Special guests Je'Nen Chastain and Evelyn Lee of the Practice Disrupted podcast join me on this special ‘crossover‘ episode to talk about why we're all doing this podcasting thing and why we're memorializing these conversations on the internet. Links Practice Disrupted podcast Je‘Nen on LinkedIn Je‘Nen on Twitter Apostophe Consulting website Evelyn on LinkedIn Evelyn on Twitter Practice of Architecture website Check out my other podcasts too: Archispeak and Peopleverse My YouTube channel Connect...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 55
Special guest Tom Kluyskens of Trimble joins the podcast to talk about his circuitous career path including a decade in the visual effect industry, computational design as designing logic versus form, the different approaches in the process of creating a film versus buildings, making digital tools that users reveal the unknown potential of, and more. Links Tom on LinkedIn Gregg Fleishman Book recommendation: Shaping Things by Bruce Sterling Hypergraph overview Weta Digital (Wikipedia) MASSIVE (s...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 54
Special guest Ellen Bensky of Turner Fleischer Architects joins the podcast to talk about how she and her team built a teaching organization and a learning culture, their experience in how that effectively works within the construct of a firm, the benefits that result when a firm doesn't require its staff to have utilization targets, the difference between knowledge and data, who should teach in an organization, the importance of feedback loops, and more. Links Ellen Bensky on LinkedIn Turner Fl...
Aug 17, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 53
Special guest Robert Yori of EnTech joins the podcast to talk about the annual Design Technology Summit (DTS) events, overarching themes and experience sharing, using empathic techniques when working through ways to engage leadership in their adoption and continued digital transformations, how to share and cross-pollinate those ideas to elevate the profession together, technology as a means to an end, working as a group to advance ideas across institutional silos, and more. Links Robert Yori on ...
Aug 03, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 52
Special guest Randall Stevens of AVAIL joins the podcast to talk about some of the more difficult problems in AEC, the struggle of different team members having different incentives, assets and liabilities, vulnerability, and so much more. Links Randall on LinkedIn AVAIL on LinkedIn AVAIL website AVAIL on Twitter The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek ( Amazon | Bookshop ) Building Content Summit (Facebook Group) Check out my other podcasts too: Archispeak and Peopleverse My YouTube channel Connect wi...
Jul 27, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 51
Special guests Joann Lui and George Valdes of Monograph join the podcast to talk about their passion for PracticeOps (AKA architectural practice operations), working on the business rather than in the business, the importance of building communities, the upcoming Section Cut conference, and more. Links Joann Lui on LinkedIn George Valdes on LinkedIn George on Twitter Monograph website Monograph webinar series (fireside chats) Monograph job board Section Cut 2021 conference website (RSVP for it n...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 50
Special guest Federico Negro of Canoa Supply joins the podcast to talk about how he traversed AEC to get where he is now. We also discuss delivering space as a product, architecture's failure to scale, burnout, health, our deep connections to making, and much more. Links Federico Negro on LinkedIn Federico on Twitter Canoa Supply website the manifesto Parsons School of Design SHoP Architects Case WeWork TRXL 037: ‘The Space Doesn't Care’, with Lance Amato (Lance also works at Canoa) Check out my...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 49
Special guests Ian Keough of Hypar and Clifton Harness of TestFit join me to talk about the evolution they've experienced in their different kinds of startups (platform versus product, respectively), and take us behind the scenes to share what it's like running companies, building teams, and building software as CEO's. Other potential unused episode titles from our conversation: ‘A Whole Flotilla’ and ‘Feral Desire’ (thanks to Clifton), which are now going on the list of good names for bands. Li...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 48
Special guest Aaron Maller of Parallax Team joins the podcast to talk about why he got into the Revit consulting business, building 'a' team versus building 'the' team, what constitutes "a total hot mess", and more. Links Parallax Team website Parallax Product Page FOREground for Revit - new, real site tools for Revit (currently in development) Parallax Team on Twitter Aaron on LinkedIn Aaron on Twitter Tools mentioned: Notion Otter Descript Grain TRXL episode 028: ‘A (Robotic) Holiday Spectacul...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 47
Special guest Ian Janicki of Outfit joins the podcast to talk about ‘ The Moment‘. The Moment serves as a backdrop to kick off a conversation about what we're seeing happening in AEC Tech. The moniker is in reference to the unforeseen convergence of several tech companies in the mid 1990's that brought so-called extreme sports into the mainstream. We then use this as a framework to examine which startups currently working (possibly/hopefully in concert with one another) toward The Moment for AEC...
May 25, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 46
Special guest Dr. Upali Nanda of HKS Architects joins the podcast to talk about the achilles heel of architecture, design diagnostics, occupancy outcomes, feedback loops, and what all of these have to do with her work at the intersection of research, data, neuroscience, and space. Links Upali on Twitter Upali Nanda uses neuroscience to understand buildings as living organisms (Archpaper) HKS Architects HKS Research HKS LINE (Laboratory for INtensive Exploration) Taubman School of Architecture an...
