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Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Architecture Design and Practice

Artificial Intelligence ,as a tool , is being valued and extensively used by students, teachers and practitioners in teaching-learning and practicing architecture. It has given a new dimension and direction to the profession. Students , faculty, Architects and even non-professionals are using AI for evolving design solutions and defining architecture. AI , as a software tool, is finding universal application in planning, designing, construction, operation and management of built environment, infrastructure and cities. in addition, it is also being used in other facets of human living, working, financing travel, employment, manpower deployment and leisure. It needs to understood and appreciated that Artificial Intelligence, despite distinct advantages, is full of dualities and contradictions. It has both positivity and negativity. While its operational domain remains unending it has also operational limitations. Accordingly, it needs to be used with care and caution. It should be used for making architects and architecture more analytical, more focused , more qualitative ,more environment and people focused. Artificial Intelligence should never ever be used for dictating and replacing architects and architects in evolving solutions for the built environment. The day any profession starts using AI, as a tool for providing ready made solution, profession will suffer grave and irreparable damage. Artificial Intelligence needs to be used for analysis and evaluating certain parameters of site ,structure, services, indoor air quality, energy, water efficiency and for assessing carbon footprints and impact on sustainability and environment but never professional architects and defining architecture.

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Opting for Artificial Intelligence in teaching- learning and practicing Architecture; *Jit Kumar Gupta ** jit.kumar1944@gmail.com Artificial Intelligence ,as a tool , is being valued and extensively used by students, teachers and practitioners in teaching-learning and practicing architecture. It has given a new dimension and direction to the profession. Students , faculty, Architects and even non-professionals are using AI for evolving design solutions and defining architecture. AI , as a software tool, is finding universal application in planning, designing, construction, operation and management of built environment, infrastructure and cities. in addition, it is also being used in other facets of human living, working, financing travel, employment, manpower deployment and leisure. It needs to understood and appreciated that Artificial Intelligence, despite distinct advantages, is full of dualities and contradictions. It has both positivity and negativity. While its operational domain remains unending it has also operational limitations. Accordingly, it needs to be used with care and caution. It should be used for making architects and architecture more analytical, more focused , more qualitative ,more environment and people focused. Artificial Intelligence should never ever be used for dictating and replacing architects and architects in evolving solutions for the built environment. The day any profession starts using AI, as a tool for providing ready made solution, profession will suffer grave and irreparable damage. Artificial Intelligence needs to be used for analysis and evaluating certain parameters of site ,structure, services, indoor air quality, energy, water efficiency and for assessing carbon footprints and impact on sustainability and environment but never professional architects and defining architecture. Use of Artificial Intelligence needs to be guided by;
 Architecture; AI should never ever be used for evolving design solutions for Buildings. AI should not be used and leveraged for defining architecture and replacing Architects in designing of built environment  Analytical tool; AI should be used as a tool to aid, assist, advise, support, skill and empower Architects in the art and science of planning and designing of quality and sustainable buildings.  Assessing site suitability; In case of number of sites identified /to be identified for any project; strength of AI could be used for evaluating different sites/select sites and help in making choice for the most appropriate site for the given project. Based on the site analysis; AI should be used for optimizing the site and assist Architects to have best of the site plannin  Preparing SWOT analysis; AI could be leveraged and made to assist in evaluating site and carrying out SWOT analysis of the site for better understanding  Evaluating/Preparing project brief; AI should be involved in evaluating the project brief including the project requirement, both quantitively and qualitatively, for rationalizing, by avoiding duplication, replication, spaces not required and making additions of spaces , essential for the project.  Assessing Climate responsiveness; AI should be used for evaluation different climates prevailing in the country/regions/cities and to define principles for designing sustainable buildings in the different climatic regions.  Finding Best Orientation; AI should be leveraged to define the context of Orientation in designing buildings and define principles/contexts of different directions in designing sustainable Buildings  Leveraging Cross- Ventilation; Context of wind direction/ cross-ventilation in designing sustainable buildings could be rationalized and redefined by AI.  Energy efficiency; Context of Building plan and building envelop in terms of its appropriateness with regard to air, light, ventilation and heating/cooling of buildings, energy efficiency could be appropriately assessed by AI. Strength of AI should also be used for aggregating and analyzing the energy implications including assessing embodied energy
and energy used for operation & maintenance of building and options for making buildings zero-energy  Water efficiency AI needs to be used for assessing, evaluating and analyzing the building design in terms of its sustainability/ /water efficiency and to suggest appropriate modifications for making design more sustainable  Assessing Materials; Building materials to be used in making buildings sustainable could also be deciphered by using AI  Making buildings structural Safe; AI could be used for assessing the structural safety , including both manmade / natural, and efficiency of the building design for making appropriate modifications to make design safe, lean, smart and economical.  Monitoring Indoor Air Quality; With internal spaces having more relevance than external facades, AI could also be used for assessing and monitoring the Indoor Air Quality within buildings, to ensure making internal spaces healthy.  Achieving Carbon Neutrality; AI could be used for assessing the carbon footprints of the buildings and look for options to make building carbon neutral  Assessing life Cycle-Cost; AI could also be leveraged the positivity and negativities of building design in terms of assessing its life-cycle cost to make building cost-effective.  Environment impact assessment(EIA); AI can be leveraged for assessing the environment implications of buildings including carrying out environment impact assessment(EIA) of any particular project  Assessing Greenness of buildings; AI could also be used for assessing greenness of building before approaching rating agencies like Green Building Councils/GRIHA/LEED, for rating of buildings In view of the above, Institute of Architects and Architectural Institutions imparting teaching-learning architecture, must work on evolving and defining the framework withing which AI must be used, for ensuring that AI does not damage the profession and make architects/architecture sub-servient to AI.