Computational Facade Consultant

About VIA

Founded in the United States in 2004 and newly headquartered in London, VIA is an international design engineering and technical consultancy for architectural enclosure systems and materials. Our services are augmented with cutting-edge advanced digital modelling capabilities for geometry resolution, panelization, optimization, design coordination, and automation of manufacturing information for fabrication and assembly. Our experience rooted in global collaborations and projects on five continents, ranges in all scales from art projects to super-tall skyscrapers. Our team of experts in architecture, engineering, materials, sourcing, and software development work together with owners, architects, contractors, project and construction managers, manufacturers, and fabricators to design and deliver high-quality projects.

At VIA, we believe in actively engaging in the design process and utilizing our global experience to provide practical and aspirational solutions for achieving design goals. We collaborate closely with our clients to ensure their vision is realized with strategic and tactical rigor to build projects of enduring quality around the world.

Modern computational design practices, digital development, and a 3D first approach are central to our practice. We utilize technology to work collaboratively and iteratively to review, analyse, manipulate, augment, and construct building information as data-rich three-dimensional models and representations. We use these tools and practices throughout a project’s development to bring clarity and legibility to modern design problems to achieve tangible benefits in system design and a mastery of key system drivers and constraints.

Description

Our Seoul office is seeking a talented and motivated Computational Facade Consultant to augment our design computational team and efforts and help propel an industry-leading agenda of computation innovation across a diverse set of exceptional international projects.  The role will involve executing the application of computational design across a range of design consulting and contractor-led fabrication projects, including providing support for technical analysis such as engineering, thermal, and building performance modelling.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop digital workflows for the delivery of complex projects from concept to completion

  • Contribute to the development of internal design modelling tools and R&D initiatives

  • Work with the internal design teams, clients, architects, and other consultants to provide support, analysis, and documentation for projects

  • Represent VIA a meetings

  • Use parametric, thermal, and other analytic software and interpret their outputs

  • Review own and other’s work as part of quality assurance

  • Provide support in creation of design presentations and reports

Skills and Qualifications

  • A degree or certification in a related discipline (architecture, computational design, civil engineering, etc.)

  • 2+ years of proven computation design experience in a professional setting

  • Solid understanding of geometry

  • Demonstrated experience in at least one programming language (C# or Python a plus) is advantageous, but not required

  • Demonstrated experience providing inter-program operability through their respective APIs is advantageous, but not required

  • Demonstrated advanced skills in Rhino and Grasshopper

  • Experience with eleFront is advantageous, but not required

  • Good skills in graphical representation and communication

  • Experience with Revit is advantageous as well as interoperability between Rhino and Revit

  • A strong attention to detail

  • Initiative and proactive working methodology

  • Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines

Location

  • Seoul (Sungwoo), Full-time

Please email your CV, cover letter, and any other supporting information with the subject line: “Computational Facade Consultant – Seoul” to: careers+kr@via.inc