The Machine in the Age of Collective Practice

Porous City / MVRDV and The Why Factory. Image Courtesy of Frans Parthesius, MVRDV and The Why FactoryThis article is part of our new Opinion section, a format for argument-driven essays on critical questions shaping our field.Every architectural epoch has been defined by its instruments. The compass, the drawing board, the camera, and the computer have each altered how architects think and produce. Yet the current moment feels qualitatively different. As artificial intelligence and generative s