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In this week's episode, we speak to the founder of Designaware Takbir Fatima. She was one of the first guests on the show and it's always a treat to interview her as she shares a plethora of useful information.
In this episode, we’re going to be discussing about the Covid Pandemic and how it has affected us Architects, how Takbir started various awesome initiatives that has helped students & architects like Studio to Site, Fractals Workshop, Buildaware, Designaware House, & the importance of being an innovative & entrepreneurial architecture firm in this day & age. You’ll get to listen to what exactly those initiatives are and how you too can start something innovative, We talk more about the positive aspects of working from home, how you can make the best use of this time and upskill yourself and the various programs or tools that you could use to better manage your firm virtually and run things smoothly. We also talk about the recent ruling by the Supreme court of India stating that Unregistered Individuals not prohibited from practice of Architecture but they can’t designate themselves as Architects. We talk about the impact of this ridiculous ruling and how it’s going to impact us as registered Architects.
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Today we have with us Antonio Tort, who is an Architect, BIM Consultant & founder of BIM Skills
Antonio completed his Architectural Education from Universidad de Santiago de Compostela in Spain. He then opened his own practice in 1990 called Antonio Tort Architects. He stumbled upon Archicad in 1995 and a few months later he made the jump from CAD to BIM. He has since worked with BIM & successfully co-founded BIM Freelance which unites all those in the AECO sector and helps in the implementation & learning BIM methodology. Antonio has an experience spanning over 20 years in the BIM & Architecture space and he has lots to share, he takes us on his journey in Architecture, studying in Architecture school in the 90s, how he was introduced to BIM, what is openBIM, how BIM Freelance has helped many become leaders in the BIM field, BIM seminar & workshops, future of the AECO industry, & loads more.
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Today we have with us Amey Kandalgaonkar who is an Architect, Architectural Photographer & founder of Ameyzing_Architect on Instagram, where he explores & pushes his creative abilities to the limit through photorealistic renders of Utopian & surreal architecture.
Here’s a brief on Amey
He completed his BArch from Sr JJ College of Architecture in 2009 and then went on to pursue his MArch from UCL, London. He’s worked for various international practices like RTA-Office Shanghai, RMJM London, Planet 3 Studios Mumbai & now runs his own firm called Kandal Design in Vancouver. He’s also an accomplished architectural photographer and he has provided professional photography services for various clients across China.
His works have been published widely on designboom, dezeen, archdaily & the top architectural publications of the world. There’s a lot to talk about and you’ll get to hear his journey & also some top secrets on how he gets his work done. If you want to check out his work & more, check out the podcast shownotes & links on Archgyan.com/36
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Today we have with us a BIM Expert, Architect & the founder of Aussie BIM Guru Youtube Channel , Gavin Crump
A brief history of Gavin Crump:
Gavin completed his Bachelor & Masters in Architecture from University of South Australia in 2012, post which he got the opportunity to work for the biggest firms in the industry like HDR, Woods Baggot, Crone Architects, among many and quickly worked his way up to being a BIM Manager. He now runs his own BIM Consulting firm called BIM Guru and he provides various BIM related services. But what stands out the most for him is undoubtedly his Youtube channel. Yes, there are tons of tutorials on Revit but most of those tutorials are made by students who have not really had infield experience. But what if you could learn from an industry leader who has over 9 years of experience and all for free? Gavin not only releases tutorials on Revit, but also on Dynamo, Python, Grasshopper, Rhino, & of course BIM. If you want to check out his videos, head to Aussie BIM guru on youtube.
In this episode, Gavin is going to be taking us on his journey in Architecture, his time at University of South Australia, why he feels 3 years in Architecture school is too long, how he picked up on Revit, his transition to a BIM Manager in a very short span of time, scope of work for a BIM Manager, the Aussie BIM Guru story, BIM ISO Standards, advice for those learning Dynamo, transition from Dynamo to Grasshopper, starting his BIM Consulting firm called BIM Guru, the BIM Market in Australia, advice for young architects and towards the end we shift gears a bit and talk about applying for the Australian PR which is going to interest all those listeners planning on applying for migration. For more on the episode, head to archgyan.com/35
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02:30 How Gavin got into Architecture
04:00 Studying at University of South Australia
06:30 How Gavin picked up his Revit skills
08:30 Working with a BIM Manager
09:30 How Gavin transitioned to a BIM Manager in a very short span of time
BIM Standards
12:20 Scope of work for a BIM Manager
14:30 Is the BIM team involved in Facilities Management?
15:30 The Aussie BIM Guru story
Learning from his own videos
How to write a pattern file
18:00 How did Gavin come up with the name "Aussie BIM Guru"?
19:11 What can we expect from Aussie BIM Guru for 2020?
