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Kaleidoscope Updates: Choose Your Partitions Wisely

March 28, 2023

Becca McGee Sturgeon, Elisabeth Machielse, Melanie Silver, Olivia Humphrey, Yoko Furuya

We are thrilled to share another update to Kaleidoscope. This update expands upon the interior assemblies to now include partitions. [...]

A’22: This Is How We Do It: Integrating Sustainability Into Design

July 14, 2022

Becca McGee Sturgeon, Jennifer Hardy, Melanie Silver

At A'22, Jennifer Hardy, Melanie Silver and Becca McGee Sturgeon led a 2.5 hour practicum on integrating sustainability into design. [...]

Kaleidoscope: New Assemblies Added!

June 21, 2022

Becca McGee Sturgeon, Denise Gravelle, Melanie Silver, Olivia Humphrey

PAYETTE is excited to announce another update to Kaleidoscope, our web-based tool to bring the imperative topic of Embodied Carbon further into our design process. [...]

New Net Shadows Through Parametric Analysis

February 22, 2022

Jensen Ying

A shadow analysis has become a required component of many local zoning codes, including both Boston and Cambridge. Over time, different jurisdictions have established limitations for areas prone to the negative effects caused by shadows arising from new construction [...]

Kaleidoscope: Software Design at Payette

November 2, 2021

Andrew Ringler

PAYETTE’s software development team creates custom internal and external software applications and data analysis studies for various project teams at PAYETTE, including Kaleidoscope, our user-friendly LCA web application . [...]

Building Suitability Tool

July 7, 2021

Abby Klima, Andrew Ringler, Tom Simister

PAYETTE’s Building Suitability Tool is an in-house technical rating system designed to assess a building’s highest and best use. [...]

Pulse: an Interactive Survey Tool

June 30, 2021

Andrew Ringler, Tom Simister

Designed as an interactive survey to remotely engage large groups of stakeholders, Pulse solicits feedback about a place, design concept or finished building using plans, maps and virtual environments. [...]

Kaleidoscope 2.0: Embodied Carbon Design Tool Updates

April 27, 2021

Becca McGee Sturgeon, Denise Gravelle, Melanie Silver

PAYETTE is excited to announce an update to Kaleidoscope: Embodied Carbon Design Tool, our web-based tool to bring the imperative topic of Embodied Carbon further into our design process. The update to Kaleidoscope contains additional envelope systems and introduces flooring. We first… [...]

Introducing Kaleidoscope: Embodied Carbon Design Tool

October 15, 2020

Becca McGee Sturgeon, Denise Gravelle, Luke Laverty, Melanie Silver

PAYETTE is excited to announce that we have launched an open source web-based tool, Kaleidoscope: Embodied Carbon Design Tool, to bring the imperative topic of Embodied Carbon further [...]

Returning to the Public Realm: Handwashing Stations

June 9, 2020

PAYETTE

In this time of social distancing, which looks to be with us in one form or another in the years to come, our communities have been thrust into redefining how we come together, safely. The act of handwashing [...]

Payette’s Software Tools Published in Tradeline

February 5, 2020

PAYETTE

When presented with big questions and big problems, PAYETTE responded by developing software solutions that help inform [...]

It’s Time to Talk About Carbon (Part 2): Where is the Carbon in our Buildings?

December 19, 2019

Andrea Love, Melanie Silver

If we look at a typical building’s lifespan of sixty years and graph total carbon emissions – embodied and operational – the operational energy over time has a larger impact. Reducing operational energy is the most effective strategy to reduce overall carbon emissions over a sixty year building lifespan. Historically… [...]

The Beauty (and Sustainability) is in the Details – New Science Center Featured in STRUCTURE Magazine

November 18, 2019

PAYETTE

Amherst College’s New Science Center is featured in the latest issue of STRUCTURE magazine. The article delves into the details of the elegant... [...]

YDC Tour: Mockups and Augmented Reality

October 17, 2019

Ben Garbow

Recently, the our Young Designers Core led a tour of the newly constructed mockup for the new Inpatient Building at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. [...]

Immersive Design Strategies: 360 Spherical Panoramas

August 28, 2019

Carolyne Ottawa

The Boston College team at PAYETTE has been experimenting with 360 spherical panoramic renderings using Rhino and V-ray. [...]

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