Are architects no longer needed to come up with ideas?
Can we get the new Artificial Intelligence engines to dream up ideas for our projects, and others to then draw them up to get consented, and built?
Just for fun, I had a look at the DALL-E engine, that spits out images created on the spot, however crazy your request.
I tried a few phrases based on current projects.
These four below were generated by the search term 'Auckland apartments by Frank Lloyd Wright' ...
... Auckland apartments by John Lautner
... Auckland apartments by Louis Sullivan
... New Zealand apartments by Louis Sullivan
... Aotearoa apartments by Louis Sullivan
... Wellington apartments by Louis Sullivan
A Usonian house in Auckland
... Bruce Goff apartments in Aotearoa
... Usonian house in Aotearoa
... Usonian House in New Zealand
... John Lautner house in New Zealand
... John Lautner glamping cabins in Aotearoa
John Lautner glamping cabins in New Zealand
... Frank Lloyd Wright glamping cabins in Aotearoa
... Frank Lloyd Wright glamping cabins in New Zealand
... Richard Neutra glamping cabins in New Zealand
... Bruce Goff apartments in New Zealand
... Bruce Goff apartments in Auckland
... Pier Luigi Nervi apartments in New Zealand
... Pier Luigi Nervi apartments in Aotearoa
... Carlo Scarpa apartments in Aotearoa
... Carlo Scarpa dream home in Aotearoa
... Frank Lloyd Wright dream home in Aotearoa
I'm not convinced the architects named would recognise the work as their own.
But what say you: Are local architects redundant yet? Any of these buildings here that you'd like to order up?
