Archive · May 2026
The Shude library: 379 m² and the cost of missing as-builts
Modum Atelier's 379-m² library renovation in Chengdu shows how to plan without building documentation—and what DACH BIM professionals can learn.
Artemis II Splashdown: A Perfect Test Flight — and the Hardest Work Is Still Ahead
Artemis II returned four astronauts from lunar distance on April 10, 2026. Here's the honest systems audit of what NASA still needs to close before 2028.
The circle: the one geometry no vendor can license
The circle ships with a single rule. Every point sits the same distance from one centre. That is the whole specification — no exceptions, no version numbers, no licence key. Strip a dome, a bearing, a tunnel-boring machine and a stablecoin logo down to their geometry and you find the ... Read more
Zero-trust for robots: what ZTASP's chip-to-cloud architecture means for construction sites and smart buildings
ZTASP's chip-to-cloud assurance stack reaches TRL 7. Here is what it means for construction drones, BIM digital twins, and EU AI Act compliance.
NASA's NUARC WindShaper: 567 Programmable Wind Pixels — and a Swiss Company Behind the Hardware
NASA Ames' NUARC facility uses a Geneva-built WindShaper — 1,134 Python-controlled fans — to simulate urban airflow for eVTOL and drone autonomy research.
Rhino meets Archicad: What this webinar classic reveals about your BIM boundary
Severi Virolainen explains in the McNeel webinar when Grasshopper ends and Archicad begins — plus how Tapir closes the data pipeline.
54,690 m² Civic Stack: What GL Studio's Yutang Center Teaches About Mixed-Use Systems
GL Studio's 54,690 m² Yutang Center in Shenzhen is a systems-design case study in mixed-use civic integration — with direct lessons for DACH competition briefs.
Flood-Calibrated Architecture: Why Reversibility Outperforms Resistance When Water Returns Every Year
Khudi Bari, Ganvié, amphibious houses: PAZ maps the structural logic behind flood-calibrated architecture and what it means for DACH practice today.
Artemis II Came Home Clean. The Hard Part Is Reading the Dependency Graph.
Artemis II landed 4 astronauts safely on April 10, 2026. The harder Artemis problem is the dependency graph hiding behind the architecture diagram.
Würzburg's Photon-Recoil Nanorobots, and the Optical Layer You Haven't Drawn Yet
Würzburg's sub-micron nanorobots hunt bacteria with photon recoil. PAZ Kaffi maps the dependency graph and the wall-section it demands today.