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

Read the episode on Architecture Social: Generative Design and AI Tools in Architecture

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Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to AI and generative design
• 05:00 Where AI can add to the design process
• 10:00 Sharing tools, workflows and public learning
• 15:00 Design ego, authorship and how architects think
• 20:00 Automated planning tools and residential layouts
• 25:00 Platforms, Autodesk Forma and connecting specialist tools
• 30:00 What is really AI and what is useful automation
• 35:00 Advice for students using AI in projects
• 40:00 Career demand, skills and recruitment questions
• 45:00 CVs, portfolios and showing the right evidence

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