Machine Hallucinations: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence

by Matias del Campo (Editor), Neil Leach (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119748847
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	07/05/2022
Series:	Architectural Design
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Neil Leach is a theorist and registered architect. He is currently Professor at Tongji University, Shanghai, Professor of Digital Design at the European Graduate School, Assistant Professor at FIU and a member of the Academia Europaea. He has been a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Fellow, and has also taught at SCI-Arc, AA, Cornell University, Columbia GSAPP, DIA, IaaC, ESARQ, University of Bath, University of Brighton, University of Nottingham and London Consortium. Neil Leach is the editor of 5 books published by Wiley, including the recently published issue of AD, 3D Printed Body Architecture. Overall he has published over 30 books, which have been translated into 7 other languages. 

Matias del Campo is a registered architect, designer and educator. He is currently Associate Professor at Taubmann College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, where he teaches design studios based on AI. In 2017 his work was shown in a solo exhibition at the Fab Union Gallery in Shanghai China. 2018 SPAN showed an installation at the exhibition “Time Space Existence” in the Palazzo Bembo, together with Francois Roche and Meta Design. Most recently Matias del Campo guest edited an edition of AD, Architectural Design published by Wiley in London, UK. His book “Sublime Bodies”, published by Tongji University Press in Shanghai, was launched on March 22nd, 2017. In 2018 Matias del Campo was voted into the board of directors ACADIA, the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture.

Table of Contents

About the Guest-Editors Matias del Campo Neil Leach 5

Introduction 6

Can Machines Hallucinate Architecture?

Al as Design Method Matias del Campo Neil Leach

The Legacy Sketch Machine 14

From Artificial to Architectural Intelligence Wolf dPrix Karolin Schmidbaur Daniel Bolojan Efilena Baseta

Creative Al 22

Augmenting Design Potency Daniel Bolojan

Space in the Mind of a Machine 28

Immersive Narratives Refik Anadol

Strange, But Familiar Enough 38

The Design Ecology of Neural Architecture Matias del Campo Sandra Manninger

When Robots Dream 46

In Conversation with Alexandra Carlson Matias del Campo

Augmenting Digital Nature 54

Generative Art as a Constructive Feedback Loop Sofia Crespo Feileacan McCormick

Al and Myths of Creativity Lev Manovich 60

Architectural Hallucinations 66

What Can Al Tell Us About the Mind of an Architect? Neil Leach

Al-Controlled Robot Masks 72

Resisting Patriarchal Oppression Behnaz Farahi

Assembled Worlds 80

New Campo Marzio -Piranesi in the Age of Al M Casey Rehm Damjan Jovanovic

Architectural Plasticity 86

The Aesthetics of Neural Sampling Immanuel Koh

Synthesising Artificial Intelligence and Physical Performance Achim Menges Thomas Wortmann 94

Sequential Masterplanning 100

Using Urban-GANs Wanyu He

Time for Change - The InFraRed Revolution 108

How Al-driven Tools can Reinvent Design for Everyone Theodoros Galanos Angelos Chronis

Cyborganic Living Maria Kuptsova 116

Unleashing New Creativities Matias del Campo Neil Leach 122

Endlessskyscraper Eduard Haiman 124

The Serlio Code Gabriel Esquivel Jean Jaminet Shane Bugni 126

Cloud Pergola Alisa Andrasek 128

Dream Estate Damjan Jovanovic Lidija Kljakovic 130

The Dragonfly Wing Project Hao Zheng Masoud Akbarzadeh 132

Artificial Relief Kyle Steinfeld 134

From Another Perspective

Architectural Intelligence 136

Colloquy of Mobiles Redux Neil Spiller

Contributors 142