Brief Analysis & Team Alignment
The brief, site data, and performance targets are analysed to find where computational design adds the most value, at the earliest stage.
Environmental Performance Designed In.
Not Added On.
Architect specialising in computational design and environmental performance. 19 years in practice, MSc Politecnico di Torino. Nine years as coordinating architect on the $50M Luxury Residential High-Rise in Beirut, from design and permit drawings through execution, site supervision, and handover, alongside the parametric tool developed for a Worthy-of-Mention MSc thesis.
The Problem
Architects don't ignore climate. They just address it too late.
Across 19 years on sites and in design studios, the same pattern recurs: environmental analysis arrives after the concept is locked. Changing the facade means redrawing. Redrawing means delays. Delays mean cost overruns. The result is buildings that use more energy than they should, with envelopes that underperform. The problem isn't the engineering. It's when the engineering enters the process.
The Solution
When environmental simulation enters the project at concept stage, facade design decisions are informed by performance data.
The SHELL Protocol is the method applied throughout: it embeds building-physics analysis into the design workflow before the form is fixed, through brief analysis, full environmental simulation, and parametric optimisation.
This is what the SHELL Protocol brings to a design team.
The SHELL Protocol
Environmental Analysis for Architecture Projects in Four Steps
Environmental Simulation
The parametric model is built and building physics analysis run: solar radiation, daylight factor, and thermal performance, tested across hundreds of iterations.
Optimisation & Design Refinement
Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms generate and evaluate solutions, producing optimal options with clear performance data so decisions can be made at design-development stage.
Documentation & Integration
Geometry files and environmental-performance reports are produced for the optimal solution, coordinated with the structural and MEP teams.
Common Questions
Common Questions
What does computational design add to a project team in practice?
Every analysis ties to a decision the team has to make. Work starts from the brief, site data, and geometry, producing an analysis report, geometry files, and performance data the design can act on, at the stage when it still changes the outcome.
Are you a software specialist or an architect?
An architect first. 19 years in practice, including nine as coordinating architect on a $50M residential tower in Beirut, from construction documents through site completion. Computational design was learned on top of that, not the other way round.
Does this work fit a Revit-based BIM workflow?
Yes. Grasshopper reads geometry exported from Revit, and geometry files and documentation are formatted to drop back into the BIM model, with handover format confirmed with the team up front.
Are your performance numbers real or estimates?
The 27.8% energy-efficiency improvement and the 145 kgCO₂/m² facade result come from MSc research formally evaluated by the Architecture Commission at Politecnico di Torino. The thesis is publicly cited and the award is on record.