AI Won’t Replace Architects

AI is transforming architecture, but does that mean replacing the architect?

In this episode of Designing Forward, Hamid Hasanzade is joined by Alexander Josephson, Co-founder of PARTISANS, and Arturo Tedeschi, architect and computational designer, for a conversation about AI, technology, creativity, and the changing role of architects.

They explore why architects need to take greater control of the technologies shaping their profession, how AI could move beyond generic image generation toward tools built around an architect’s own knowledge and vision, and why the most valuable parts of architecture may remain the ones that are difficult to automate.

The conversation also looks at the evolution from computational and parametric design to AI-driven workflows, authorship and originality in the age of generative AI, and a future where technology becomes increasingly invisible, allowing architects to focus more deeply on ideas, experimentation, and architectural quality.

In this episode:

• Will AI replace architects?
• Taking back control of architectural technology
• AI beyond image generation
• The future of computational and parametric design
• Creativity, authorship, and originality
• Building AI around an architecture studio’s own knowledge
• How the role of the architect is changing
• Why architects should become more entrepreneurial

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