# 217: Campfire Series - ‘The Computational Design Story’, with Neil Katz

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Published: 2025-12-30T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://trxl.co/217
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## Resource

In this special Campfire Series episode, Neil Katz joins the podcast to tell us about the evolution of architectural technology from first principles. Long before CAD, BIM, parametrics, or AI became industry buzzwords, Neil was there. From technics and morphology, to early programming in BASIC and geometry-driven thinking, to custom software at SOM, to landmark projects that pushed behavior-based design into real buildings, his career offers a rare, continuous view of how design computation entered architectural practice. If you’re interested in where computational design really came from and what still matters as the industry looks ahead, this episode provides essential context. To learn more about Neil Katz, see the full show notes with links at https://trxl.co/217 To get more great conversations with AEC technology leaders on the TRXL podcast please visit https://trxl.co ----- Sign up to become a TRXL member . Free members get email notifications when new episodes are released and when new posts are published on TRXL.co Paid supporters of TRXL+ get ad-free podcast episodes, full show notes, and exclusive Leadership Edge email newsletters from TRXL Provide feedback for this episode at https://trxl.co/feedback

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