Time really does fly when you are having fun... it's hard to believe a year has already passed since I started here at Lake|Flato, as the Director of Design Technology. In today's post, I wanted to share a few accomplishments we have made during this time!
Although the timing turned out to be crazy, given I started during the pandemic, the transition was incredibly smooth. Thanks, in large part, to the amazing people that make up Lake|Flato... friendly, professional, and eager to both learn and share knowledge!
The graphic above indicates the three main areas I focus my efforts. Below, I share some of the accomplishments realized in these areas. And, while the lists might not appear to match the proportions of the graphic above, the percentages listed are pretty close to accurate. There are just a lot of little things that don't translate to the 'highlights' list and some (actually, many) things we are working on that we are not allowed to talk about; and some are huge and I cannot wait to share someday:)
Before I jump into the list, I want to acknowledge the amazing people I work closely with every day, that helped make these accomplishments a reality:
- Heather Holdridge, Associate Partner, Director of Design Performance
- Scott Lelieur, Director of Operations
- Robert Trinidad, Associate Partner, IT Director
- Mary Beth Lineberry, Director of Branding & Market Strategy
- Steven Campbell, BIM Manager
- Kate Sector, Design Performance Coordinator
- Cynthia Suarez, Design Performance Intern
- Byalsan Shalabi, Design Technology Intern (our newest member!)
Here is a list, which I wrote just now, highlighting a number of accomplishments we've made over the past year:
Marketing and PR:
Sharing knowledge and promoting the firm brand through thought leadership and our use of design technology
- Dell interview, click here
- ArchDaily interview, click here
- Miro + Lake|Flato video; click here
- Lake|Flato Dogrun; Helped rejuvenate it, plus wrote two posts so far
- Autodesk AU interview, click here (on early energy modeling beta)
- Autodesk University presentation, 2020 and 2021 (scheduled)
- Autodesk Revit 2022 Interview, click here
- Revit Kid YouTube channel - guest three times
- DWF Infrastructure User Group panel
- Central Ohio BIM Users Group presentation
- AIA Philly COTE Working Group presentation - early energy modeling
- AIA New Orleans COTE Working Group presentation - early energy modeling (twice)
- Advancing Computational Design Conference, presented; 2020, and 2021 (Scheduled)
- AIA San Antonio half-day workshop on early energy modeling (scheduled)
- Presented to UTSA students - three separate presentations; two on energy modeling and one on visualization using Enscape
- Presented to University of Minnesota lighting design class, click here
- Enscape presentation for NBS, click here
- Enscape blog post about me: click here
- Chair of the IES National BIM Standards Committee
- AECBytes articles
Sustainability and Building Performance
Support high performance design with technology to validate assumptions (analysis) and verify results (POE)
- AIA Climate Action Guide for Practice (document creation)
- New early energy modeling workflow and staff training/support
- New analysis tools; WuFi, Climate Studio, Flixo
- Embodied carbon study using Tally
Information and Design Technology
Support design staff with high quality hardware and software
- New LF Tools tab in Revit, with custom tools and resource links
- Custom Enscape assets
- Enhanced Revit wall types
- Render material overhaul
- Internal training; shared coordinates, visualization, managing textures, custom Enscape content
- Microsoft HoloLens 2, best-in-class augmented reality
- VR hardware refresh support high quality immersive experiences
- Yulio, building on previous use; for mobile VR during the pandemic
Office remodel
We are currently remodeling our San Antonio office, allowing us to more fully embrace the hybrid office and support immersive experiences
- Conference room technology design
- Hardware topology; tablets connected to VM/VDI
- Augmented reality experience (using HoloLens to visualize proposed design)
FlakeNet (Intranet)
Building and improving upon our internal communication strategy to support firm culture and knowledge sharing
- Knowledge Architecture, Synthesis training (for me:))
- Updating 'technology' portions of intranet (by me)
Other activities
Things I am still active in...
- Teaching graduate architecture and landscape architecture students at NDSU
- Working on books; new book just came out last week (more on that soon)
- Writing blog posts for Enscape
- Publishing on BIM Chapters!
For BIM Chapters updates, follow @DanStine_MN on Twitter or connect on LinkedIn
Check out my video-based courses on ArchSmarter.
I also write blog posts for Enscape - a new paradigm in rendering, animation and VR for AEC.