Custom Package creation on Dynamo
Python in Dynamo
Navisworks
Free Revit Templates
22:00 The BIM Guru Naming Standards
BIM ISO Standards
BRE, International ISO
23:30 Advice for those learning Dynamo
Walk before you run
27:00 The Aussie BIM Guru Github
28:20 Transition from Dynamo to Grasshopper
Ladybug
Breps
Dynamo Community
31:10 BIM Guru - A BIM Consulting Firm
35:00 Business Development
36:50 The BIM Market in Australia
37:30 Has BIM implementation become compulsory in Australia?
39:00 The Australian government & BIM
ISO 19650
40:30 Projects that have implemented BIM the right way in Australia
The Egyptian Museum
43:00 BIM Levels & Digital Twins
45:20 Tech Giants & BIM - The Samsung City
46:30 Does BIM compromise our creative abilities as architects?
48:00 Applying for the Australian PR
Subclass 189
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53:00 Advice to young architects & architecture students.
54:20 Quick Fire Round
57:30 The Aussie BIM Guru Cats
58:40 Quick Fire Round
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Today we have with us the alluring, super charismatic, and magnetic founder of BlessedArch, Rishabh Wadhwa.
Here’s a brief of Blessedarch & Rishabh to give you some context and in Rishabh’s own style
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Rishabh completed his BArch from Manipal University Jaipur. He worked as an Intern Architect for DesignQube Architects in Jaipur & then Studio Ardete in Chandigarh. He also got to work as a Social Media Marketing Intern for Naya Sawera NGO.
And it was after all this, that he started BlessedArch . A platform that he created, where he shares daily facts on everything related to Architecture. This platform has grown rapidly in the past 2 years with over 22k+ followers on Instagram, 14k+ subscribers on youtube and he teaches us something new everyday with a lot of charm & energy. We’ll learn more about his journey and how he got started in this episode. We have written extensive show notes for this episode along with links on archgyan.com/35
02:50 How Rishabh got into Architecture
05:50 Manipal Jaipur
08:10 The Blessedarch story
"If you put all that energy and put it one thing, you can go really ahead."
Archiviews
14:00 The Deadline Tactics
17:00 Watching Nasdaily Videos
17:30 Archifacts
20:00 Tripmachine
22:00 Revenue from Blessedarch
22:40 The Blessedarch schedule
26:00 Intermittent Fasting
28:30 How did Rishabh come up with the name 'Blessedarch'?
29:30 Coming up with content everyday
32:30 The Blessedarch work process.
34:00 Perseverance
35:10 Focusing on one thing vs Focusing on multiple things at a time.
37:30 Teaching through Blessedarch
39:30 Depression in Architecture
42:30 Grass in Architecture
45:00 The Blessedarch journey & future transitions
47:30 Branching off from Architecture
49:00 How Blessedarch is helping the architectural education system?
51:10 Working with groups
54:00 Getting back to Architecture
56:00 Quick Fire Round
57:42 Advice for young Architects
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Today we have with us Petar Penchev, who is an Architect, BIM Expert & Lecturer, based in Bulgaria.
He completed his Architecture & Construction Course from "Angel Popov" Vocational High School of Building, Architecture and Geodesy in Bulgaria. After which he pursued a Master of Architecture from University of Architecture, Civil Eng. and Geodesy in Sofia Bulgaria. He’s worked as a CAD draftsman, Interior Designer, Lecturer, Architect, Project Manager, and as a BIM Expert. He is now a partner of All 1 Studio and also works as a part time Lecturer in the same University he studied in.
In addition to Architecture & design, he likes hiking and being in the wild.
In this episode, Petar takes us on his journey in Architecture and his experience in Architecture school in Bulgaria, his introduction to Revit & the world of BIM, his take on where the AEC industry is headed for Bulgaria, teaching, advice for young Architects & loads more.
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In this episode, we have with us a Bangalore based Architect who is a dynamo expert, computational designer and principal of Testing Waters Architecture Studio, Vikram Subbaiah.
Vikram completed his Bachelor of Architecture from BMSCE in 2001. He’s worked in the industry for more than 18 years and has played many a role, right from being an architect, to a project manager, and finally as a computational BIM Design consultant. He now runs his own firm called Testing Waters based in Bangalore and he is always looking at pushing the boundaries of design using computation, which is seen in most of his residential works.
He is well known in the AEC industry for his computational design & problem solving capabilities and he is an active member of dynamo forums where he regularly takes up complex challenges and solves them.
Vikram shares his journey in architecture, why it is better to scale down rather than scale up, design script, dynamo, revit, BIM, and loads more.
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In this week's episode, learn what it takes to become a global leader of design computation at NBBJ & also a full-stack developer with Architect Petr Mitev.
