Archive · September 2026
Evolutionary Architecture: Whoever Writes the Fitness Function Designs the Building
From Frazer's 1995 manifesto to Galapagos and NSGA-II: how design by breeding works, where the fitness function holds the power, and how to audit it.
Chair44: a cube missing one corner that fills space and never repeats
A seven-cube chair with three colours of marks fills space but never repeats. How Chair44's 8-page proof works, and why one part needs one mould.
Noul, Choice, Score: Jev's Three Primitives Turn Site Notes into Code Branches
Learn TypeSafe Jev's three primitives in Python: sort site defects by trade and severity, read the probabilities, and flag the notes a human must check.
One Local Quarry: How ETH Zurich Read Ten Isotopes to Find Earth's Recipe
ETH Zurich's Sossi and Bower re-read ten isotope systems in open data: Earth formed from inner Solar System material, under 2 percent from beyond Jupiter.
Miguel Fisac's Pagoda: A 16-Metre Square, Rotated, and the Straight Lines That Made Concrete Curve
How Miguel Fisac rotated a 16 m square into hyperbolic paraboloids, why his Madrid Pagoda still teaches, and a Grasshopper snippet to rebuild one face.
A 12 cm rule, drawn once: our Archicad Powersession on SIA 358, Wednesday 30 September
On 30 September 2026 PAZ Academy's Archicad Powersession turns SIA 358 railing rules, 1.00 m height and 12 cm gaps, into GDL objects that self-check.
A Steel Beam With a Name Can Stand Twice, From Double-T to Winterthur's K.118
From the rolled double-T to EN 10365, the section table made steel reusable. K.118 in Winterthur proves it; a sketch recomputes 129 real profiles.
What a bridge inspection can actually hear: Switzerland keeps its old bridges
Switzerland keeps over 10,000 ageing bridges rather than replacing them. After Carolabrücke, the variable that matters is detection probability, not interval.
Omarchy on a Spare Laptop: Build an Open IFC Checkpoint on Arch and Hyprland
Turn a spare laptop into an open IFC checkpoint with Omarchy, IfcOpenShell and Bonsai: setup, first steps and a five-line Python wall audit for AEC teams.
Digital Identity Architecture: Follow the Load Path from Credential to Site Gate
How NIST's identity roles, verifiable credentials and per-request checks work, and what they mean for BIM servers, site gates and Switzerland's e-ID.
