Machine Hallucinations: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence

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.

About the 5 Guest-Editors Matias del Campo and Neil Leach Introduction 6 Can Machines Hallucinate Architecture? AI as Design Method Matias del Campo and Neil Leach The Legacy Sketch 14 Machine From Artificial to Architectural Intelligence Wolf dPrix, Karolin Schmidbaur, Daniel Bolojan and Efilena Baseta Creative AI 22 Augmenting Design Potency Daniel Bolojan Space in the Mind 28 of a Machine Immersive Narratives Refik Anadol Strange, But 38 Familiar Enough The Design Ecology of Neural Architecture Matias del Campo and Sandra Manninger When Robots Dream 46 In Conversation with Alexandra Carlson Matias del Campo Augmenting 54 Digital Nature Generative Art as a Constructive Feedback Loop Sofia Crespo and Feileacan McCormick AI and Myths 60 of Creativity Lev Manovich Architectural 66 Hallucinations What Can AI Tell Us About the Mind of an Architect? Neil Leach AI-Controlled 72 Robot Masks Resisting Patriarchal Oppression Behnaz Farahi Assembled Worlds 80 New Campo Marzio - Piranesi in the Age of AI M Casey Rehm and Damjan Jovanovic Architectural 86 Plasticity The Aesthetics of Neural Sampling Immanuel Koh Synthesising Artificial 94 Intelligence and Physical Performance Achim Menges and Thomas Wortmann Sequential Masterplanning 100 Using Urban-GANs Wanyu He Time for Change - 108 The InFraRed Revolution How AI-driven Tools can Reinvent Design for Everyone Theodoros Galanos and Angelos Chronis Cyborganic Living 116 Maria Kuptsova Unleashing New Creativities 122 Matias del Campo and Neil Leach Endlessskyscraper 124 Eduard Haiman The Serlio Code 126 Gabriel Esquivel, Jean Jaminet and Shane Bugni Cloud Pergola 128 Alisa Andrasek Dream Estate 130 Damjan Jovanovic and Lidija Kljakovic The Dragonfly Wing Project 132 Hao Zheng and Masoud Akbarzadeh Artificial Relief 134 Kyle Steinfeld From Another Perspective 136 Architectural Intelligence Colloquy of Mobiles Redux Neil Spiller