Artificial intelligence (AI) applications in architectural design have achieved a critical mass and exploded into the mainstream of architectural imaginations. From practical applications in design and constructionto the implications for architectural theory to a plethora of novel tools for accelerated morphological studies, what has become clear is that the discipline is passing a threshold that fundamentally changes architecture as a whole. However, the most radical change is the interrogation and novel discussion of authorship and agency in design ecologies driven by synthetic imaginations. What does it mean for authorship when more than 50 per cent of the content is generated by a nonhuman player? This issue seems more pressing than ever. In a world that is being transformed by AI on a daily basis, what is the role of the sole genius, and designers, artists and architects? This AD dives deep into current discussions about the human position in architectural design, which is increasingly entangled in an AI-driven design context.
Contributors: Cesare Battelli, Phil Bernstein, Mario Carpo, Benjamin Ennemoser and Ingrid Mayrhofer-Hufnagl, Sarah Fox, Wanyu He, Andrew Kudless, Ryan Vincent Manning, Sandra Manninger, Kyle Steinfeld, Andrew Witt, and Michael Young.
Edited by:
Matias del Campo
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 277mm,
Width: 216mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9781394191215
ISBN 10: 1394191219
Series: Architectural Design
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 31 July 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction. The Wicked, the Tamed and the Transformative Nature of Artificial Intelligence / Matias del Campo Every Dataset is a Canon / Mario Carpo Everything Can Be an Author: Rethinking Agency in the Age of Artificial Intelligence / Matias del Campo Enchantment and the Gimmick: Pleasure and Doubt in AI Image Aesthetics / Michael Young 'Hey ChatGPT, Finish This Building ...': A Worker-Led AI Agenda for the Construction Industry / Sarah Fox AI and Synaesthetic Space: Architecture from Hybrid Visions of Intelligent Machines / Cesare Battelli An A(i)lien Embassy: AI and Interspecies Communication / Andrew Witt Art Beyond Mechanical Reproduction: In Conversation with AI Artist Mario Klingemann / Matias del Campo Signs, Signals and Signifiers: The Doghouse and the Semiotics of AI / Sandra Manninger This Is Not a Building: Architecting the Spectrality of the Latent Space / Benjamin Ennemoser and Ingrid Mayrhofer-Hufnagl Stop Making Sense: Complexity and Contradiction in AI and Architecture / Andrew Kudless Tech Limited: AI is AI / Ryan Vincent Manning Machine Hands on Flaws to Machine: The Surprising Sources of Biases in Machine Learning Models / Kyle Steinfeld AI-Generated Content: From Conception to Communal Engagement / Wanyu He Autonomous Algorithmic Architects: Wicked Problems of Machine Learning in Architecture / Phil Bernstein From Another Perspective. Visceral Pleasures: The Embodied Human Mind / Neil Spiller
Dr. Matias del Campo is a registered architect, designer, and educator. He is an Associate Professor at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Director of the AR2IL – The Architecture and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at UoM, and Affiliate Faculty Member of Michigan Robotics. Most recently he published AD Machine Hallucinations: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence with Wiley, and his book Neural Architecture: Design and Artificial Intelligence with ORO editions.
