DesignTech: Digital Technology is on the Brink of Changing the Design Process
BIM and visualization technologies have become common practice in architecture, but Design Tech has argued in the past that they have slowly augmented current design services and business models rather than fundamentally changing the design process. DesignTech researched leading technologies that are improving productivity and using predictive modeling to lower barriers to design. Discover why TestFit and 9 other technologies were selected in this seminal review by Dark Matter Laboratories, Open Systems Lab, and the Center for Spatial Techer.
TestFit.io
What are they?
Testfit is a generative design tool for massing, layout and feasibility modelling aimed primarily at the real estate sector.
What are they trying to do?
Use parametric configurators in 2D and 3D environments to instantaneously generate designs based on programmed design standards and styles. Provide export options to BIM software platforms.
Why is it interesting?
One of several software tools automating massing and layout studies within site constraints, essentially replacing a bread-and-butter architectural service. It is a bellwether pointing to a new interface between intelligent design algorithms and non-technical users.
BIM and visualization technologies have become common practice in architecture, but Design Tech has argued in the past that they have slowly augmented current design services and business models rather than fundamentally changing the design process. DesignTech researched leading technologies that are improving productivity and using predictive modeling to lower barriers to design. Discover why TestFit and 9 other technologies were selected in this seminal review by Dark Matter Laboratories, Open Systems Lab, and the Center for Spatial Techer.
TestFit.io
What are they?
Testfit is a generative design tool for massing, layout and feasibility modelling aimed primarily at the real estate sector.
What are they trying to do?
Use parametric configurators in 2D and 3D environments to instantaneously generate designs based on programmed design standards and styles. Provide export options to BIM software platforms.
Why is it interesting?
One of several software tools automating massing and layout studies within site constraints, essentially replacing a bread-and-butter architectural service. It is a bellwether pointing to a new interface between intelligent design algorithms and non-technical users.
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