Understand the what, when, and how of pushing your projects with resources sorted by phase. Strategies by Phase

The PPT is helping design teams connect concepts with action in the design process through our lunch and learns. 2020 Lunch and Learns

Quickly dive into the resource library and the rest of the content in Pylos.

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Explore strategies by project phase and see when and how to best engage with your projects. See the analysis menuSee all strategies

• Programming
• Pre Design
• Schematic Design
• Design Development
• Construction Documents
• Construction Administration
• Procurement
• Post Construction

You can also find design and analysis strategies related to a specific theme or certification category. More about themes

• Biophilia
• Climate
• Energy
• Games
• Goal Setting
• Passive Strategies
• Site Analysis
• Spatial Analysis
• Ventilation

Dive into the programs, plugins, scripts, and in-house tools ZGF has to push project design and performance. Learn about tools at ZGF

• Upload a New Guide

Tools and dependencies are the same thing in Pylos except that some blocks or guides require specific tools to work. Those are dependencies. Finding and installing dependencies

• Example/tutorial resources
• Get started with Revit addins
• Get started with Grasshopper plugins
• Suggest a plugin/addin

Getting new tools and dependencies to work can require a little help. Help track issues for tools that dont work and suggest new tools we should have on Pylos.

• Suggest a tool
• Tools Issues List
• Block/Guide Issue List
• Tracking Issues on Pylos

There are a number of apps that have been adapted for use in Pylos from custom tools to manage Revit in the cloud to external tools like Design Explorer.
Using and Creating Apps

From contributing and sharing resources to assisting with the platform itself, we are always looking for a helping hand.

• My Datasets
• Shared Datasets
• Upload a New Dataset
• Get Started →

Paste in your spreadsheet data and easily create custom data visualizations. Launch Charts

The precursor of Pylos is Hydrashare, a place for the makers of Ladybug and Honeybee to share example scripts. Hydrashare on Pylos

We are building out custom tools that can audit and modify Revit projects in the cloud, they will show up here. ZGF Forge Apps

Pylos is a platform for sharing design tools, tutorials, and guides intended to make computational and high performance design more accessible.

From contributing and sharing resources to assisting with the platform itself, we are always looking for a helping hand. Help Build Pylos

Pylos is the product of the Computational Design Group and the Project Performance Team (PPT) as well as everyone who has contributed.