AEC Tech Journeys with Mayur Mistry

S03 E01 : Pedro Veloso’s Journey and his AI-Architecture Research Work

Pedro Veloso is a computational designer and architect interested in the intersection between artificial intelligence and design. His research and teaching address topics such as Cybernetics, classical AI, bio-inspired AI, agent-based modeling, and Machine learning for design exploration. Currently, he is investigating the application of AI in early spatial exploration, such as in architectural composition and space planning. In this episode, you will get to know about Pedro’s journey, insights about his projects alongwith advice to students and young professionals.

S02 E09 : Nimish Prabhukhanolkar’s Journey and thoughts on disruptive thinking in Structural Engg.

In this interview, Nimish shares his journey of Agami, professional work experience, importance of mathematics alongwith Zero to One Thinking. Nimish Prabhukhanolkar graduated with distinction from IIT Bombay, topping the Civil Engineering 2009 Batch. He has worked in various MNCs in his capacity as a structural engineer ever since. He has experience in design of buildings, water-retaining structures with an emphasis on seismic designs. Having worked in middle-east , european and Indian Projects, his knowledge of codes includes ACI Manual of Concrete Practice , Indian Standard Codes for Construction, Eurocodes for Concrete and Steel. Currently, he is Partner, Founder at Agami Engineering Consultants LLP.

S02 E08 : Daler Singh’s Journey and thoughts on Lightweight Structures - Asia’s first Archineer

In this episode, you will get to know about Daler Singh’s inspiring journey, insights about his projects alongwith advice to students and young professionals. He is C.E.O at Western Outdoor Structures Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Daler Singh is the First Asian Archineer® from The IMS Germany.

S02 E07 : Joseph Choma’s Journey and thoughts on Interdisciplinary Design

In this interview, Prof. Joseph shares his journey, professional experience, his books alongwith advice to students and young professionals. Joseph Choma is the Founder of the Design Topology Lab and an Associate Professor of Architecture at Clemson University. His research interests lie at the intersection of architecture, mathematics, folding, structure and materials. He is the author of three books: Morphing: A Guide to Mathematical Transformations for Architects and Designers, Études for Architects and The Philosophy of Dumbness.

S02 E06: Keshav Ramaswami’s Journey and his M.Arch Experience at Bartlett School of Architecture

In this interview, Keshav Ramaswami shares his journey, insights about his M.Arch projects and studio work at Bartlett, mentors, philosophy, thoughts on technologies and tools in architecture along with advice to students and professionals who are interested to pursue M.Arch at Bartlett.

S02 E05: Kumaran Parthiban’s Journey and his M.Arch Experience at SCI-Arc | Los Angeles

In this interview, Kumaran shares his journey, insights about his M.Arch projects and studio work at Sci-Arc, electives, mentors, thoughts on technologies and tools in architecture along with advice to students and professionals who are interested to purse M.Arch at Sci-Arc. Journey 0:20 Can you talk about your journey and how the culture affected you in your philosophy? 2:40 What are one or two incidents that had a huge impact in shaping your philosophy from your undergraduate experience? 4:24 Why did you choose SCI-Arc for masters? 6:03 How does a typical day in your life look like? 9:24 Any challenges you faced in your career and how did you resolve it? 10:40 Are there any mentors or role models who made a significant contribution in your life? 13:36 What was like expectation versus reality moment once you joined Sci-Arc? M.Arch Experience 15:34 Can you run us through the curriculum of SCI-Arc? 23:07 What was your output of each studio, what did you produce? 26:32 Can you talk a bit about your thesis? 28:42 Can you walk us through one of your project in detail? What was your approach and challenges faced in that project and final output? 35:58 What were the tools and fabrication techniques used in this project? 38:31 For the theory courses what are some textbooks which are recommended? 39:47 Who's your favorite professor? 41:32 What are some upcoming projects you're working on? 44:16 Which subjects are you teaching? 47:28 Can you talk about other Masters program at Sci-Arc? 50:17 How you applied AI in your design? Advice and Recommendations 53:45 What is the best advice received till date? 55:02 Advice for students? 57:26 What are some like tools you would recommend students to learn? 1:03:38 What are some artists whose work you find quite interesting? 1:06:15 What kind of job profile you are looking to work in future? 1:07:10 How can our listeners follow you and your work? #sci-arc #march

S02 E04 : Alexa Carlson’s Journey and Thoughts on Application of AI in Architecture

