CRTKL’s Digital Evolution Lab is an internal, virtual hackathon designed to inspire a culture of digital innovation by envisioning new tools and services.

2020’s theme was – Building architectural tools and services of the future using Computational Design.

In this hackathon-based event, our participants competed in small teams to showcase how CRTKL can leverage Computational Design to develop a conceptualized tool or service that would be inspiring and disruptive to our business, industry, and beyond.

2020 Digital Evolutionaries

Event Speakers

Pre-Lab Keynote

Monday June 22nd
Opening Speech with
Sol Amour of Autodesk

Pre-Lab Workshop

Predictive Building Information Models with LunchboxML

Monday June 29th
Featuring: Proving Ground
Speaker: Nate Miller

Pre-Lab Workshop

Design Automation Development

Tuesday July 6th
Featuring: Autodesk
Speaker: Daniel Gijsbers

Pre-Lab Workshop

Web Apps with Rhino Compute

Monday July 13th
Featuring: McNeel
Speaker: Steve Baer

Lab Keynote

Monday July 20th
Opening Speech with Nate Miller from Proving Ground

Lab Videos

Pre-Lab Kick Off with Sol Amour of Autodesk

Pre-Lab Workshop with Nate Miller of Proving Ground

Pre-Lab Workshop with Daniel Gijsbers and Michel Van Geel of Autodesk

Pre-Lab Workshop with Steve Baer of Robert McNeel & Associates

Consultants

CRTKL Digital Evolution Lab Blog

Digital Evolution Lab: The Pre-Lab

The Digital Evolution Lab began to take form in discussions within our Design Technology Group centered on how we can identify and properly enrich the technically inclined individuals throughout our firm.

Digital Evolution Lab: The Pre-Lab Part 2

The Digital Evolution Pre-Lab kicked-off on the 22nd of June with Sol Amour of Autodesk leading an inspiring discussion on bridging the present and the future, and how hackathons have brought about real, tangible change to the AEC industry.

Digital Evolution Lab: The Lab

Lab participants completed their last week of the Pre-Lab on July 17th before finally embarking on the official Lab itself. The last week of the Pre-Lab included a very informative and engaging workshop called Web Apps with Rhino Compute led by Steve Baer of McNeel.

Digital Evolution Lab: The Post Lab