Today marks a year of continuous, fulfilling and exciting collaborative work with Campbell Architecture and Intelligent Design Studio.
Campbell Architecture is utilising my services as a CAD technician in Vectorworks and is extending responsibilities into lead-designer processes throughout design, DA (development application) /CC (construction certificate) /S4.55 (section 4.55 modification) /OC (occupation certificate) /PC (practical completion).
Originally contracted for architectural services, my services expanded into finding ways to make the office’s CAD documentation and administrative processes easier, faster and more reliable.
Year of Innovation
I was originally contracted for CAD (drawing/detailing on a computer) services, however this quickly advanced into pioneering new techniques to cross-communicate between softwares previously thought impossible (sketchup for 3D modelling into Vectorworks for 3D extrapolation and detailed documentation).
My independent developments into making this possible was encouraged by Campbell Architecture out of a need for the office: avoid modelling the same design on different softwares (first on sketchup for conceptual modelling, then VW for detailing after DA stage, then back to sketchup for any inevitable design change which would have to be updated in VW etc in a perpetual time-wasting loop)…
I found a way to simplify this process as ideally as possible (keep in mind, the preference to 3D model in sketchup up to OC stage): 3D-model in sketchup, update the reference sketchup model in Vectorworks. Done. No re-modelling in vectorworks, with all the detailed information retained.
I have written manuals for the office with instructions on the procedure for setting up and managing this process for replication, which has already been implemented on two significant projects in the luxury architectural practice.
Application Development
I have implemented AI to automate several administrative processes, tailored to the office’s business systems. A particularly (albeit nerdy) inclusion has been developing an application that automates the time-consuming document transmittal process. This application running on python script reads meta-data within Campbell Architecture’s documents and creates individual page names within a combined PDF file into an individualised and automated document transmittal, which can still be manually edited. It so happens that multinational companies are in the process of creating a similar application for their own specific use too (I have friends in nice places).
It is a pleasure to be working alongside such an amazing, intelligent, professional team.
Jonathan Edelstein, iNDS
18 March 2026
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