Archive · September 2026
PAZ KI Back 2 Work: the September desk-return, and one AI move worth keeping
PAZ KI Back 2 Work runs 23 Sept 2026 — for returning architects and engineers who want one AI move wired into their Monday workflow, not forty tools to forget.
The surface said calmer, the boreholes said record: Switzerland's permafrost in 2025
In Switzerland's warmest year above 1000 m since 1864, the surface cooled while 70% of PERMOS boreholes set record permafrost temperatures at depth.
Day one of the Python sprint: the humble `if`, taught on your own IFC model
Day one of the PAZ 7-day Python sprint: turn W3Schools' if statement into a real IfcOpenShell fire-rating gate on your own IFC4 model in six lines.
GPT-6 Astra: the operator arrives, and your dependency graph just changed
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra drives your whole toolchain and scores 100% on ExploitBench. Why an operator model changes your studio's dependency graph — and what to scope Monday.
Four pursuers, one kernel: the maze-chase that reads a street map
The four ghosts are four target functions over one greedy kernel — the same argument a planner makes reading a street network for chokepoints.
Two Clocks: Why the Grid, Not Your Building, Decides When You Open
The IEA's Electricity 2026 shows a five-to-fifteen-year grid clock behind every one-to-three-year build. On any electrical load, own the connection date.
A blind wall, three fixes, three shapes: a dosage curve for fear of crime
Nature Cities randomised windows, graffiti removal and planting on a blind wall at four dosages — three shapes, one gender gap, and a Swiss test still unrun.
BIM Interoperability: the building is the hand-off, not the model
Why two ISO 16739-compliant IFC exports can describe two different buildings — and how to police the seam with ifcopenshell, ISO 19650 and openBIM discipline.
Arrays for architects: the one Python list that holds your building
Learn the one data structure behind every generative script: from w3schools' fruit list to looping your whole IFC model with IfcOpenShell. Day 1 of Python for AEC.
Fourteen years, one floor system: what VAULTED teaches a small Swiss office
VAULTED AG took fourteen years from a cathedral thesis to CreaTower I in Zug. What a small Swiss practice borrows: one system, shared models, IFC discipline.
