AECtech 2020 | NYC

October 16-19, 2020 Global Virtual Event

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 two-day 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.

A seperated community coming together for a shared future

Programming AEC Tech 2020 is the eighth annual event and a four-day experience for professionals in the AEC industry and beyond! We are proud to present the 2020 theme: COMMONALITIES. The AEC space doesn’t exist as an entity separate from other industries, but intersects a wide – and growing – range of practices and disciplines. By acknowledging the challenges and goals diverse industries have in common, reaching beyond traditional boundaries, and sharing effective solutions, we can begin to develop symbiotic relationships that benefit individuals and organizations in ours and neighboring fields.

AEC Tech 2020 aims to nurture these relationships and foster technologies that work beyond the confines of any single industry.

Friday, October 16

Master classes

Saturday, October 17

Hackathon Day 1

Sunday, October 18

Hackathon Day 2

Monday, October 19

Symposium

Master Classes Morning Session Omniverse: Multi-User Collaborative Data Federation Robert Cervellione | Woods Bagot Python in Dynamo - Coding for Visual Scripts Tadeh Hakopia | HMC Architects Model & Data Visualization with CORE Apps David Mans, Emil Poulsen | CORE studio Parametric Modeling Workflows Jonathan Cortes-Rodriguez, Sergey Pigach | CORE studio Rhino App Server API for remote solving GH definitions on Rhino.Compute Luis Fraguada, Will Pearson | Robert McNeel & Associates

Afternoon Session Data-driven workflows with Semantic, LunchBoxML, and Conveyor Nathan Miller, Andy Payne | Proving Ground Intro to Three.js : Building a simple animated diagram Nicolas Schmidt | Ennead Architects LLP Rhino.Inside.Revit Ehsan Iran-Nejad, Scott Davidson | Robert McNeel & Associates Pollination + The next generation of Ladybug Tools Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsar, Chris Mackey, Mingbo Peng, Chuck Driesler, Antoine Dao | Ladybug Tools Omniverse: Multi-User Collaborative Data Federation (repeat) Robert Cervellione | Woods Bagot

Symposium Opening Notes Shannon McMullan | CORE studio The Influencer of AEC: Computational Design Nicholas Mundell | CORE studio COMPAS FAB: Open source framework for Robotic Fabrication Gonzalo Casas | ETH Zurich Innovations in AEC and the Role of Interdisciplinary Research Ajla Akšamija | University of Massachusetts Amherst Hackathon Highlights Charles Portelli | CORE studio TestFit the Future of Generative Design Clifton Harness | Testfit.io Identifying Optimization Methods For Multiple Objectives Blanca Dasi Espuig | HOK Aerospace Technology for AEC Industry Ilkay C.Standard | GENX Design and Technology Automation for Constructability Finding Efficiencies through Computational Design Gillian Chang | Martin Bros Tech Talk Michelle Frantellizzi Freedom and flexibility to model real world complexity Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari, Chris Mackey | Ladybug Tools Closing Notes Robert Otani, CORE studio

Hackathon CONGRATULATIONS to our WINNERS! Best Overall Hack: EZEC

Embodied Carbon Made Eazy Team: Andrew Swartzell, Pickard Chilton Luke Gehron, Payette Patryk Wozniczka, Entuitive Emil Poulsen, CORE studio Brittney Holmes, HMC Architects Chris Hazel, Ayers Saint Gross Architects Luke Lombardi, Thornton Tomasetti

Best Open Source: GANPlan

Generate and evaluate home layout plans based on realism, diversity, and compatibility through machine learning.

Team: Demi Chang, KPF Mark Horgan, Freelancer Leland Curtis, Smith Group Brandon Pachuca, KPF Matthew Breau, Handel Architects

Best Collaboration: Layout5

A residential layout recommendation app using machine learning to recommend designs based on an easy sketch-to-layout mechanism and real time daylighting analysis.

Team: Theodoros Galanos, CIL/AIT Ping-Hsiang Chen, KPF Peng Wang, KPF Jeroen Janssen, CORE studio

Hackathon Cheers to all our project teams!!

Platematic

Automatic Base Plates Design & Documentation App. Team: Norman Noe, CORE studio David Mans, CORE studio Amit Nambiar, CORE studio Abhishek Bawiskar, CORE studio Srikrishnan Madhaven, Thornton Tomasetti Yushi Kato, Turner & Townsend Aleksandra Jastrzebska, AECOM

Gener8.io

Gener8.io looks to remove barriers and make room configuration accessible through a simplified web-based application Team: Clifton Harness, TestFit.io Arif Hanif, Affiliated Engineers Joao Rodrigo Andre Alves Silva Andrew Cole

Smoking GAN

An experimental framework for running ML Models inside the Grasshopper / Rhino environment Team: Sergey Pigach, CORE studio Sergio Guindon, Cirrus Structural Engineering Mayur Mistry, University of Illinois Charles Portelli, CORE studio

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