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Git for Architects: The Version Habit That Outlives Every Vendor
Why every Swiss Büro should run git init on its live project today: free, offline, vendor-proof version history for IFC, SVG and Grasshopper files.
September, the desk after summer: what our KI Back 2 Work Camp is actually for
PAZ Academy's KI Back 2 Work Camp runs 23–24 September 2026 in Zurich — two days turning summer AI headlines into repeatable desk habits for architects.
Galapagos at Fifteen: The Honest Solver David Rutten Gave the Building Industry
David Rutten's Galapagos brought evolutionary optimisation to Grasshopper in 2010. A hands-on guide to the solver that shaped a generation of buildings.
Mojo Wants Your Hot Loops — Read the Compiler Licence First
Modular's Mojo pairs Python syntax with GPU kernels and real speed — but the compiler stays closed until 2026. Trial it, benchmark it, and write the exit clause first.
Before a building can feel itself, someone must learn to build the system
PAZ opens Building System Specialist Title XIV on 1 Sept 2026 — five months, six hours a week, teaching Grasshopper-and-Archicad system-building over manual drawing.
We Asked Archicad a Question. PAZGPT Answered in Square Metres.
We ran an Archicad Powersession on PAZGPT on 22 July. The lesson was not the chat — it was SIA 416, and writing your read-only boundary list first. Next: ARCHICAD Automation Bootcamp, 22–25 October, 49 CHF.
Grasshopper 2.0 Alpha: Twelve New Components, One Broken SDK
GH2's alpha renames its root namespace and orphans plugins. What that means for your office's definitions — plus a 90-minute Grasshopper-from-zero path.
The Robot That Clicks Your Buttons: Agentic QA and the Architect's Web Tool
A YC startup sells natural-language web testing. Underneath sits Playwright — open source, one install. A hands-on tutorial for AEC studios shipping web tools.
Windows Are Where My Skin Leaks: Why PAZ Runs a FensterFit Session on 15 July
PAZ Academy's free 30-minute Archicad Power Session on 15 July 2026 tackles window workflows — parametric openings, schedules that update themselves, less rework.
Obsidian: A Local-First Second Brain You Actually Own
Obsidian rebuilds Luhmann's Zettelkasten as plain Markdown files you own. A hands-on PAZ tutorial: clone, link, git-version your studio's knowledge graph.
