, CORE studio Georgios Tsakiridis, Grimshaw Byron Mardas, Foster and Partners Andrew Swartzell, Pickard Chilton

SneakyCat Team: Amit Nambiar, LERA Zack Sickman, University of Cincinnati Leland Curtis, SmithGroup Joseph Wagner, Stantec Vina A. Soliman, Perkins + Will Mia Tsiamis, LERA

Stridulator Team: Elcin Ertugrul, CORE studio Daniel Segraves, CORE studio Lucas Lombardi, Thornton Tomasetti Rolando Villena, Thornton Tomasetti Andy Tatkowski, Thornton Tomasetti Toussaint Jimenez Rojas, AECOM Nathan Barnes, Zahner

Hackathon Take ‘n Bake Team: Mingbo Peng, Thornton Tomasetti Abhishek Bawiskar, CORE studio Tim Williams, Pelli Clarke Pelli Ramzi Jaber, e.construct Ricky Bagg

Grassflow Team: Alan Tai, FRONT Hanshen Sun, CORE studio Corbin Robeck, Thornton Tomasetti Ahmad Ghunaim, e.construct

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