Synera add-in · Solver
Raphos Physics
Dynamic-relaxation / spring-particle physics solver for form-finding and simulation inside Synera.
Selected work
Tools, products and research we’re proud of.
From plugins used by designers worldwide to data-science products and instrumented buildings — a sample of what we build and ship, grouped into three areas. Each project has its own page.
Synera · Partnership
Synera Add-ins
A suite of Raphos add-ins that bring physics, optimization and connectivity to Synera — the visual-programming and automation platform for engineering.
Synera add-in · Optimization
Raphos Optimizer
Optimization engine for Synera: gradient-based and heuristic solvers for engineering design problems.
Synera add-in · Toolkit
Raphos Tools
Productivity and geometry utilities for Synera — the components engineers reach for daily.
Synera add-in · Connector
SimScale Connector
Connector linking Synera workflows to SimScale’s cloud simulation (CFD / FEA).
Synera add-in · Connector
MS Office Connector
Connector for reading and writing Microsoft Office files (Excel, Word) from Synera.
Synera add-in · Connector
Raphos Teams Connector
Connector linking Synera to Microsoft Teams — notify people and channels, share reports, and trigger runs from messages.
Rhino · Grasshopper
Grasshopper / Rhino Plugins
Scientific tools for computational designers — machine learning, optimization, tensor fields and advanced meshing, packaged as plugins used by designers worldwide.
Rhino / Grasshopper plugin · Free
Dodo
Free Grasshopper plugin: ML, non-linear optimization, tensor-field manipulation, isosurfaces and linear algebra.
Rhino / Grasshopper plugin · IASS 2018 @ MIT
Capybara
Grasshopper plugin for advanced meshing built on CGAL and libigl; quad remeshing from conjugated vector fields.
Data-science products
Websites & Products
Independent web products where we own the full stack — from the data and the models to the interface our users see.
Language · Reading · NLP
Babelotheca
Bilingual aligned reading: classics side by side in two languages, with grammar help and BYO-PDF conversion.
Real estate · Econometrics
CityDataLab
Hedonic models isolating the true return on floor area, freehold, energy rating and location across major cities.
Art · Knowledge graphs
Ariadne's Gallery
A knowledge graph of 116,000+ artworks with a “Stendhal Score” rating each piece across ten emotional dimensions.
R&D
Applied research & selected projects.
We do R&D for real — published, instrumented and shipped. Read the papers on ResearchGate ↗.
Signal processing
Wind monitoring & structural dynamics
Field instrumentation of a high-rise: Arduino sensing of wind excitation and tower acceleration, statistical analysis of ~660M data points, and bespoke apps deriving transfer functions and correlations in real time.
Computational geometry
Free-form glass-panel optimization
A two-stage algorithm that first reduces the curvature of doubly-curved glass panels, then clusters them to minimise the number of moulds — cutting cost and wastage on free-form façades.
AI · Optimization
Steel connections by ML
Machine-learning and optimization algorithms that suggest steel-joint connections with high accuracy, wrapped in an interactive design framework.
Research
Reciprocal frame systems & gridshells
Homogenization studies of the elastic behaviour of reciprocal systems and computational architecture work, presented at IASS 2013 and Advances in Architectural Geometry 2014.
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