Hope is on the horizon: Temporal layering architecture and AI
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Pretty, Annabel
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2025-02
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Journal Article
Ngā Upoko Tukutuku (Māori subject headings)
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urban design
utopias
equality
architecture and space
embodied, embedded, enacted, extended, affective computing (4EA)
AI in architecture
virtual reality in architecture
Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430). Book of the city of ladies
Pandora (Greek mythology) in literature
utopias
equality
architecture and space
embodied, embedded, enacted, extended, affective computing (4EA)
AI in architecture
virtual reality in architecture
Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430). Book of the city of ladies
Pandora (Greek mythology) in literature
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Pretty, A. C. (2025). Hope is on the horizon: Temporal layering architecture and AI. Design for All Journal: 2020 Celebrating Women Designing Design, February 2025 Volume-20 No.2, 66-76
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/7215
Abstract
This paper explores the intersection of architecture, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI, hereafter), and the 4EA framework (Embodied, Embedded, Enactive, Extended, and Affective cognition) (Kousoulas et al., 2024) through the allegory of Pandora’s box, where hope (Bloeser & Stahl, 2022) remains a guiding beacon amid the troubles unleashed by rapid technological advancement. Drawing on Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies (de Pizan, 1982 [1405]), which envisions a sanctuary for feminine potential, the study juxtaposes historical allegory with contemporary ‘phygital ’ (physical-digital) design paradigms (Belitskaja, 2023).
Through the lens of 4EA, the paper examines how GenAI integrated architecture might embody new possibilities for urban spaces, blending cognitive interaction, embedded intelligence, and 'affective' design. This integration poses critical questions: Can GenAI-infused architecture mitigate humanity’s existential woes, or will it deepen inequalities and alienation? De Pizan’s levels of reality provide a conceptual scaffold for reimagining the boundaries between digital abstraction and physical presence and the seamless blurring of each.
Ultimately, the paper argues that hope persists in the hybridity of architecture and GenAI, offering opportunities to construct inclusive, responsive spaces that extend human potential However, realising this vision requires careful negotiation of the tensions between dystopian fears and utopian aspirations, reminding us that hope, like architecture itself, must be intentionally designed.
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Design for All Institute of India
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