Alien Intelligence: AI and the Future of Architecture

Alien Intelligence: AI and the Future of Architecture

"In the near future, architects may become a thing of the past. Artificial intelligence is quickly advancing to a point where it can generate the design of a building completely autonomously. With the potential to create designs faster and with more accuracy than ever before, AI has the potential to revolutionise the architecture industry, leaving traditional architects out of the equation. This could spell the end of the profession as we know it, raising questions of what the future holds for architects in a world of AI-generated buildings."

(Author: ChatGPT)

Join architect Professor Neil Leach in this open lecture organised by Architectural Computation MSc exploring the future impact of artificial intelligence in architecture. 

Neil Leach

Neil Leach is an architect and professor from the UK. He currently directs the Doctor of Design programme at FIU, and has also taught at the Architectural Association, Harvard GSD, Columbia GSAPP, Cornell, IaaC and SCI-Arc.

He is the co-founder of DigitalFUTURES, an online educational platform that operates in 10 languages; a former researcher for NASA, where he developed 3D printing technologies for the Moon and Mars; and a member of the Academia Europaea, Europe’s leading academy with over 50 Nobel laureates.

He has published over 40 books on architectural theory and digital design, translated into 8 different languages. He is currently working on artificial intelligence. His most recent books include Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction to AI for Architects (Bloomsbury, 2022) and Machine Hallucinations: Architecture and AI (Wiley, 2022).

Image: Image generated by Neil Leach using MidJourney