BUILDING DESIGN
Revitalising My Website
I have been a bit myopically focused on completing my new BIM framework for the past few years, to the exclusion of most other things. However, that seems to be how I get stuff done, and I _really_ needed to get that done. Ten man-years for a software project is actually quite a small one, but it still takes me ten years. Thus, it's pretty amazing now to be slowly coming out the other end of it. I also have a heap of half written posts about development stuff that I encountered over that time, so my New Year's resolution for 2025 is to revitalise my website, get some posts finished and demo apps released, and then respond to the absolute mountain of messages I have received in the interim.
Some New Solar Articles
Whilst writing some new documentation for my solar analysis API classes, I kept adding way too much background information, making them far too long to actually read. At that point I knew I had to separate that stuff out, so decided to add them as a series of articles on PerformativeDesign.com.
Architects and the R-Codes
Having recently submitted some planning applications in Western Australia, I have had to get pretty familiar with the local Residential Design Codes (R-Codes) that apply there. Not just the codes themselves, but also how they are interpreted and dealt with by local councils. At first take, the R-Codes really do appear quite progressive and thoughtfully written. However, they have been evolving and changing over many years and there is still a lot of legacy in their implementation that can make life particularly hard for an architect.