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SIA 358 Belongs in the Model, Not the PDF: Our Archicad Powersession on 30 September
On 30 September 2026 our Archicad Powersession reads SIA 358 railings and parapets through the model: favourites, IFC checks and a triage script.
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.
Fifteen Years of KI in the Office: PAZ Back-to-Work Camp, 23 September
A one-day PAZ Academy session on 23 September 2026: fifteen years of AI and computation habits for architecture offices returning to work. Bring one real task.
Delete the retry wrapper — let Anthropic's API constrain the JSON shape
Structured output makes an LLM return data you can load, not prose you parse. Anthropic's output_config constrains the shape — then you check the values.
Two days, nine blocks: what our KI Back-2-Work agenda actually builds
Our KI Back-2-Work Camp agenda is public: two full days, nine blocks, 23–24 September in Zürich — from loop engineer to graph engineer, built not watched.
Your Wohnungsspiegel is a query, not a table — an Archicad Powersession on 16 September
PAZ Academy's Archicad Powersession on 16 Sept turns the Wohnungsspiegel into a self-updating Interactive Schedule over your Zones — not a hand-typed table.
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.
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.
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.
Start C# From One Variable — and Learn to Read an IFC Line While You're There
A hands-on PAZ tutorial: scaffold your first C# console app with the .NET SDK, then read an IFC wall line as the same named variable. Notepad-proof, vendor-proof.