SAHAL KABEERarch.
I design buildings — and the software that designs them. Five years across resort-scale execution and luxury villas; now building MeetCode, an AI copilot for building-code compliance inside Revit.
Founder @ MeetCode
Most architects draw buildings. I also write the tools that draw them. From parametric massing in Grasshopper to a JSON-driven rule engine checking UAE building codes in real time, my work sits where architecture meets computation — automation that removes the drudgery and returns the hours to design.
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01 · Execution
A-012024 — PresentWynn Resort
Luxury Resort & Entertainment Complex — Al Marjan, RAK
Architect on the main-contractor team at ALEC. Coordinating the project end-to-end on BIM — LOD 300 IFC through LOD 400/500 shop drawings — managing ceiling, doors and paint packages, raising RFIs and keeping subcontractor models aligned with design intent during active construction.
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02 · Design Development
A-022022 — 2024JA Villa
Luxury Residential Villa — Dubai, UAE
Detailed design developed from JA Architecture's concept — coordinated across structure and MEP without compromising design intent, and prepared code-compliant authority submissions (Nakheel, DDA, DM). Part of a villa portfolio at DAT with a 100% approval rate.
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03 · AI × Urbanism
A-032024 — 2025Entertainment District
Sustainable floating city for 2030 — Bronx, New York
Gritnova thesis for Sustainable AI in Architecture: a 15-minute city sized to the Bronx population, fully self-sufficient in water, food and materials. Computational modelling in Rhino with generative imagery via LookX AI.
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MeetCode
AI-Enhanced Revit Plugin · Founder
Independent
2025 —
Natural-language search over building codes, automated compliance scanning, and a JSON-driven rule engine — compliance checking 30–60% faster. Full story below.
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Studies & Boards
Competitions · Thesis · Drafting
Grasshopper / Dynamo / Python
2019 — 22
Competition boards, thesis work and technical drawing sets — ten selected sheets in the gallery below.
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Photoreal Visualisation
3D · Animation · Rendering
Trifid Media / Blender
2022
Complex modelling, texturing, physics simulation and lighting in Blender — photoreal stills and film for media production.
MeetCode turns code compliance into a conversation.
Building codes are written for people — yet architects query them like databases. MeetCode is a Revit plugin that lets you ask: natural-language search over UAE building regulations, backed by a retrieval-augmented generation pipeline, answered against your live model.
- 01Natural-language queries — search building codes like chatting with an assistant
- 02JSON-driven rule engine — update rules without touching core code
- 03RAG pipeline over regulation documents (Gemini API) for accurate references
- 04Live error visualisation inside Revit — violations highlighted on the model
- 05DCR parsing, metrics caching and backend services for fast evaluation
Design Development Drawings
Workflows & Design Tools
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2025 — Present
Founder
MeetCode · DubaiBuilt and shipped an AI-enhanced Revit plugin automating UAE building-code compliance — rule engine, RAG pipeline, backend services, live error visualisation. Compliance-checking speed improved 30–60% by project complexity.
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2024 — Present
Architect
ALEC Engineering & Contracting LLC · DubaiLead architectural execution on the Wynn Resort project — main-contractor and subcontractor coordination, BIM integration, and keeping multidisciplinary models aligned through active construction.
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2022 — 2024
Design Development Architect
DAT Architects + Engineers · DubaiLuxury villas for high-end GCC clients. Detailed DDA/DM submission packages with a 100% approval rate; clash resolution with structural & MEP cut project timelines by 25%.
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2021 — 2022
Junior Architect
Office of Cognitive Design · BangaloreResearched and implemented alternative construction techniques — 20% faster timelines, 15% lower material cost; CAD workflows with a measurable accuracy gain.
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2022
3D Designer
Trifid Media · DubaiBlender modelling, texturing, lighting and physics simulation — photorealistic stills and animation for media production.
Modelling & BIM
- Autodesk Revit
- BIM 360 · BIM 2.0
- AutoCAD / Civil 3D
- Rhino 3D · SketchUp
- Speckle
Computation
- Dynamo · Grasshopper
- Revit API · Autodesk API
- Python · C# · C++
- Parametric systems
- Generative design
AI & Data
- RAG pipelines · Gemini API
- OpenAI API
- NLP interfaces
- Rule engines
- GIS
Visualisation
- Lumion · Enscape
- V-Ray · Unreal
- Blender
- Photoshop
- Unity / C#
Certifications
Gritnova Global Campus, London · Udemy