{"podcast":{"title":"TRXL","slug":"trxl-889287","podcast_index_feed_id":889287,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/trxl/","website_url":"https://www.trxl.co/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/295f5e04-2ccf-4d9b-9d04-4cc0c0d2c281/59jPnLxxfCUiW_BZVZwlg9xx.jpg","author":"Evan Troxel","episode_count":244,"summary":"TRXL is the definitive podcast on technology and the architecture and engineering professions — and the longest-running. 200+ episodes. Five years. Conversations with the founders, researchers, designers, and firm leaders who are actually shaping how architecture gets practiced. Hosted by Evan Troxel, a licensed architect with over 25 years in AEC, TRXL is built for architects, BIM managers, design technologists, computational designers, and firm leaders who want to stay ahead of where the profession is going — not catch up after it's already moved. Topics include artificial intelligence in architecture, BIM, digital practice, firm culture, design tools and workflows, project delivery, sustainability, and the organizational transformation that follows when the technology your firm depends on keeps changing. Each episode is a long-form, unscripted conversation with guests who are doing the work — not narrating it from the sidelines. Guests have included firm principals, CTOs and CIOs, software founders, researchers, and practitioners from leading firms and institutions worldwide. Ranked in the top 3% of all podcasts globally.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T02:18:39.901454+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trxl-889287"},"episode":{"title":"217: Campfire Series - ‘The Computational Design Story’, with Neil Katz","slug":"217-campfire-series-the-computational-design-story-with-neil-katz","published_at":"2025-12-30T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trxl-889287/217-campfire-series-the-computational-design-story-with-neil-katz","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trxl-889287","url":"https://trxl.co/217","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/15538151-fea5-441b-b36d-cf1a4ed5be66.mp3","summary":"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","meta_description":"In this special Campfire Series episode, Neil Katz joins the podcast to tell us about the evolution of architectural technology from first principles. Lon…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6615,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trxl-889287/episodes/217-campfire-series-the-computational-design-story-with-neil-katz/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trxl-889287/217-campfire-series-the-computational-design-story-with-neil-katz.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}