AI‭ ‬&‭ ‬Architecture‭, ‬Towards a New Approach‭ ‬

Arch. Stanislas Chaillou‭, ‬Architect‭ ‬&‭ ‬Sr‭. ‬Data Scientist at Spacemaker’s R&D department‭, ‬FR‭‬

Abstract‭: ‬Artificial Intelligence‭ (‬AI‭) ‬has already made its way into countless industries‭, ‬providing them with the means to meet‭ ‬new challenges‭. ‬Its use in the field of architecture is still in its infancy‭, ‬but current results and expected outcomes are promising‭. ‬This technology represents much more than a mere opportunity‭, ‬it is without doubt a decisive step forward‭, ‬quite capable‭ ‬of transforming the architectural practice‭.‬

Bringing together concrete examples and recent results achieved in various fields of research‭, ‬we present a landscape of AI’s presence in architecture and a panorama of the latest advances in this field‭. ‬Architectural plans‭, ‬elevations‭, ‬perspectives‭, ‬structures‭: ‬as many scales to which AI can already contribute‭. ‬Between current theory and experimentations‭, ‬we intend to shed light on the inception of a new technological era‭, ‬leveraging the architectural practice‭, ‬while offering it a renewed relevance‭.‬

Short bio‭: ‬A Paris native‭, ‬Stanislas‭ ‬received his undergraduate degree in Architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne‭, ‬and his Master’s in architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design‭. ‬Focusing his practice on Architecture and Artificial Intelligence‭,‬‭ ‬he believes in the necessary integration of both disciplines to change our built environment‭. Until recently, Stanislas worked as an Architect & Sr. Data Scientist at Spacemaker’s R&D department, where he is in charge of developing AI research projects, to assist and enhance architectural conception. He is today a faculty at IAAC in Barcelona, teaching on the same topic. ‬Stanislas‭ ‬has lectured widely‭, ‬at Harvard‭, ‬the MIT Media Lab‭, ‬the Sorbonne University‭, ‬ETHZ‭, ‬EPFL‭, ‬l’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and others‭.‬

Stanislas was awarded two American Architecture Prizes‭ (‬2017‭) ‬and the Architecture Masterprize‭ (‬2018‭). ‬He also received the 2018‭ ‬ZGF scholarship for his past architectural work‭. ‬He is a Fulbright scholar‭, ‬an Arthur Sachs Fellow and Jean Gaillard Fellow at‭ ‬Harvard University‭.‬