May 18, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 45
Special guests Brad Feinknopf and Lawrence Anderson join the podcast to talk about how they collaborate with architects to deliver visual storytelling in their evolving field of expertise — architectural photography. Links Brad Feinknopf's website Brad on Instagram Brad on Twitter Lawrence Anderson's website Lawrence on Instagram Lawrence on Twitter Richard Avadon (Wikipedia) Fernando Guerra on Instagram Columbus College of Art & Design Check out my other podcasts too: Archispeak and Peoplev...
May 11, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 44
Special guest Dion Moult joins the podcast to talk about Open Source software, BlenderBIM, OpenBIM, the Open Source Architecture (OSArch) community, the problem of file formats and software companies that create lock-in, making informed choices about project development workflows relating to technology and software, thinking bigger about the ecosystems of our built environments, and much more. Links Dion's blog The OSArch Community website learn.osarch.org video tutorials OSArch on Twitter Blend...
Apr 27, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 43
Special guest Randy Deutsch once again joins the podcast to talk about connecting the dots, the importance of learning to get outside of the echo chamber and talk each other's language, and his latest book about mid-career professionals adapting to new trajectories while staying within the profession of architecture. Links Randy's website Randy's twitter Adapt As An Architect: A Mid-Career Companion by Randy Deutsch ( Amazon | Bookshop ) TRXL 004: ’What Else You Got‘, with Randy Deutsch Check ou...
Apr 20, 2021•58 min•Ep. 42
Special guest Dror Poleg joins the podcast to talk about technology and real estate including WeWork's holistic product approach, feedback loops, social layers on top of physical environments, the Power law curve, the decoupling of location and productivity, and much more. Links Dror's website Dror's newsletter (highly recommended) Dror's Twitter Dror's online courses: Real Innovation Academy The Office Prisoner's Dilemma by Dror Poleg We're Never Going Back by Packy McCormick Power law curve (W...
Apr 13, 2021•54 min•Ep. 41
Special guest Petr Mitev of Enscape joins the podcast to talk about his recent transition away from an architectural firm and what's going on in the democratization of visualization creation in our profession. We even take a moment to reminisce about old-school rendering applications and computer labs in school — does anyone remember administrating the render farm? Links Petr's Twitter Petr's LinkedIn Petr's GitHub Petr's Website Enscape Website New Mission/Vision 3.0 Announcement Enscape's YouT...
Apr 06, 2021•56 min•Ep. 40
Special guest Rob Asher of Giraffe Technology joins the podcast to talk about his circuitous path to software development via math, philosophy, and architecture, the professional goals of architects serving societies for human flourishing, building tools that encourage interactivity, the role of technology, and so much more. Links Rob on LinkedIn Giraffe Technology website GenerativeComponents (Wikipedia) Cox Architects Grasshopper David Rutten Rhinocerous Hypar Episode 003: Ian Keough on TRXL E...
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 39
Special guest Timon Hazell of Walter P Moore joins the podcast to talk about how YourDesk University began, hard work and passion projects, PyRevit, and so much more. Links Timon on Twitter Timon on LinkedIn YourDesk University YourDesk University on YouTube YourDeskUniversity Slack Channel Walter P Moore Lean manufacturing (Wikipedia) SCRUM (Wikipedia) Timon's book recommendations: Boundaries by Henry Cloud ( Bookshop | Amazon ) Turn The Ship Around! by L. David Marquet ( Bookshop | Amazon ) Th...
Mar 16, 2021•57 min•Ep. 38
Special guest Lance Amato of Canoa Supply joins the podcast to talk about the vast (dis)array of energy code adoption in the US, the need to hit the reset button, the need for architects to generate standards for the building industry, and more. Links The Shiftless Approach to National Building Energy Regulations by Lance Amato (Medium) Canoa Supply website Canoa on Twitter Canoa on LinkedIn Canoa on Instagram Check out my other podcasts too: Archispeak and Peopleverse My YouTube channel Connect...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 37
The tables have been turned in this special episode of TRXL. Architects Cormac Phalen and Bob Habian join Evan to discuss some fundamental problems in the AEC industry and a solution that has led to a new career direction. Links TectApp Check out my other podcasts too: Archispeak and Peopleverse My YouTube channel Connect with Evan Twitter LinkedIn Instagram YouTube Email Sponsor Thanks to our sponsor this week for helping make this episode possible. ArchIT offers Complete IT Solutions for Archi...
