Tamara C once again brought the vibrant holiday spirit of Mexico with her Poinsettia entry! This beautiful and festive family comes with a mix of sizes and a stem length parameter, creating a blossoming array of options for crafting vibrant plant decorations.

2nd Place - Musical Railing 

Creator: Dariel Rey Garcia
Company: Emproy 2

Santiago Calatrava once said "The architect is not only the director, but he is the composer."

This year, Dariel Rey Garcia turned this quote into a Revit reality with his "Musical Railing." This system family, transforms Revit into a musical canvas, featuring a five-line staff to orchestrate your favorite melodies. And in a festive twist, Dariel even transcribed the holiday favorite, 'Jingle bells', to showcase his entry. 

3rd Place - Fireworks

Creator: Nick Dodge
Company: Ratio Design

Nick Dodge lit up the competition this year with this dazzling entry, inspired by the sparkling fireworks of global New Year celebrations – from the iconic Times Square to the vibrant Chinese New Year festivities. This adaptive firework family can transform into a myriad of firework shapes, capturing the essence of joyous celebrations all around the world.

Honorable Mention - Charcuterie Board

Creator: Azusa Allard
Company: SiteLogiQ

Feast your eyes on this delightful charcuterie board submission, a perfect Revit addition for your New Year party planning. This handy set of families isn't just visually appetizing, but also brilliantly functional. Azusa has thoughtfully included a schedule, which cleverly doubles as a convenient shopping list for your gathering.

 

Honorable Mention - SpongeBob Squarepants Christmas Wish

Creator: Simon Yew
Company: VIA Architecture

Simon Yew is making holiday dreams come true with this clever entry – it's the SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas wish brought to life! Load in your own family, and let your favorite sea sponge wish for your family to appear. 

Congratulations to This Year's Winners

As we close out this year's competition, we would like to again thank everyone who participated.  This competition is always the highlight of December and January for the BIMsmith Team, and we look forward to seeing what this amazing community comes up with next year!

 

Recap: 2023 BIMsmith Winter Wonderland Semifinalists

12 Days of Christmas

Creator: Allison Hawes
Company: Hord Coplan Macht

Alison Hawes put her own spin on the 12 days of christmes. She created a parametric display of your favorite Revit tools and icons. Follow along, for all twelve days, and maybe even sing aloud if you think you can keep up.

 

Adaptive String Lights

Creator: Hilal Özkan Erşan

Company: RKW Architektur

Hilal Erşan took an illuminating approach to a Revit string light family. This adaptive family lets you simply place the anchor points while the logic seamlessly connects the rest into a luminous string of fairy lights.

 

Ribbon Christmas Tree

Creator: Philip Chan

Company: SmithGroup

Philip Chan created this unique family that will make any wall, Merry and bright. This unique Ribbon Christmas tree family is fully customizable with parameters for ribbon material, width, height, thickness, and even light distance. It's a perfect addition to any project looking for that contemporary festive touch!

 

BIMsmith Wreath

Creator: Evelyn Peterson
Company: Engineering Consultants

Evelyn brings a festive twist to the competition by ingeniously transforming the iconic BIMsmith logo into a charming holiday wreath. This delightful adaptation captures the spirit of the season while tipping a hat to the BIMsmith brand. To top it off, she's tied it all together with a variety of colorful bows.

 

Clean Parametric Tree

Creator: Julian Wandzilak

Company: W7k

This fully parametric Christmas tree is an impressive product of Julian's passion for elegance in 2D representation. Intentionally choosing to avoid the "black mess" pitfall that is common with tree families, He leveraged his mathematical expertise to create a geometrically crisp and stylistically unique tree. 

 

 

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