S. 1 Ep. 2 – Big Ship Computation feat. Matt Goldsberry
1 hour 5 minutes Posted Apr 16, 2019 at 3:00 pm.
Discussion on the podcast format
Why panel discussion formats don't work well at events
Introducing Matt Goldsberry, Digital Design Principal from HDR
Matt calls out Nate for having a really bad computer while in school
Matt and Nate discuss conventional academic studies
Matt discusses moving to Los Angeles and his semester at SCI-Arc
Matt goes to work in China
Digital trends in undergraduate school
Nate and Matt comment on the era's of SCI-Arc in the early 2000s
Acadmics and the interest in digital fabrication
Why isn't digital fabrication as big in practice?
Matt discusses trying a career path in the entertainment industry
How did Matt end up in Omaha, Nebraska?
Student loans Architecture is expensive!
Hard to start a business when saddle with student loan debt
Matt joins HDR Architecture in Omaha
Leveraging corporate resources of a "BIG SHIP"
A long process to establish a computational design agenda
Collaborating with the firm's data scientists
Conventional design services and digital transformation
Using data to benchmark design
How sophisticated are Building Information Models?
When did the lightbulb go off at HDR that the needed to invest in computation?
When did Matt make the shift from designer to computational designer?
Using computational design in workshops with clients
SketchUp as the "prototype" for presenting design models
Does Matt ever use "sketchy lines" in software?
Architects have the opportunity to be great storytellers with data
Building credibility for computational design at HDR
What is Matt's one piece of advice for starting a successful computational design initiative?
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Show notes
Matt Goldsberry from HDR joins Nate Miller and Dave Stasiuk from Proving Ground in to discuss his career path and how computational design is being adopted as part of HDR's global architecture practice.
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