2018 – 2019

Facade Explorer

Instant VR concept optioneering tool

A matrix of fifteen generated facade options in different materials and colourways
Six options from one family

An opportunistic mash-up of technologies built for early-stage project bids: a rule-driven Revit family generating an L-System facade with over 60 instance parameters, a Dynamo script recreating the optioneering spirit of Autodesk's Fractal, and Enscape delivering bid-quality visuals.

A happy side effect: it ran in VR through a game engine, so users could walk around a facade while trying new options every few seconds — 'locking' features they liked and exploring an enormous design space in a playful, engaging way.