AI & Cities 2024. Digital Double: Situating and Troubling AI Technologies for Architectural Reconstruction and Urban Simulation

This workshop seeks to situate Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) within the current landscape of urban affairs and knowledge, moving beyond speculative notions of automated urban futures. It explores the real-world applications and implications of AI and ML in research and policy contexts. By grounding the discussion in the present, the workshop aims to highlight the tangible ways in which these technologies are already shaping cities around the world. In addition, the workshop will emphasize the importance of considering the ethical, social and economic implications of the use of AI and ML in urban research, applications and environments, and how responsible governance and community engagement work in this field.

The following part of the workshop on the afternoon of Friday 25, will be open to the public prior registration at : dario.neguerueladelcastillo@uzh.ch

14:00 - 14:30 - Lecture: Arup

14:30 - 15:30 - Workshop presentations and discussion

15:30 - 15:45 - Pause

15:45 - 17:05 - Workshop presentations and discussion

17:15 - 17:45 - End of Symposium

Mario Carpo is an architectural historian and critic, currently the Reyner Banham Professor of Architectural History and Theory at the Bartlett, University College London and the Professor of Architectural Theory at the Institute of Architecture of the University of Applied Arts (die Angewandte) in Vienna (emeritus since end 2023). His research and publications focus on history of early modern architecture and on the theory and criticism of contemporary design and technology.

Scientific Organization: Darío Negueruela del Castillo, Julio Paulos & Nicolo Guariento