Understanding the Role of Architect in the Artificial Intelligence Era - “An Approach to AIA in Egypt”

Abstract

AI is a fast-emerging field and is becoming an essential part of our future.Recently, most of used technologies are somewhat artificially intelligent, where itstill needs human involvement to carry out the main part of the task. AI has asignificant impact on multiple fields and industries, like IT, cybersecurity, medicine,and manufacturing since it provides them with countless creative opportunities.Compared to the mentioned fields, the development of AI in Architecture is stillnot commonly used. The dominant idea related to Architecture is that designerswill be replaced by smart robots to create art and design buildings. But on thecontrary, the open-ended creative results are still preserved for humans only. AIcan do endless tasks during Architecture design process requiring humanintelligence such as decision-making. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the role,advantages, and disadvantages of this technology within the design process fromthe viewpoint of professionals. Consequently, a Questionnaire will be held toseveral Professional Designers, Architects, and Researchers, then a summary oftheir responses will be reported in this article. The aim is to recognize how AItechniques can affect the Architect`s attitude to the design project.