Artificial intelligence
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News • News • 18 Sep 2023
Carlo Ratti Associati uses AI in producing sustainable cross-laminated timber
Maestro is a construction-technology start-up from Turin-based Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) that recently unveiled a prototype for “A.I. Timber”. This new way of producing sustainable cross-laminated timber (CLT) uses artificial intelligence to maintain a tree’s original shape. Wooden pieces fit together like those in a puzzle, thereby reducing waste.
Reed Photographic
Reed Photographic
The first A.I. Timber prototype — a small, triangular pavilion — was produced earlier this summer in Shanghai during a one-week workshop that was part of “DigitalFUTURES” (a conference organized by Professor Philip Yuan of Shanghai’s Tongji University). The prototype was developed with student... More
News • News • 8 Jun 2023
“/imagine:” exhibition addresses the challenges and potentials of virtual worlds
In virtual space, a computer-generated environment, the limitations of the real world no longer exist. Here, visionary designs and fictional scenarios for architecture can be imagined without constraints. A new exhibition at Vienna's Museum für angewandte Kunst (Museum of Applied Arts) — also known as MAK — is showcasing a wide array of interior design, architecture, and urban planning projects in virtual space. Titled /imagine: A Journey into The New Virtual, the exhibition presents a “freeze-frame” of work created in virtual space over the past decade (2013–2023), and includes contributions in: architecture, landscape design, interior and product design, urban planning, visual arts, game design, and film... More
Project • By Manas Bhatia • Apartments
AI generated symbiotic architecture
Project name: AI generated Symbiotic architectureProject category: ArchitectureProject location: FictionalProject size: N/AProject status: Design proposalArchitect/Designer: Manas BhatiaWebsite: N/AInstagram link: https://www.instagram.com/manasbhatiadesign/Photographer credits: N/ASoftwares used: Midjourney AI, Adobe photoshop
Manas Bhatia, an Architect and computational designer from India, has been using the potential of the artificial intelligence (AI) tool Midjourney to create surreal architectural concepts. In this project, he imagines a surreal future that has ‘symbiotic’ architectural apartment towers that look like giant hollow redwood trees. Inspired by the Hyperion tree, the architect seeks to go beyond the realm of... More
News • News • 1 Oct 2020
BIG unveil their vision for AI CITY
BIG offers the first glimpse of their proposed AI CITY. Located in Chongquing, also known as ‘mountain city,’ the hi-tech campus will host the headquarters of Terminus Group, the world-leading smart service provider. Dedicated to ‘artificial intelligence, robotics, networking, and big data,’ BIG’s proposal draws inspiration from the surrounding landscape.
Courtesy of Lucian R and BIG
The site of AI CITY is specifically situated within the Chongqing Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, with the 135,000m2 Cloud Valley anchoring the Science and Technology Headquarters in the first phase of the masterplan. BIG’s proposal for Cloud Valley is conceived as two plots that mimic each other’s opposites.... More