AD 277 Machine Hallucinations : Architecture and Artificial Intelligence

Description

AI is already part of our lives even though we might not realise it. It is in our phones, filtering spam, identifying Facebook friends, and classifying our images on Instagram. It is in our homes in the form of Siri, Alexa and other AI assistants. It is in our cars and our planes. AI is literally everywhere. Artworks generated by AI have won international prizes, and have been sold at auction. But what does AI mean for the world of design?
This issue of AD explores the nature of AI, and considers its potential for architecture. But this is no idle speculation. Architects have already started using AI for architectural design and fabrication. Yet – astonishingly – there has been almost no debate about AI within the discipline of architecture so far. Surely, nothing can be more important for the profession of architecture right now. The issue looks at all aspects of AI: its potential to assist architects in designing buildings so that it becomes a form of ‘augmented intelligence’; its capacity to design buildings on its own; and whether AI might open up an extraordinary new chapter in architectural design.
Contributors: Refik Anadol; Daniel Bolojan; Alexa Carlson; Sofia Crespo and Feileacan McCormick; Gabriel Esquivel, Jean Jaminet and Shane Bugni; Behnaz Farahi; Theodoros Galanos and Angelos Chronis; Eduard Haiman; Wanyu He; Damjan Jovanovic and Lidija Kljakovic; Immanuel Koh; Maria Kuptsova; Sandra Manninger; Lev Manovich; Achim Menges and Thomas Wortmann; Wolf dPrix, Karolin Schmidbaur and Efilena Baseta; M Casey Rehm; and Hao Zheng and Masoud Akbarzadeh.
Featured architects: Alisa Andrasek, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Lifeforms.io, Nonstandardstudio,SPAN, Kyle Steinfeld, Studio Kinch and Xkool Technology.

CONTENTS

About the Guest-Editors / Matias del Campo and Neil Leach
Introduction. Can Machines Hallucinate Architecture? AI as Design Method / Matias del Campo and Neil Leach
The Legacy Sketch Machine. From Artificial to Architectural Intelligence / Wolf dPrix, Karolin Schmidbaur, Daniel Bolojan and Efilena Baseta
Creative AI. Augmenting Design Potency / Daniel Bolojan
Space in the Mind of a Machine. Immersive Narratives / Refik Anadol
Strange, But Familiar Enough. The Design Ecology of Neural Architecture / Matias del Campo and Sandra Manninger
When Robots Dream. In Conversation with Alexandra Carlson / Matias del Campo
Augmenting Digital Nature. Generative Art as a Constructive Feedback Loop / Sofia Crespo and Feileacan McCormick
AI and Myths of Creativity / Lev Manovich
Architectural Hallucinations. What Can AI Tell Us About the Mind of an Architect? / Neil Leach
AI-Controlled Robot Masks. Resisting Patriarchal Oppression / Behnaz Farahi
Assembled Worlds. New Campo Marzio – Piranesi in the Age of AI / M Casey Rehm and Damjan Jovanovic
Architectural Plasticity. The Aesthetics of Neural Sampling / Immanuel Koh
Synthesising Artificial Intelligence and Physical Performance / Achim Menges and Thomas Wortmann
Sequential Masterplanning. Using Urban-GANs / Wanyu He
Time for Change – The InFraRed Revolution. How AI-driven Tools can Reinvent Design for Everyone / Theodoros Galanos and Angelos Chronis
Cyborganic Living / Maria Kuptsova
Unleashing New Creativities / Matias del Campo and Neil Leach
Endlessskyscraper / Eduard Haiman
The Serlio Code / Gabriel Esquivel, Jean Jaminet and Shane Bugni
Cloud Pergola / Alisa Andrasek
Dream Estate / Damjan Jovanovic and Lidija Kljakovic
The Dragonfly Wing Project / Hao Zheng and Masoud Akbarzadeh
Artificial Relief / Kyle Steinfeld
From Another Perspective, Architectural Intelligence. Colloquy of Mobiles Redux / Neil Spiller