AI, Metaverse, Furniture Design, and more

Hey there,

We hope you're having a great weekend! We've got some exciting updates to share with you.

First up, we published an interview with Neil Leach this week. We also had a discussion on the two-sided nature of AI, acknowledging its vast potential as a tool while also highlighting the growing capabilities that have begun to raise concerns.

Additionally, we released The Guardian's 'Best Universities in UK' list. If you're considering applying for a master's or bachelor's program, you should definitely check it out.

Have you had a chance to visit this year's Serpentine Pavilion yet? It was designed by Lina Ghotmeh and inspired by Mediterranean history and vibrant debates around the table about current events, politics, personal lives, and dreams.

If you're looking to update your portfolio and share it with the world, we've got a guide for choosing a good portfolio website and a list of the 10 best portfolio publishing platforms for architects and designers.

In other news, OpenAI recently announced the DALLE-3, its generative AI art platform. After this update, users can generate prompts directly by using ChatGPT.

Today and tomorrow, we're hosting an AI workshop with Tim Fu! If you're interested in AI and want to dive deeper, don't miss the opportunity to join this workshop!

Lastly, we still have a discount for Digital Members at all our previous and upcoming workshops, and we've published the results of the 'AI Creative Challenge' on our website.

Let's dive into the newsletter!

Best,

Serra

Alien Intelligence (AI): Is it time to panic?

We had a discussion with Neil Leach on the two-sided nature of AI, acknowledging its vast potential as a tool while also highlighting the growing capabilities that have begun to raise concerns. With its newfound abilities, Leach explores the idea that AI challenges human-centric perspectives and may signify the dawn of what he calls 'alien intelligence.'

Designing with Purpose: Incorporating rainwater harvesting

Rainwater collection is a highly increasing subject with the current serious issue of water scarcity. Different harvesting methods for not wasting rainwater have been developed and still developing. These methods are in various forms, from basic rain barrels to complex setups with pumps, tanks, and even purification mechanisms.

Greg Tate explores hybrid structure possibilities via AI

Greg Tate, an Architect with 30+ years in the design and construction industry, spent his youth building model cars, mini-bikes and go-karts in Southern California during the 70s. That provided endless inspiration for making things. He later studied architecture at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, a few years after Frank Gehry had finished his iconic house in Santa Monica.

Charlie Firth transformed a parametric wave profile into Furl Table variations

Charlie Firth launched the ‘Umbra Lux‘ concept with the presentation of the ‘Furl’ table variations. This work presents a design that is very adaptable, and it encourages people to engage in lighthearted activity with the vibrant combination of colors and contours that it possesses.

How can metaverse help re-imagine the future of heritage preservation?

Metaverse has been a subject of increasing curiosity in every forum, industry, and stage of work. Given the versatile possibilities the virtual world presents, it is difficult for anyone not to explore what the metaverse offers. Especially in experience-driven fields such as architecture, hospitality, travel, and fashion, explorations in the metaverse are immense.

8 historical and modern opera houses around the world

Opera is a form of theatre that revolves solely around music that combines singing and spoken dialogues. Music is a fundamental art form in which performing arts are incorporated in the form of singers, actors, costumes, etc. The opera originated in the 16th century in Italy and later the theatre form spread and reached Europe.

10 best portfolio websites for architects to showcase their work

Digital Platforms are becoming an essential part of the business sector with time since they have proven to be an absolute necessity and convenience to many individuals. Digital platforms, through which designers can access a large network of consumers to advertise their portfolio.

Post-colonial Architecture: 8 notable examples in South Asia

In the mid-20th century, with the attainment of independence in South Asia, many cities’ appearances changed along with the architectural style. Now called post-colonial architecture, it began with the independence desire and triggered symbolic new beginnings in architecture. Along with international modernism, it not only affected the city aesthetically but also reflected the means of freedom from colonial powers.

Tim Fu wants “to explore the radical alternative and push the machine’s creative autonomy”

Renowned architectural designer Tim Fu has announced the founding of an AI-oriented architecture practice, Studio Tim Fu Ltd, following his departure from Zaha Hadid Architects. “Our team will aim to pioneer an AI-driven architectural practice to push for generative design and automation.” Following these exciting developments, we sat down with Tim Fu to discuss the prospects of AI in the industry and his future plans for bringing it into practice.

Tropical Modern Architecture: 8 iconic buildings that showcase tropical modernism

Tropical Modern Architecture is an architectural style that integrates modern style with tropical design elements. This contrasting architectural style embraces simple modern designs respecting the local climate with design adaptations. The modern aesthetics of this design style integrate tropical elements that have climatic responses to the building.

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