October 16-20, 2019 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 2019 is the seventh annual event and a four-day experience for professionals in the AEC industry and beyond! We are proud to present the 2019 theme: CULTIVATE | PROPAGATE. The AEC industry has been in a state of repetition for many years and as a result, we’re beginning to work through pain-points and establish new opportunities with technology, parallel industries, and more. The industry faces the question on how to cultivate innovation in the workplace, technology, and industry, and equally, how we propagate this knowledge across multiple areas within the industry at-large. AEC Tech 2019 explored these questions, the repetitions within our work, and discussed how the industry will eventually pivot to create cutting-edge spaces.
Wednesday, October 16 VR/AR Tech: Immersion Night Thursday, October 17 Master classes VIP Roundtable Friday, October 18 Symposium Saturday, October 19 Hackathon Day 1 Sunday, October 20 Hackathon Day 2
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Pre-Event This year we introduced a pre-event, VR/AR Tech: Immersion Night. We decided to team up with our friends at NYC Revit User Group and CTBUH to bring the experience to a broader community and audience. The group heard from local professionals about their use of VR/AR technology into their workflows and projects. After the presentations, attendees had the opportunity to visit VR/AR vendor tables and try out the equipment themselves! We were thrilled to have Unity, Advance2000, RWDI, Imeve, IrisVR, InsiteVR, and Microsol Resources at the event and showing off their technology. The event was a hit with over 100 attendees and sold out days prior! We hope to continue this event in years to come.
Opening Notes Shannon McMullan, CORE studio Lightning Talk Adam Glass, Advance 2000 Presentations Terence Caulkins, ARUP Vladimir Gluzov, Thornton Tomasetti Andrew Swartzell, Pickard Chilton Aysu Unal, Cannon Design Adam Chernick, SHoP Architects
Masterclasses Morning Session Rhino.Inside Luis Fraguada and Kike Garcia, Robert McNeel & Associates Model & Data Visualization with CORE Apps David Mans and Emil Poulsen, CORE studio Practical Use of AI within the AEC Sector Dr. Badri Hiriyur, CORE studio compute.rhino3D Will Pearson and Steve Baer, Robert McNeel & Associates A3 , A(bstract) Cube pt.1 Onur Yüce Gün and Chris Wawrousek, New Balance Introducing xGenerative Design Nuri Miller and Jonathan Asher, Dassault Systèmes
Afternoon Session Rhino.Inside (repeat) Luis Fraguada and Kike Garcia, Robert McNeel & Associates Data-Driven Visualization and Dashboards Steve Sanda and Kristen Schulte, Proving Ground Python: The Next Level Mostapha Roudsari and Chris Mackey, Ladybug Tools A3 , A(bstract) Cube pt.2 Onur Yüce Gün and Chris Wawrousek, New Balance Coding xGenerative Design with EKL Nuri Miller and Jonathan Asher, Dassault Systèmes
Photos courtesy of Jon Taylor Photography
Symposium Opening Notes Shannon McMullan, CORE studio New CORE Tech: T2D2 + Swarm Sergey Pigach, Emil Poulsen, & Badri Hiriyur, CORE studio Abstracting Project-Specific Problems for Broader Application Zach Soflin, Layer Dirty IoTini - 1 part Connected Devices, 1 part Cloud Orchestration, 8 parts Project Management Gregor Vilkner & Jonathan Rodriguez, Energy Metrics The Accessibility of Technology for Making Justin Nardone, Figur 0 to n: Rapid Growth and Continuous Improvement Matt Naugle, Related Facades Robust Geometric Algorithms: A Data-Driven Approach Elissa Ross, MESH Consultants Beyond the Parametric Surface: Economically Viable Mass Customization of Large-Scale Structural Forms Ahmed El Husseiny, AE Superlab Design with Life: Biotech Architecture and Resilient Cities Maria Aiolova, Arup University & Terreform ONE Panel Discussion: Incubation Ray Daddazio, Thornton Tomasetti Roderick Bates, KieranTimberlake Janet Simpson, tvsdesign Stephen Van Dyke, LMN Kenn Clausen, GXN Closing Notes
