Architect Magazine: Q&A: TestFit CEO Clifton Harness Has Some Reservations About His Successful Generative Design Tool
In October 2017, Dallas-based TestFit, Inc. released its eponymous generative design tool to the public, which allowed users to test fit residential unit and parking stall configurations for multifamily housing. The current release enables users to test fit retail developments and master plans, as well as to make manual adjustments to massing, vertical circulation, and unit placement. Last month, the startup announced it secured $2 million in seed funding from Parkway Venture Capital. The now five-person company was co-founded by CEO and architecture graduate Clifton Harness and chief technology officer and computer scientist Ryan Griege in October 2015.
ARCHITECT spoke with Harness to learn more about TestFit, the evolution of architectural design, and the impact of the former on the latter.
In October 2017, Dallas-based TestFit, Inc. released its eponymous generative design tool to the public, which allowed users to test fit residential unit and parking stall configurations for multifamily housing. The current release enables users to test fit retail developments and master plans, as well as to make manual adjustments to massing, vertical circulation, and unit placement. Last month, the startup announced it secured $2 million in seed funding from Parkway Venture Capital. The now five-person company was co-founded by CEO and architecture graduate Clifton Harness and chief technology officer and computer scientist Ryan Griege in October 2015.
ARCHITECT spoke with Harness to learn more about TestFit, the evolution of architectural design, and the impact of the former on the latter.
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