Generative Design

Concetto was a prototype generative and computational design environment for AEC. It had high-performance Vulkan graphics with a portable React-like front end, on Windows and Linux for cloud services development. I was product management director, setting strategy and scaling up the teams of product managers, designers, and QA testers. Design explorationA platform for design optimization workflows. Image: © Glodon USA Software. It had interactive 3D modeling tools with a visual scripting environment and a design-space explorer for optimization. The graph and interactive tools worked interchangeably, with unified selection behavior for a fluid modeling experience. ...

A model trained on residential floor plans was used to create a sketch-based application for automatically drawing floor plans from building outlines. Program indicated by color, and the user could specify locations for doors and windows. The sketch app also had simple orthogonal and snap functionality. The model created plans in real-time while the user was drawing to give immediate feedback. It was then fed into models used to identify structural elements for downstream use in a building systems design prototype that used the Concetto platform. I was product manager for Glodon USA, originated the concept, gathered reference research such as House-GAN, and directed the AI research project. ...