STF#9 - 2025: Presentations
Real-time Performance-Driven Design and Optimization with Foster + Partners’ Cyclops
Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners
Discover how Cyclops, Foster + Partners’ plugin for Rhino's Grasshopper3d, is transforming architectural projects through the power of GPU computing. The Applied R+D team will showcase real-world examples where Cyclops streamlined architectural workflows and delivered instant feedback even for city-scale designs, facilitating everyday environmental analyses such as radiation, daylight, and sunlight. The Applied R+D team will highlight Cyclops' role in expediting decision-making and optimizing project deliverables. Learn how these examples are redefining environmental analysis, driving innovation and sustainability in performance-driven architectural design.
Oscar Borgstrom - Oscar is part of the Applied Research + Development team at Foster + Partners, where he develops computational tools that underpin performance-driven design workflows. His work includes solutions for view analysis, environmental simulations, rendering, and artificial lighting.
With a degree in Architecture and Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, Oscar has contributed to advancing the AEC industry in areas like geometry processing, digital fabrication, optimization, and software interoperability.
Wojciech Karnowka - Wojciech has more than 5 years of experience developing tools and pipelines to address complex issues in architectural projects around the world. Since joining Foster + Partners in 2023, he has been developing bespoke performance-driven design products and contributing to some of the iconic projects the practice is currently undertaking. As part of the Applied Research + Development team, Wojciech creates computational solutions in complex geometry, digital workflows, and performance-driven design. His expertise ranges from early-stage evaluations to implementing advanced workflow automation at scale.
Wojciech holds a degree in Architecture from The Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London. His work is driven by experimental methodologies and a commitment to developing strategies for evaluation, representation, and generation in the AEC industry.
Sherif Tarabishy - Sherif is an architectural engineer, software developer and researcher. He is an Associate Partner, Design Systems Analyst and leading the applied ML projects at Foster+Partners' Applied R+D (ARD) group.
Sherif's position there allows him to work on complex challenges on a daily basis, utilizing his expertise in geometry optimization, digital fabrication, virtual and augmented reality, and machine learning. He is also a lecturer at The Bartlett in the MSc. in Architectural Computation and the M.Arch. in Architectural Design courses. For over 14 years, he has been lecturing, training and consulting at different universities and firms, with a focus on digital transformation in the AEC industry.
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