UH Studio Architecture Design Podcast Dimitar Pouchnikov

In this episode, we talk with our guest Mariana about digital architecture for the metaverse and web3, how design compares between the digitial and the physical, optimisim or lackthereof within the architectural profession, generational shifts, and how to maintain wellbeing.

Mariana Cabugueira is an architect and the founder of Mariana Cabugueria Studio. She has previously worked at Zaha Hadid Architects in London and at the web3 metaverse blockchain platform Wilder World. She speaks at numerous events worldwide on the intersection of physical and digital architecture. She teaches the highly successful Metaverse Architecture studio with Maya and Unreal Engine.

New podcast episode with Arturo Tedeschi. Arturo that has been at the forefront of utilising and showcasing the impact of computational design. A true cross-disciplinary designer, Arturo has and continues to collaborate with some of the leading brands in the world. Find out about the man behind the celebrated AAD book that every Grasshopper user probably has on their desks, his story, his thoughts on the importance of innovation in all design fields, and the impact of AI.

Learn about the free and open-source BIM package called BlenderBIM, offering a full-fledged native IFC editing experience within Blender’s user interface. BlenderBIM is part of the OpenIFC package, that allows native IFC. It is used for both small projects and for auditing on large complex international developments. Dion Moult is the founder and main developer behind BlenderBIM. He brings in a wealth of expertise of the construction process through his experience at one of the largest Developer in the world Lendlease. It has been quite exciting to talk to Dion and to find out what a design project’s life might be after the architectural design stages, and how BlenderBIM is providing some crucial capabilities for managing later pre-built stages of construction projects.

In this episode we talk with Bruno Postle, the maker behind Homemaker. Homemaker is an addon for Blender that uses Topologic's non manifold mesh algorithms, that allows you to model a low poly mesh and assign specific "patterns" and almost instanteniously turn that into an IFC BIM model in Blender. You will learn about his inspiration of creating homemaker based on Cristopher Alexander's A Pattern Language. Bruno is trained as an architect assisting large scale sculptors with realising and building their designs.

In this episode we talk with Stephen Coorlast about AI and the importance of understanding geometry properly. Stephen explores AI tools the moment they are out and shows how they can benefit the architecture community. In this episode we talk about real world applications of AI and Stephen shows us a project which connected us - a parametric design project done with Sketchup. Also available on youtube.com/uhstudio

In this episode Dimitar talks with Gaia on what architects can do to preserve their mental wellness in the typically highly stressful and intense academic and professional architecture environments.