Author: Jeffrey Huang
Giro – Deep Façade
This project was developed in the context of the “Artificial Zurichness” research. Deep Learning and Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) were deployed as a project tool to capture and maintain the essence (genius loci) of a specific site – Zürich – while modifying the type of architecture through additions or variants. From here, a GAN image (…)
Sampling Zürich
In this research experiment, the GAN algorithm serves as a new mode of vision, bypassing the preconceptions of the human designer in order to reveal an unbiased pool of ideas. The algorithm zeroes in on details otherwise unnoticed to generate new interpretations. The curation of the input data set and the critical analysis of the (…)
Refuge 2.0 – Artificial Swissness
In Refuge 2.0 – Artificial Swissness we examine the notion of “cultural resilience” in Alpine cities, and question the role of creative artificial intelligence and deep learning in architecture. Confronting the machine as an active design agent, we ask the following questions: Can machines automatically learn and generate meaningful architecture? Can they go beyond quantifiable data and optimization (…)
Glasgow Prototypology
Whether we like it or not, the near future will be defined by automation, artificial intelligence, smart infrastructure and urban intensification. This rapidly approaching reality begs several questions: How will we co-exist with machines? How will we perceive and relate to destinations with unpopulated architecture? Once again, during the spring semester, Glasgow is our case (…)
Interior Forensic
The project takes inspiration from forensic practices to investigate alternative forms of drone interaction and navigation. It is an interface, embedded with a real-time 2dTexture-to-3dCoordinatesalgorithm, that enables user to send 3d drone waypoints commands from a single atlas of 2d visual patches. A series of experiments were made using scans of differing spatial and temporal (…)
Lecture: Frven Lim, Singapore
Guest lecture by the distinguished Singaporean architect Frven Lim on October 24. Frven presented some of his recent work in Singapore, and reviewed current student projects. In a sort of crash-course on Singaporean urbanism. Frven introduced us to the architectural implications of the equatorial climate, as well as crucial planning and juridical constraints on urban (…)