UNIT 2 DRAFT
UNIT 2
Proposed Realities of AI in Architecture
Artificial Intelligence can, in the right application provide a more dynamic, informationally dense analysis of data for different iterative tasks. This process implemented over a substantial period of time can produce vast data sets, in which different factions can annalize, develop, and eventually define software for commercial and individual use. These programs, as an example, can be used to mimic tasks in the commercial market that might be otherwise seen as repetitive or inefficient to meet more economical quotas. In many ways implementing these types of AI interface into select iterative practices seems like a time saving and economically efficient way forward, however, there are certainly negative implications to this method as well. Design practices, like architecture, already have to contend with the infringing presence of artificial intelligence, and with an ever-growing interest in the possible applications it could have for the field, many questions are being raised as to its possible future realities. Out of all these inquiries, one stands out as being particularly dier, a true homage to the ending of a design era, one that as a practice has lasted for hundreds of years and will surely be cut short by the insertion of AI designers. While this is a melodramatic foreordained point of view held by a select group, there still is truth in this figurative death sentence, bearing the question, can there be a future reality in which artificial intelligence is implemented within the discipline of architecture to develop a symbiosis of the technological and the human aspect, or will AI surpass the need for designers deeming architects and artifact of the now irrelevant past?
It is first necessary to understand what implications these types of software can have on a practice like architecture. The process of design in many ways stays relatively the same throughout all disciplines, there is the initial problem, and what follows are the proposed solutions, often falling into a single iterative artifact, all pertaining to a proposed solution to that first problem. This is typically the job of the designer, someone who uses their skills and broad knowledge of the field to efficiently and effectively solve the problem, however, this methodology can be collected over time and eventually mapped out, essentially giving the designer a possible solution without even the slightest physical design or personal iteration. This hints at a reality where the human aspect of the design process becomes a less substantial factor in the development of the project. In the article Will Architecture in the Future by a Luxury Service written by Duo Dickinson a point similar to this is made with reference to the exponential speeds services are required in today's markets, " people still love growing food and making buildings. Faster, cheaper, easier solutions, via technology, may minimize the human hand in making things in all aspects of our culture".
Dickinson, Duo. "Will Architecture in the Future Be a Luxury Service?" ArchDaily. August 02, 2018. Accessed September 17, 2018. https://www.archdaily.com/899483/will-architecture-in-the-future-be-a-luxury-service.
Proposed Realities of AI in Architecture
Artificial Intelligence can, in the right application provide a more dynamic, informationally dense analysis of data for different iterative tasks. This process implemented over a substantial period of time can produce vast data sets, in which different factions can annalize, develop, and eventually define software for commercial and individual use. These programs, as an example, can be used to mimic tasks in the commercial market that might be otherwise seen as repetitive or inefficient to meet more economical quotas. In many ways implementing these types of AI interface into select iterative practices seems like a time saving and economically efficient way forward, however, there are certainly negative implications to this method as well. Design practices, like architecture, already have to contend with the infringing presence of artificial intelligence, and with an ever-growing interest in the possible applications it could have for the field, many questions are being raised as to its possible future realities. Out of all these inquiries, one stands out as being particularly dier, a true homage to the ending of a design era, one that as a practice has lasted for hundreds of years and will surely be cut short by the insertion of AI designers. While this is a melodramatic foreordained point of view held by a select group, there still is truth in this figurative death sentence, bearing the question, can there be a future reality in which artificial intelligence is implemented within the discipline of architecture to develop a symbiosis of the technological and the human aspect, or will AI surpass the need for designers deeming architects and artifact of the now irrelevant past?
It is first necessary to understand what implications these types of software can have on a practice like architecture. The process of design in many ways stays relatively the same throughout all disciplines, there is the initial problem, and what follows are the proposed solutions, often falling into a single iterative artifact, all pertaining to a proposed solution to that first problem. This is typically the job of the designer, someone who uses their skills and broad knowledge of the field to efficiently and effectively solve the problem, however, this methodology can be collected over time and eventually mapped out, essentially giving the designer a possible solution without even the slightest physical design or personal iteration. This hints at a reality where the human aspect of the design process becomes a less substantial factor in the development of the project. In the article Will Architecture in the Future by a Luxury Service written by Duo Dickinson a point similar to this is made with reference to the exponential speeds services are required in today's markets, " people still love growing food and making buildings. Faster, cheaper, easier solutions, via technology, may minimize the human hand in making things in all aspects of our culture".
Dickinson, Duo. "Will Architecture in the Future Be a Luxury Service?" ArchDaily. August 02, 2018. Accessed September 17, 2018. https://www.archdaily.com/899483/will-architecture-in-the-future-be-a-luxury-service.
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