Technology is disrupting the creative industry and it's only getting better, and faster. Innovation in the architecture industry has never been as rampant as it is at this moment. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) in architecture - the first genuine 21st-century design method - is changing the way buildings are imagined and designed. AI image generators like Midjourney and DALL-E provide an efficient and explorative way of conceiving architectural concepts. Generated in less than 5 minutes, these images unveil an interesting design aesthetic that is emerging. In an exclusive interview with ArchDaily, architect and educator Matias del Campo hypothesizes what the future of architectural aesthetics would be.
In comparison to most professional fields, the construction industry notoriously lags behind in the adoption of technology. What happened last summer surprised del Campo - the explosion of AI image generators into the architecture discipline. The tool instantly seemed applicable and attractive to many architects, resulting in a social-media frenzy of mindblowing renders. “There is certainly a novel aesthetic evolving, what we can call a post-human aesthetic”, the architect proclaims.
