Populous

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, the firm employs more than 600 professionals and operates 20 U.S. and five international offices.

Passion Behind Design: Pushing the Design Envelope

Walter P Moore

Engineers, innovators, and creators of high-performance, resilient structures, enclosures, and infrastructure worldwide.

Allianz Field is the permanent soccer-specific stadium home to Minnesota United FC. The iconic feature of Allianz Field is the dynamic skin which wraps around the stadium. To integrate geometric control and PTFE fabric analysis, Walter P Moore created a digital workflow in collaboration with Populous as the architect. This enabled Walter P Moore to rapidly analyze the PTFE skin, adjust the driver pipe spacing so the PTFE wasn't overstressed, and then for the architect to take the new geometry and adjust it as desired for architectural form, which Walter P Moore could then re-analyze. Ultimately, the digitally controlled geometry model of the driver pipes was delivered to the steel fabricator to facilitate production of the HSS pipes. Read more at: https://www.walterpmoore.com/projects/allianz-field

Allianz Field

Rhinoceros 3D is a 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design application software developed by the American company Robert McNeel & Associates. Utilizing NURBS mathematical modeling to produce precise representations of free-form, curving surfaces, Rhino is used in industries such as architecture, industrial design, automotive design, product design, and multimedia and graphic design.

Rhino 3D

Grasshopper is a visual programming language and environment that pairs with Rhino 3D, a software program also developed by Robert McNeel & Associates. Grasshopper allows users to build algorithms by dragging and connecting components on a digital canvas. From parametric modeling and fabrication, lighting performance analysis, to building energy consumption, Grasshopper provides an intuitive way to explore design without requiring programming experience.

Grasshopper

Autodesk Revit is a building information modeling (BIM) software used by architects, landscape architects, structural engineers, NEP engineers, designers, and contractors. 

Revit

Tekla Structures is a building information modeling software able to model structures that incorporate different kinds of building materials, including steel, concrete, timber and glass. 

Tekla

SAP2000 offers a single user interface to perform modeling, analysis, design, and reporting. The customizable SAP2000 interface allows users to define window layouts and toolbar layouts.

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SAP2000

NDN is the only true engineering and production-oriented software for real project design and manufacturing. It is easy to learn, contains the fastest matrix solver in the industry, and features video game quality graphics and renderings. NDN automatically loads your structure, sizes structural members, and produces fabric patterns to your desired width. NDN Software is used by many of the most prestigious engineering consultants and fabricators worldwide.

NDN

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