Jonathan M.

## BIO Some great new geometric and structure modelling tools are being developed by Geometry Gym, a company based in the UK. Formed by Jon Mirtschin, a structural engineer of 10 years experience, Geometry Gym is aiming to provide innovative design tools within rapid response time frames needed by projects. As a graduate engineer, Jon joined Connell Wagner (now Aurecon) in Melbourne, having graduated from the University of Melbourne with a double degree in Civil Engineering and Computer Science. Projects he worked on included Eureka Tower (300m tall residential tower), the Melbourne Cricket Ground Northern Stand Redevelopment (MCG) and Wembley Stadium. All projects challenged the capability of the software used to analyze, design and document these structures, and Jon frequently found himself developing custom and innovative scripts and spreadsheets to link and automate generation, processes and data information flow. In 2005, Jon left Melbourne bound for a working holiday in London, an agency sent him to an interview at Expedition, which is not a typical engineering consultancy. Jon discovered Rhino3d, and the fantastic development and design platform it provides. Infinity Footbridge (IStructE Champion Award Recipient), the 2012 Olympic Velodrome and 55 Baker Street are great examples of efficient form finding and trail blazing design and documentation. All heavily utilized programs and plug-ins developed by Jon, in the evolutionary state of the plug-ins available today. Late 2009, Jon left Expedition to form Geometry Gym, as a means to act as a sub-consultant and to distribute the software tools to the wider design industry (although the tools were also externally beta tested during the 10 months prior on some fantastic projects). Why the name Geometry Gym? Well gyms challenge and demand their visitors aspiring to achieve goals and improvements. And geometric manipulations and modifications take up so much time of consulting engineers and architects that all improvements are for the benefit of the industry. Jon is particularly driven and interested in improving repetitive and time consuming tasks in consulting design, and in reducing the amount of replicated modelling work requiring coordination and checking. The premise of BIM (Building Information Modelling) and exchanging/extracting models for particular purpose and needs is core to the development. ## Area of Expertise C# CAD - Rhino3d, Grasshopper3d, Rhinoscript BIM - IFC, CIS/2, SDNF Structure Analysis Excel