AR3029 Artificial Intelligence in Design Process Syllabus:

AR3029 Artificial Intelligence in Design Process Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES

 To give knowledge and understanding about the discipline of Artificial Intelligence as a totality and its potential in Architectural Design.
 To give understanding about the relationship between architecture and computing within methodological design process.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO AI

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence; Introduction to Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Machine Learning (MI), Block Chain, Etc.,

UNIT II CYBERNETICS & MACHINES

Definition of Cybernetics; Cybernetic architecture; Cyberspace; Virtual-Reality; The Architectural Relevance of Cybernetics;

UNIT III DESIGN INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM

Algorithm in Architecture; Data driven/informed process; Multi-Agent Design System; Automation in Design; Swarm Intelligence, Neural Networks, Morphogenetic, Self-Organising, Behavioural; Evolutionary and cognitive aspects;

UNIT IV CONSTRUCTION INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM

Robotic construction, 4d Printer, Real-time Fabrication, Virtual/Augmented Reality, Flying Robots; Human-free construction process;

UNIT V STUDENT SEMINAR

Application of AI in Architectural Projects/by Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), Foster + Partners, Buro Happold, Arup Group, Matias Del Campo, Sidewalk Labs/Delve, Regen Villages, Phil Bernstein, Etc.,.

OUTCOMES

 Knowledge about artificial intelligence as a domain.
 Familiarity with artificial intelligence in architectural design process.
 Exposure to various intelligence design processes and new trans-disciplinary design methodologies.

TEXTBOOKS:

1. Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction to AI for Architects, Neil Leach, Bloomsbury Visual Arts.
2. The Routledge Companion to Artificial Intelligence in Architecture, Imdat As, Prithwish Basu, Routledge;
3. Artificial Intelligence and Architecture, From Research to Practice, Stanislas Chaillou, Birkhäuser.

REFERENCES

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