Italy rocks (in BIM and Computational Design)

August 9, 2017

Oh well.

As you might remember, last month we took part in the first Italian Dynamo meetup, held in Rome, and we were proud to see the great results achieved by the students of Valle Giulia led by Alberto Tono.

They took part to the International BIM Competition of Singapore. Me and Claudio were proud and honoured to co-sponsor their trip to Singapore. The guys presented their work in front of the Jury and… hear hear! They won third price! The result is even more astonishing as they were competing alongside the most prestigious universities of the world. We are proud of you, guys.

And you want to hear another astonishing thing? A special mention was awarded to another Italian team, from Pisa’s University. What can I say? We rock.

architecture, engineering and construction

DIS/ISO 19650-1:2026 — New Concepts

Last week I tried to map the current ISO 19650-1:2018 with the concepts as they’re now laid out in the DIS/ISO 19650-1:2026, in public consultation until June 2nd. I hope if was helpful to all those who were feeling lost, but the changes aren’t the

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music and theatre

Suzanne Vega in Milan

Yesterday, we went to see Suzanne Vega, one of the greatest artists and musicians of all times whom occupies a special place in my heart next to Tori Amos. It was a packed house at Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi here in Milan, with people belonging to

March 22, 2026 10:24 am

books and literature

Isaac Asimov’s Gold (and other stories)

It’s unfortunate that I’m coming to this after the very unsatisfactory collection of “fantasy” stories (Asimov never wrote fantasy: he wrote satire), because this was another disappointment. The book is half short stories and half non-fiction, for random reasons, and the non-fiction half is random writings

March 21, 2026 9:00 am