January 20, 2023
Designed by architect Stephen Coorlas on Midjourney.
Let’s talk about AI and architecture.
It seems like everyone is bursting with questions about how platforms like ChatGPT and Midjourney will change the world, wondering whether lawyers or copywriters or Google will become extinct.
The question is — how will the built environment be impacted?
Architect’s Newspaper recently interviewed ChatGPT (yes, you read that correctly), who believes that “design and planning, construction and project management, communication and collaboration, and training and education [in architecture] can all be improved with the use of AI.”
Architect Stephen Coorlas has been experimenting with design through Midjourney, and believes that, ironically, AI can influence our building methodology towards a healthier and more natural relationship with the earth, and allow for more creative, organic structures. Goodbye cold glass and steel — hello mud, hay, human scale, and imperfect perfection.
Many are predicting that we’ll move from a “creator” economy to a “conductor” economy, where architects will simply direct a symphony of tech to complete design and construction.
Who will lose jobs? What types of new jobs will be created? Will we enter a new era of possibility for what we think of a building as?
Feel free to hit respond — would love to hear your thoughts!
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MUST-READS
Merger Between Two of the Largest Co-Living Operators Habyt and Common // ArchDaily
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How Frank Gehry Delivers On Time and On Budget // Harvard Business Review
The Best Tools to Achieve Equity in Project Outcomes // Metropolis
Barcelona launches 10-year plan to reclaim city streets from cars // The Guardian
Why write about architecture? ChatGPT has ideas. // ArchDaily
How Architects can Design for Systems Change // Metropolis
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IDEA SPOTLIGHT
The Restorative City Conference
A one-day convening that will bring together urban planners, city officials, neighborhood advocates, and public health experts to center health equity in the design and planning of New York City. Presented by the Design Trust for Public Space.
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