In this interview, Alexa shares her journey, thoughts on AI, application of various ML models in Architecture alongwith advice to students and young professionals. She is currently Computer Vision and Robotics PhD student at University of Michigan. Alexa attended the University of Chicago, where she studied computational neuroscience and physics. Her current research focuses on robust computer vision for autonomous vehicles, specifically on realistic noise modeling in images. Journey 0:30 Can you tell us about your current projects and research interest? 1:19 Can you share your journey to pursue PhD in this topic? What are some aspects which inspired you to pursue this path? 4:01 Cross-disciplinary application in your current work 5:24 What are some challenges you faced when you started your PhD? Professional Work 6:37 Can you walk us through one of your project? What was your approach, challenges faced and the final output? 11:50 How did you generate those data sets? Was there any image scraping technique? 13:30 What is the strategy you adopted to ensure that the data is not biased? 15:47 Based on your experience of working with architects, what do you think are some roadblocks in AEC industry? 19:04 How would you categorize good AI versus bad AI design? 21:38 Can you share some examples how AI can be applied in architecture? 23:58 What is the question you are addressing through AI? 24:29 What are some upcoming projects you're working on? 27:16 What are some emerging trends in the field of AI which an architect should keep an eye on? Advice to students and young professionals 29:09 What will be your advice to students and professionals who are interested to apply a AI in their design projects? 32:04 What are some books or artists or courses you would recommend to people who are just starting out? 34:59 What was the realization moment in which you thought AI can be game changer? 37:16 How can our listeners follow you and your work? Resources Stanford course : http://cs231n.stanford.edu/Text : Deep learning by Goodfellow, Courville and Bengio Github : https://github.com/alexacarlson/DeepDesign_DigitalFutures #aiinarchitecture

S02 E03 : Sushant Verma’s journey and thoughts on Parametric thinking (Part II)

In this episode, Sushant will talk about self directed learning, how to find mentors and importance of postgrad for architecture.

S02 E02 : Sushant Verma’s journey and thoughts on Parametric thinking (Part I)

Sushant Jai-Amita Verma is a Design Entrepreneur, Architect, Computational Designer & Educator, currently leading rat[LAB] Studio (Research in Architecture and Technology) (www.rat-lab.org) that investigates intersections of design, art & technology through architecture, interior design and art installations. He holds a Masters Degree in Emergent Technologies & Design from Architectural Association, London and is a former architect at Zaha Hadid Architects, London & a Sr. Editor at Arch2O. He is the founder of rat[LAB] EDUCATION, which is an initiative to spread the idea of computation in design through independently-organized design workshops for profession and academia. Journey 0:35 What inspired you to be an architect? 2:26 What is your design philosophy? 4:06 Can you share your experience at Zaha Hadid Architects? 8:19 How does a typical day in your life look like? 11:25 And if you can name one book that had made a biggest impact on in your life, what would that be and why? 13:36 Can you share the challenges faced in your career and how did you resolve it? 18:51 Any mentor who made a significant contribution in your career? Professional Work 22:20 Can you give us an overview about your research and professional work 24:39 Can you walk us through one of your project? What was your design approach lessons learned and your final output? 29:19 Can you give us an overview and talk about your key findings on material intelligence? 33:36 Can you share your story, like how you started? Have you met your cofounder and how did you decide this is the right time to start? 38:59 What's your dream list of people you want to collaborate with? 44:23 What are the emerging trends in the field of computational design? Advice to students and young professionals 46:04 What are some characteristics in timeless piece of architecture you have visited? 51:03 Developing right mindset 59:46 What is the best piece of advice you have? 1:03:13 What will be your piece of advice to students and young professionals who want to excel in the field of computational design? 1:05:29 Is there any question you never get asked but would like to answer? 1:09:11 How can our listeners follow you and your work? #parametricdesign #aec

S02 E01 : Kai-Hung Chang’s journey and his research work on AEC AI applications

In this interview, Kai shares his journey, insights about his research work, thoughts on aec ai applications along with advice to students and professionals. He is currently working as Deep Learning Research Scientist at Autodesk Research. Journey 0:34 Background 2:17 What inspired you to become a deep learning research scientist? 3:01 How does a day in your life look like? 3:56 Any mentors guide or role model who made a significant contribution in your life? 5:01 How was your research experience at Carnegie Mellon university? 7:31 Can you tell us about your work experience at Autodesk? 7:44 Paper 1 : House-GAN paper Overview : https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.06988 9:21 Paper 2 : Structural Design Optimization Paper Overview : https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.09103 20:18 How do you envision applications of AI in building industry in the next five years? 24:54 What are the potential challenges faced by building industry to adopt AI applications 27:32 What will be your advice to people who wish to do similar work? 30:42 Can you share some resources, which will be useful to people who are interested to learn about AI and its application in building industry? 32:11 How can students and professional use AI in their design? 33:39 How can number listeners follow you and your work? #aec #aiinaec #autodeskresearch