Architizer’s newest print publication is available for pre-order! How to Visualize Architecture is an educational guide designed to help you master the craft of architectural storytelling and visual communication. Secure your copy today. /imagine “a post-apocalyptic world, where AI has taken over all creative fields, including that of architecture. Machines generate floor plans, stunning visuals and complex geometries in a matter of seconds, eventually displacing the architect and any creative input that role may hold.” Although there are many conversations around the relationship between artificial intelligence and architectural practice, the scenario above lives very vividly in the collective architectural imagination of the profession. The question “will machines replace designers?” has been widely debated, fueling anxiety around authorship, originality and ultimately professional relevance. And while the architectural community is fixed on AI being an “agent of creativity”, in truth, the real revolution may lie somewhere else entirely. Specifically, in the vast amount of soul-crushing administrative work that comes along with contemporary architectural practice. Moos Euterpe by concrete, Maasland, Netherlands | Popular Choice Winner, Affordable Housing, 13th Architizer A+Awards If we were to calculate the total labor hours that go into the day-to-day workings of architecture offices, the numbers would be startling. Between endless email chains and coordination meetings, the documentation, compliance and regulatory material required to support each project, and the “boring” door schedules or specification sheets that seem to require revision every five minutes, the time architects spend actually designing is often reduced to less than half of the working day.…
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