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The Evolution of design under AI

2023-03-24

The industrial revolution led to the transformation of an agrarian economy that gave way to an industrial economy. As a result of the industrial revolution, products were no longer exclusively manufactured by hand but also by machines. This resulted in an uptick in output and efficiency, as well as decreased prices, a growth in goods and services, higher earnings, and a migration of people from rural to urban regions. Artificial intelligence (AI), which happens to be the fourth industrial revolution, will be accompanied by changes across different sectors including architecture and design.

“The growing impact of computational design is one of the most critical pieces of evidence that AI has changed the architectural design industry,” observes Gagandeep Kapila, Founder & Principal Architect, Workshop for Metropolitan Architecture. “Computational designs use algorithms to generate, evaluate and analyse architectural designs, opening up new possibilities for designers to create complex and intricate designs that would have been impossible using conventional design methods. Planners and designers, for instance, use AI algorithms to develop plans based on datasets that maximise natural light, reducing energy consumption, henceimproving the efficiency of buildings.”

With the ever-increasing penetration of AI across different sectors, professionals are also wary of its potential to replace human minds at work. However, Abhigyan Neogi, Founder & Principal Architect, Chromed Design Studio, believes it is all set to simplify the process of custom-designed solutions and optimise the process of construction itself...