6 Feb 2024

Algorithms & Aesthetics: Using Generative Design and AI tools to design Architecture, ft. Arka Works

Generative design and AI tools are already changing how architecture professionals test ideas, produce options and think about workflows.

Stephen Drew speaks with Keir from Arka Works about AI, generative design, automation, Autodesk Forma, student projects and how architecture professionals can use emerging tools without losing their own judgement.

The conversation covers:

How AI and generative tools can support the design process
Why open learning and shared workflows matter
What automated planning tools can and cannot do
How platforms like Autodesk Forma may connect specialist tools
What students and candidates should show when using AI in projects

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction to AI and generative design
04:26 Where AI can add to the design process
10:00 Sharing tools, workflows and public learning
15:35 Design ego, authorship and how architects think
21:17 Automated planning tools and residential layouts
26:52 Platforms, Autodesk Forma and connecting specialist tools
32:24 What is really AI and what is useful automation
38:16 Advice for students using AI in projects
43:48 Career demand, skills and recruitment questions
49:14 CVs, portfolios and showing the right evidence

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