Computational Design

Where computational design shows up in our work

Canopy and interior skins (Sculptform partnerships) - Hospital, heritage hotel, play-space kiosk, and ZHA bridge projects share a pattern: complex surface geometry authored parametrically, with per-element exports (CNC, STEP, tagged drawings) and install logic embedded in the model.

Rhino–Revit façade pipeline (HKS LINE) - Façade exploration stays in Grasshopper; Revit receives procedural curtain-wall-class families with materials, parameters, tagging, and drawing extraction - closing the gap between design study and delivery-grade BIM.

Medavakkam resilient park (CMDA) - Winning open-space proposal combining master planning with parametric site logic - active, passive, and waste-to-resource zones with monsoon-responsive landscape structure.

Healthcare planning automation (HKS LINE) - Grasshopper tool that generates and scores ICU/OPD/consult layouts under encoded clinical rules - layout optioneering as an optimization problem, not trial-and-error redraws.

Strategic planning studies - Ahmedabad DP 2041 and heritage LAP work use GIS overlays, scenario testing, and structured spatial frameworks - computational rigour at city and precinct scale.

Outcomes teams measure

  • Revision speed - Design changes propagate through fabrication and documentation outputs automatically.
  • Defensible options - Planning and layout variants compared against explicit constraints, not subjective redraws.
  • BIM intelligence preserved - Façade and envelope work lands in Revit as native content teams can schedule and tag.
  • Fewer site surprises - Geometry, clips, and assembly metadata resolved before panels leave the factory.