Mar 02, 2021•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 36
Special guest Dr. Daniel Davis, Senior Researcher at Hassell, joins the podcast to talk about the control Autodesk has over the industry and the lack of incentive to address architects' concerns, systemization and blurred service lines as examples of the future of the profession, vertically vs. horizontally integrated companies, and more. Links Daniel on Twitter Daniel's website Hassell Daniel's articles: Modular architecture is Back. Is it better? Architects vs Autodesk What ‘The Future of The ...
Feb 23, 2021•57 min•Ep. 35
Special guest John Turner of Gafcon joins the podcast to talk about digital twins and their value proposition in the total building lifecycle, who is—and who isn't—involved (that probably should be) in digital twins, risk aversion & business models, the internet of things & the internet of actions, the 'digital thread', and more. Links Digital Twin Consortium Gafcon's Digital Twin/Cyberbuild Approach Lean manufacturing (Wikipedia) Check out my other podcasts too: Archispeak and Peoplever...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 34
Special guest Phillip Bernstein joins the podcast to talk about teaching his pro practice course that encourages architecture students to push beyond the traditional business model, value propositions of architecture, encouraging collaboration when working in isolation, and much more. Links Phil Bernstein on Twitter Phil’s ARCH 2230b course at Yale School of Architecture entitled Technology and Practice – Exploring New Value in Design Practice Architecture | Design | Data – Practice Competency i...
Feb 02, 2021•56 min•Ep. 33
Special guest Anthony Hauck of Hypar joins the podcast to talk about making the mark you want to make, pursuing something that feels more valuable, shared goals and value propositions in AEC, and more. Links Calamityware Mugs DBEI (BiLT Conference) Disruptive Technologies in Architecture – AIA Palm Beach Presentation – Nov 2020 (YouTube) Architecture - Design - Data: Practice Competency in the Era of Computation by Phillip Bernstein TRXL episode 003 with Ian Keough, CEO of Hypar TRXL episode 028...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 32
Special guest Kat Dovjenko, a consultant to Google's Idea Workshop for the Built Environment and Spatial Syndicate joins the podcast to talk about ongoing observations and changes in the workplace, space as a product, collaboration, distraction and the high cost of switching modalities, and more. Links Kat's website Kat on Twitter Spatial Syndicate Google's Idea Workshop for the Built Environment Evan's Architechie Twitter list MrBeast Burger , and the launch video (YouTube) Check out my other p...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 31
Special guest Violet Whitney of Columbia GSAPP and Sidewalk Labs joins the podcast to talk about influencing, enabling, and measuring how people interact with space using the internet of things (IoT), the potential of dynamic systems, twitter bot poetry, generative design, and much more. Links Disruptive Technologies in Architecture – AIA Palm Beach presentation (YouTube) Architechie Columbia GSAPP Courses: IoT – Measuring the Great Indoors Simulation – Data Mining the City Sidewalk Labs Delve P...
Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 30
Special guest Dave Fano of Teal joins the podcast to talk about what led to the founding of Teal, what it's become since launching just over a year ago, job searching, compensation, designing your career, and so much more. Dave previously taught at Columbia GSAPP, founded Case Inc. which was later sold to WeWork where he became the Chief Growth Officer before starting Teal. Links Teal website Teal Job Tracker Teal's Job Tracker on Product Hunt Teal on Twitter Dave on Twitter Dave on LinkedIn WeW...
Jan 05, 2021•58 min•Ep. 29
In this inaugural TRXL Holiday Spectacular episode, special guest Brian Ringley joins me to talk about the path he took that led to Boston Dynamics where he helps bridge the gap between designers & the trades on construction sites using Spot, the agile mobile robot. Links Boston Dynamics Spot Brian on Twitter Brian on Instagram Brian's Linktree Woods Bagot Pratt Institute University of Cincinnati DAAP Roomba (Wikipedia) Westworld (Wikipedia) Hypar Hyundai takes control of Boston Dynamics in ...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 28
Special guest Adam Wilbrecht of Concert Blockchain joins the podcast to talk about the impending skilled labor decrease, custody of information, the various ways in which blockchain can help architects have more agency, and so much more. Links Adam Wilbrecht on LinkedIn ConcertVDC website Cuningham Group website Blockchain (Wikipedia) Master Builder (Wikipedia) Check out my other podcasts too: Archispeak and Peopleverse My YouTube channel Connect with Evan Twitter LinkedIn Instagram YouTube Emai...
Dec 15, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 27
Special guest Scott Davidson of Robert McNeel and Associates joins the podcast to talk about the happy little accidents that led to the creation, and ultimately, the naming of Rhinoceros (aka Rhino), how it changed over time to become one the most beloved tools in AEC, and where it's going with Rhino.Inside and version 7 which is officially released this week on December 9, 2020. Links Rhinoceros website McNeel and Associates (Wikipedia) Rhino.Inside website Rhino.Inside Revit website Rhino Comp...
Dec 08, 2020•59 min•Ep. 26
