Industrial Revolution of Creativity
At its best, generative artificial intelligence is an aide in creative work and brainstorming, Mikael Tómasson says.
A Wise Body
What if a more sustainable way of building would be better perceived through the senses and emotions?
How Does AI Change Architecture?
The six viewpoints published in the Matter and Intelligence issue explore how AI can act as an assistant in creative work, how it helps in designing more sustainable architecture, and what architects should understand about the ethics of AI.
In the Grip of the Abstraction
Buildings and their characteristics should be seen in relation to the societal conditions that created them – not only as a form of aesthetic expression, Pier Vittorio Aureli suggests.
Larger-Than-Life Creations
The tragic tales on unsuccesful buildings raise the question on what separates the creator from the creation.
A Pioneer of the Circular Economy
The warehouse of a former brewery in Berlin’s Neukölln district is now being used for work and living. The project named CRCLR House has been designed following the principles of circular economy.
Material Upheaval
If one must build new or repair, what are the best material choices in terms of natural resources and the carbon footprint?
Talking Trash With an Architect And a Designer
What is it like to design with materials someone else has discarded? Architect Seela Pentikäinen explored the topic with designer Isa Kukkapuro-Enbom and architect Satu Ratinen.
Piloting Radical Change
Located in Huopalahti’s railway station milieu, the new terraced house is built from solid wood and uses old, familiar solutions that are remarkably unfamiliar to modern construction.