Proving Ground
Strategies are always created with the best of intentions for improving business, the effort involved in executing the strategy – especially ones i...
While our technology is becoming more advanced, the fundamental processes at the core of design and construction businesses have largely remained u...
This article is a follow up to Nathan Miller's 2016 article “The Wicked Problem of Interoperability”.
'I believe in the potential for new technology to positively impact the quality of the built environment with immense speed and great efficiency,'...
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Professional bias can take the form of change-resistant thinking that can keep transformational or innovative ambitions at bay. Tech consultant Nat...
All too often, the narrative of what it takes to be ‘data-driven’ focuses on methods for collecting, synthesizing, and visualizing data.
There appears to be very little industry consensus as to what a ‘computational design’ position actually means in a business setting.
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Data and digital tools are an absolute given to today’s building design and construction process. But creating a true data-driven workflow requires...
Construction on the Hangzhou stadium by NBBJ
Building professionals are often put in a situation where solving problems with the ‘best tool for the job’ comes at the cost of not being able to...
All images courtesy Proving Ground.
In creating a roadmap for computation, Proving Ground's Nathan Miller likes to consider investing in the right people, incorporating a range of ski...
A Python scripting lesson at the TexFab Dynamo workshop. Photo: Proving Ground
Even if learning to code does not personally interest you, the growing demand for having these capabilities in an architectural business cannot be...
