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The final conversations turned toward research-driven and interdisciplinary practice with Ken Clausen, Associate and Head of Digital Practice at 3XN, and My Lunsjö, Associate Architect and Behavioural Design Specialist at GXN, who discussed how computational design, behavioural research, and human experience can be integrated within a single workflow. Their contribution emphasised collaboration across disciplines and the need to align data-driven tools with lived, embodied experience.
This reflection was further expanded through the contribution of Neil Leach, whose lecture addressed the rapidly evolving relationship between architecture and artificial intelligence. Moving beyond tools and workflows, Leach situated AI within a broader cultural and theoretical framework, questioning how emerging forms of machine intelligence are reshaping authorship, agency, and the future role of the architect. His talk invited the audience to critically engage with AI not only as a technical resource, but as a profound shift in how design knowledge is produced and understood, raising questions that extend well beyond the discipline itself.
The final conversations turned toward research-driven and interdisciplinary practice with Ken Clausen, Associate and Head of Digital Practice at 3XN, and My Lunsjö, Associate Architect and Behavioural Design Specialist at GXN, who discussed how computational design, behavioural research, and human experience can be integrated within a single workflow. Their contribution emphasised collaboration across disciplines and the need to align data-driven tools with lived, embodied experience.
This reflection was further expanded through the contribution of Neil Leach, whose lecture addressed the rapidly evolving relationship between architecture and artificial intelligence. Moving beyond tools and workflows, Leach situated AI within a broader cultural and theoretical framework, questioning how emerging forms of machine intelligence are reshaping authorship, agency, and the future role of the architect. His talk invited the audience to critically engage with AI not only as a technical resource, but as a profound shift in how design knowledge is produced and understood, raising questions that extend well beyond the discipline itself.