Petr completed his Bachelor & Masters of Architecture from University of Cincinnati. Post which, he worked for the some of the biggest firm in the world like GBBN Architekten, HENN Architekten, & KieranTimberlake. He presently works as a Global Leader of Design Computation at NBBJ. NBBJ was the No.1 most innovative architecture firm in 2018 and is considered one of the best architecture firms in the world. He's also a full stack developer and explores interfaces & frameworks for web development.
There's so much to learn from this episode as Petr shares how he got started as an Architect, his time in architecture school, what a global leader in design computation is and what work it entails, being a community leader and helping others, where he sees the industry headed, advice for young architects, & loads more.
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Today we have with us a Ukranian based Architect who is a BIM Manager & a computational designer, Pavlo Menshykh
He completed his Bachelor of Architecture & also his MArch from Lviv Polytechnic National University in 2017. He presently works as a BIM Manager for Savytskyy Design in Ukraine and he also works remotely part time as a computational designer for Finch 3D & Splash Modular.
In this episode, Pavlo shares how he got into Architecture, his experience in Architecture school, how he picked up on various coding languages and BIM softwares, renting out bikes in Washington DC, Design Automation, Blender, IFC, 3D Scans, Photogrammetry, BIM in Ukraine, BIM ISO Standards & more.
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03:35 How Pavlo got into Architecture
05:00 Studying in Lviv Polytechnic National University
07:25 Getting into Architecture software - Archicad.
09:00 Differences between Revit & Archicad
11:30 Masters in Architecture
Most people pursue Masters in Architecture in Ukraine
14:00 "You can't learn to be a generic Architect by yourself. You really need a university for that."
15:30 Studying in University of Lubin Poland
Learning European Union building codes.
17:10 First steps in computational design
Coding Language of Archicad - GDL
GDL Reference Guide - GDL is a subset of BASIC
20:30 Jumping to Grasshopper & Dynamo
23:00 Learning Python for photogrammetry & eventually C#
24:30 Next steps after learning so much coding
Shapediver
26:30 Getting into BIM and getting a deeper understanding of the software.
27:40 Working in Washing DC renting bikes.
30:10 These days it's not enough to just be an Architect.
"Architecture shouldn't be a career at all, it should be your passion."
34:00 Would AI replace architects in the near future?
36:10 Design Automation
37:40 Projects that have implemented Design Automat ion.
38:00 Should coding be included in the Architectural education system?
40:00 Getting into Javascript & web-based platforms.
40:30 Working on Blender & its API.
48:15 IFC is like the PDF
50:00 Should coding be included in the Architectural education system?
51:00 Getting into Javascript & web-based platforms.
52:30 Working on Blender & its API.
53:15 IFC is like the PDF
55:00 3D Scans, point scans & photogrammetry
Agisoft
Capturing Reality
56:00 BIM in Ukraine
57:30 BIM ISO standards
58:15 Quick Fire Round
59:00 3D Scans, point scans & photogrammetry

Today we have with us a Nigerian based Architect who is a Design Technologist, Computational Designer & BIM Specialist, Architect Christopher Ibegbulem.
Here’s a brief on Christopher to give you some context.
He finished his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from University of Nigeria Nsukka in 2017. He then went on to work as an Architectural Assistant with Harcourt Adukeh Associates where we played a major role in the implementation of BIM & BIM training. He’s now working full time with Blaze Inc, a design Technology firm based out of Abuja, which helps AEC firms work smarter through the implementation of BIM, Technology & more. Christopher takes us on his journey in Architecture and his experience in Architecture school in Nigeria, how he was introduced to the world of BIM, what plans he has in store for the future, and his take on the AEC industry is headed for Africa & the world.
03:35 How Christopher got into Architecture
05:00 Studying in University of Nigeria, Nsukka
07:25 Architectural Thesis
09:00 Learning Revit
11:30 Getting into Building Information Modeling (BIM)
14:00 BIM Levels & using the Common Data Environment (CDE)
15:30 Learning Revit & BIM with online resources.
Autodesk University
17:10 Journey into Computational Design
Dynamo for Geometry Optimization
PyRevit
C# in Revit
20:30 How to think as a computational designer?
Rhino Inside
23:00 AEC & BIM in Africa
24:30 Blaze Inc & Teaching BIM
Talking to Schools about BIM & Collaborative work culture.
26:30 Online course on Smart Homes by Blaze Inc.
27:40 BIM Training & Implementation of BIM
30:10 Most challenging BIM project
Clash Detection in Revit
34:00 What is bigger than BIM that is fast approaching?
Digital Twin
36:10 Future goals & working smart - Smart Projects
37:40 Masters in Architecture
38:00 Technology diminishing the role of an Architect
40:00 Hiring programmers over Architects in the future.
40:30 Advice for young architects & students.
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