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Architecture X Architecture A Dialectic

MAP-Metropolitan Architectural Practice

Architecture X Architecture: A Dialectic redefines the boundaries of architectural thought, introducing a bold reimagining of architecture’s visual and conceptual lexicon through the transformative lenses of machine vision and generative AI. These projects from 2022-2024 attest to a formative period in the evolution of architectural visualization and practice by MAP (Metropolitan Architectural Practice). They explore concepts of “neo-ecologies”—an intricate, intersectional ecosystem where architecture exists as an evolving interface within a constantly shifting digital, spatial, and cultural matrix. Here, architecture is not solely built form but a dynamic entity, deeply enmeshed in a network of digital and cultural exchanges that expand the field’s horizon of possibilities.

With meticulously crafted visual analyses, Architecture X Architecture maps the contours of digital influence, illuminating Generative AI’s origins, its rapid escalation, and its complex entwinement within architectural practices. Addressed to architects, cultural theorists, digital innovators, and intellectually curious readers, this monograph provides a nuanced and penetrating exploration of AI’s dual role—not as a sustaining force, but as a catalyst that redefines contemporary architectural paradigms. In doing so, it offers a transformative vision of architecture at the convergence of AI-driven imaging and experimental design methodologies, forging a neo-ecological framework that emphasizes perpetual growth, adaptation, and post-disciplinary fluidity.

This work stands as a seminal contribution by MAP, integrating architectural discourse, computational theory, digital media studies, and visual cultural analysis. It proposes a vital trajectory for academics, practitioners, and forward-thinking audiences, guiding them to reconsider and reshape the landscape of 21st-century architecture within an emergent, digitally intensified ecology. Architecture X Architecture is an indispensable resource for those seeking to navigate—and redefine—the future contours of architectural practice in an age of accelerated digital transformation.

Foreword by Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Essays by Bill Seaman, Katherine Lambert, Christiane Robbins, Kyle Steinfeld, and Amanda Wasielewski
Afterword by Aaron Betsky
Project Direction by Christiane Robbins
Edited by Oscar Riera Ojeda

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