Analytics, machines, and our summer so far…

We are in the heat of the summer season and we have invited summer interns to work with us to experiment with new concepts and technologies. In 2016, we focused on rapid development of focused problem-first workflows and published our content as an open source project. This year, Ally and Nazanin have joined us for … Continue reading Analytics, machines, and our summer so far…

The Things We Make – Part 3

Proving Ground's 8 weeks of summer prototyping has come to a close. The past two blog posts provided a small preview of some of the things we have been sketching on and making together. As believers in a data-driven process, we have assembled a collection of workflows that were created this summer to highlight the potential for leveraging … Continue reading The Things We Make – Part 3

The Things We Make – Part 2

We’re almost to the end of July and the summer team continues to work away on some amazing prototypes and workflows. Since the last blog post, we have been explored the use of packing algorithms to visualize building program relationships. We have mocked PowerBI dashboards using Revit data that was exported with the help of LunchBox … Continue reading The Things We Make – Part 2

The Things We Make – Part 1

I started doing what I do today as a hobby.  Today, making things is the core of Proving Ground’s business. However, it would be a misreading of our motivation to think that making apps, plugins, and models are our end game. These are a means to an end. The tools we make and use are a … Continue reading The Things We Make – Part 1