Hackathon CONGRATULATIONS to our WINNERS! Best Overall Hack: SketchGAN and GANgaru
Spring your sketch to 3D life! A web-based interface for sketching in conjunction with a generative adversarial network (GAN). Team (SketchGAN): Dan Siroky, HOK Sounok Sarkar, HOK Byron Mardas, Foster + Partners Marios Tsiliakos, Foster + Partners Team (GANgaru): Alberto Tono, SFCDI Constantina Tsiara, Workshop APD Pablo Derendinger, ENGworks Valentin Noves, ENGworks Jeffrey Moser, Grimshaw Lexi Fritz, Tetratech Rachel Hartley, Autodesk
Best Open Source: RT Flow Lattice Boltzmann-Computational Fluid Dyanmics in GH Team: Nickolaus Sundholm, Thornton Tomasetti Mingbo Peng, Thornton Tomasetti Daniel Bosia, Thornton Tomasetti Jeroen Janssen, Thornton Tomasetti
Best Collaboration: Building Ballot
Democratizing the design process by allowing all stakeholders to make informed decisions and provide feedback to designers in all phases. Team: Nat MacDonald, BuroHappold Riya Patel, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, LLP Luke Gehron, Payette Chuck Driesler, PxWe Allie Bosage, Shepley Bulfinch Samarth Gwalani, Meis Architects Arif Hanif, AEI Xinye Lin
Cheers to all our project teams!! Regular Espressos
Automatic data validation for your Revit model. Team: Oliver Green, AHMM Norman Noe, CORE at Thornton Tomasetti
ArcRhino
Integrating Rhino.Inside within ArcGIS. Team: Nico Azel, evolveEA Ryan Welch, KieranTimberlake Sabrina Naumovski, KieranTimberlake Eesha Khanna, KieranTimberlake Amit Nambiar, CORE at Thornton Tomasetti
Airbud
Rhino inside export to Airtable tables, add data to Rhino geometry, view data in Rhino using CEFSharp and Vue.js. Team: Nicholas Cassab, Ennead Christopher Connock, KieranTimberlake Nicolas Schmidt Scott Diescher Yongjoon Kim
Sparrow
A tool that empowers designers with data during design process. Team: Brandon Pachuca, KPFUI Pragya Gupta, Carnegie Mellon University Paul Garabedian, ELLANA Cost Consultants Elcin Ertugrul, CORE at Thornton Tomasetti Meli Harvey, Urban Obscura Olga Bienias, ECA
Hackathon Wishbox
A group of people to make your wish true. Team: Rajamanickam, KSP Architekten Aleksandra Jastrzebska, McLaren Engineering Group Pengcheng(Alex) Zhou, Thornton Tomasetti James (Jay) Andrews Jr, Thornton Tomasetti Luke Lombardi, Thornton Tomasetti Emily Hwang, self-employed Desmond He, AEI
PunchBoss Robot documents and directs resolution of issues onsite. Team: Filippo Alimonda, VirtualAPT Madhurya Udayakumar, Pratt Pierce Reynoldson, WeWork Radihika Rajaram, VirtualAPT Val Tzvetkov, Skanska
Drawn in SWARM
Visualizing Rainfall Flows on the roof. Team: Tamaho Shigemura, ADL Hiroya Inage, ADL Kan Shindo, Waseda University Hiroyoshi Satake, Shimz
Null Stack
Design Space Exploration optimizer that generates an ML model of a design space using as few simulations as possible. Team: Petr Mitev, NBBJ David Eaton, NBBJ Leland Curtis, SmithGroup Steven Blevins, Cuhachi & Peterson Matthew Breau, NJIT
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