ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1030030/between-algorithms-and-ancestral-knowledge-expanding-the-concept-of-architectural-intelligence Wed, 14 May 2025 07:30:00 +0000 Camilla Ghisleni https://www.archdaily.com/1030030/between-algorithms-and-ancestral-knowledge-expanding-the-concept-of-architectural-intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic idea in architecture — it is a concrete reality that is reshaping how we design. In seconds, computational systems can process and evaluate a wide range of variables — formal, programmatic, contextual, and regulatory — guiding architects toward highly optimized solutions. But as we embrace this algorithmic revolution, a critical question arises: can architectural intelligence be reduced to data-driven logic? In response, alternative approaches are gaining momentum — ones that value ways of building grounded in sensory experience, adaptation to place, and the intergenerational transmission of knowledge. In the exchange between artificial and ancestral forms of intelligence, a deeper understanding begins to take shape. Intelligence does not reside in the tools themselves, but in the intention and sensitivity with which we use them to navigate complex realities.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/887632/a-placemaking-approach-to-design-accredited-webinar Thu, 01 Feb 2018 01:00:00 +0000 Rene Submissions https://www.archdaily.com/887632/a-placemaking-approach-to-design-accredited-webinar The days of designing for a discrete project are numbered. Today’s most forward-thinking architects are finding it their mission to go beyond their project — in terms of both space and time — to consider, and even encourage, land-use patterns in the surrounding area, and to anticipate and influence future events and unexpected consequences.

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