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Before you let a model draw: Dr. Mikhael Johanes' BSS AI talk
1 Sept 2026: Dr. Mikhael Johanes opens PAZ's BSS Edition XIV with a talk on what an ML model really does when it reads a design brief. Free, open door.
Held up by a service: what the Hielotron teaches the smart building
Prada Poole's 1976 Seville ice rink stood on air and vanished in one night — the honest ancestor of every smart building held up by a running BMS and a licence server.
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.
Review of the Week — W27: The Week We Stopped Renting Our Own Buildings
W27 recap: zoning-as-code, the BIM format tax, locally-signed BMS control and PAZ-BOX payback math — one spine, ownership. Draw your dependency graph.
CS336: Stanford Teaches the LLM From Scratch — and Why That Beats the Black Box
Stanford's CS336 makes you build an LLM from scratch — no API. A from-scratch lens for architects auditing AI tools, lock-in, and vendor exit clauses.
PAZ Kaffi Review of the Week W25: The Week AEC Learned to Draw Its Own Single Points of Failure
The week AEC learned to map its single points of failure — grid as the new AI bottleneck, vendor lock-in stress-tests, auditable BIM, and Archicad AI.
Auditable BIM Compliance: A Graph Learns to Read the Fire Code
SGR-BIM hits 84.3% on fire-code checks with a graph linking intent, regulation and IFC geometry. Faster triage, not certification — keep the human signer.
The circle: the one geometry no vendor can license
A PAZ foundation essay on the circle — isoperimetric proof, hoop-stress σ=pr/t, Euclid to the Pantheon, and a Grasshopper rose-curve Hack you can run today.
AI-Generated Lego Propaganda: What Explosive Media's Viral Operation Reveals About Synthetic Influence at Scale
Explosive Media's AI-generated Lego videos hit millions of views. What their production pipeline means for architects and BIM professionals using synthetic imagery.
Oobleck Under Impact: What Cornstarch Physics Means for 3D Printing and Façade Coatings
A 2026 Physical Review Letters study on oobleck drop dynamics reveals a hidden Newtonian phase — and what it means for AEC fabrication and coatings.
