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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.
The Parthenon Just Got Two New Stones — and a Lesson in As-Built Memory
Two marble blocks close a 220-year gap on the Parthenon — and show why readable geometry, open protocols and re-scan discipline outlive any vendor cloud.
The Building Would Like a Word: PAZGPT Comes to Archicad
An AI chat layer on Archicad's Python API lowers the cost of the first question — but only an inspectable schema underneath makes the answer trustworthy.
ABB Will Wake an Oerlikon Hall in 2031 — Who Owns Its Nervous System?
ABB's CHF 80m Zurich Oerlikon headquarters protects the listed fabric — but nothing protects the control stack. Write the open-protocol clause into the brief.
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.
Digital Twin: the model that refuses to stay still
A PAZ foundation essay on digital twins for AEC — the strict definition, NASA origins, NEST and Crossrail in practice, plus a four-line Python twin to try.
When the Scan Has to Show Its Work: CORTEX and the Building That Diagnoses Itself
CORTEX's traceable-reasoning benchmark for 3D CT scans maps straight onto smart buildings: why your BMS must cite the sensor evidence behind every alarm.
My BMS Wants an LLM. First It Needs a Lock on the Door.
An arXiv trapped-ion study gates LLM-written ARTIQ code behind content-bound tokens — the exact boundary every smart building's BMS and building-OS will need.
I Keep My Keys in My Walls: A Three-Class Scanner That Stops Crying Wolf
A new CNN-CodeBERT framework separates real credentials from placeholders, cutting false alarms 33% — and why your AEC studio's repos need it now.
KI Sommer Camp 2026: Two Days in Zurich Where AI Meets Your Desk
Three hands-on days at PAZ Central Zurich: build AI workflows for architecture on real competition briefs. GenAI, Python, Grasshopper. Sign up for KI Camp 2026.
