This workshop focuses on using Cyclops, Ladybug, and Wallacei for sustainability analysis and performance-driven optimization from massing to facade.
3 courses5.0
Optimize daylight performance in combination with possible heat stress and glare issues.
Apply radiation simulations to assess and balance solar gains and shading strategies.
Optimize views while integrating them into facade performance assessments.
Highlight viewpoints and rationalize them for benchmarking.
Use sustainability metrics across design scales, from massing to detailed facade elements.
Facilitate a smooth workflow from massing studies to facade rationalization by utilizing structured Grasshopper logic.
Apply evolutionary solvers to optimize form and facade parameters iteratively.
Set up early-stage energy modeling workflows to support informed design decisions.
Set up Carbon emissions for building elements for the integral approach and awareness.
Course Content
New administration Building in Majes - Arequipa
Oct 6, 2025
About this work
Impat of a new administration Building located in an existing campus at the Province o Majes, Arequipa, Peru.
Olaf Olden is a sustainability technologist whose work explores the intersection between sustainability and parametric design. He completed his master’s degree at TU Delft in 2021, following his initial studies at the University of Applied Sciences in Arnhem. Driven by a longstanding goal to contribute to a more sustainable built environment, Olaf has shaped his career around this mission.He began as a sustainability consultant, focusing on the social and environmental performance of buildings, public spaces, and BREEAM certification processes.
This experience led him to a similar role at MVRDV, where he further developed his expertise. A pivotal chapter in his professional journey was his time at OMRT, where he gained in-depth experience with parametric design, a central pillar of his work today.
Currently, Olaf works as a Sustainability Technologist at UNS, where he develops practical tools that enable architects to embed sustainability into their design processes. He also shares his knowledge as a teacher at TU Delft and through his own company, MisterMetric. Alongside this, he runs a YouTube channel under the same name, aiming to make parametric design and sustainability concepts more accessible to a broader audience. Through all of these efforts, he hopes to contribute to the conversation about how technology can drive a more responsible future for architecture.
Excellent and useful course, brilliant work!
I found a quite useful pack of information in this course. Congratulations for the PAACADEMY team, so hope to see an update of this modeule soon!
-This course will always be a valuable reference for me in simulation work. -The content is well-structured and practical.
The course was very engaging and met my expectations. With the provided files, we are now able to test the methods in our upcoming projects. The only drawback is that the calculation of CO₂ emissions for building elements was not included in the script. Will there be a future workshop dedicated to this topic, or could an example script be provided that demonstrates how to optimize the building’s carbon footprint?
Great
Usefull environment analysis course
