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Here's how generative design is transforming design

Gianluca Ricciodi Gianluca Riccio
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June 26 2020
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The future of design, and in general of the creation of places and objects, will change a lot with the help of CAD programs equipped with artificial intelligence.

Always engineers, architects and designers have worked to find new innovative ways of doing things. The traditional design method involves a series of iterative cycles that gradually lead to the improvement and refinement of a solution. In other words, an initial design is optimized: and in the end, the design deemed best or closest to the designer's expectations becomes the final product. Now put generative design into this process.

Generative design in architecture

Generative design means giving an artificial intelligence some control over the design process. AI takes advantage of the computing power of computers while simultaneously developing many variations of a project, and mixes them with the choices and influences of a human being.

The (expensive) CADs that work with generative design tools, like Autodesk Revit or Autodesk Fusion 360, allow the user to insert a series of constraints into a design and the generative algorithms process a series of choices. For example, you can ask the software to develop a housing solution to ensure the right space for the occupants. Or to ensure a good capacity, if it is a warehouse. A series of parameters, in short, which artificial intelligence takes into account in pursuing the best result.

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As you can imagine, this is a job that requires a significant amount of computing power, which is why most generative CAD tools take advantage of the cloud. The biggest advantage of this workflow is that the Architect could move from manually sketching the variations to presenting all possible options for the structure. Not just a few: ALL possible options. It is generative design, beauty.

Generative design
An example of different options offered by generative design algorithms

It is not a video game

If until some time ago the parameters to be set on a generative design software could have been nice jokes by programmers, good to turn the nose of the most successful architects, today generative design algorithms are serious. They can take into account production processes, construction costs, material costs, material weight, structural design, and a thousand other variables. To get the best from such a technology, however, in addition to the open mind and the desire to evolve, it is necessary to develop a real way of working "arm in arm" with theartificial intelligence.

Generative design as a methodology

The first step is to understand that this AI-based technology is itself a methodology, rather than a tool. Generative design embodies the design process, aiding the workflow of engineers, architects and designers. It does not intend to replace their roles, but to enrich them to make the human element even stronger.

At the heart of generative design is the ability for creatives to make informed decisions about their design process. A generative methodology creates a hyper intelligent "disciple", called to transfer the values ​​of his "human master" and his mentality with an exceptional quantitative work.

Generative design
A more practical example of generative design: the shoes in the photo are made with the help of an AI that preserves the structural solidity, doubling the lightness

The human "Master" defines the parameters, but instead of having to model all the different options himself that fit those parameters, he lets a computer do it. After all, humans are perfect for creative tasks. Understanding all, but all the ways in which a building or series of buildings could fit into a certain space, well, it would end up boring. 

I know I pissed off some architects and civil engineers, but think about it: The time you save in that process can be used to make the structure more unique and characteristic. According to various studies, the global engineering and construction market will grow 11,8% over the next 5 years, despite Covid. A generative approach to design could help solve this problem. 

Generative design, the way of the future

This obviously does not mean that we must necessarily make buildings or objects with an intriguing appearance, nor that we must necessarily use "the magic button that does everything by itself". It can simply mean that a beautiful, tasteful building, well thought out by an excellent professional, is also optimized for light, or twice as light as what is next to it, with the same resistance.

Generative design and its natural aptitude for optimization can make it go far beyond the tasks I've described in this article. Currently, for example, it is estimated that 37% of modern design companies use generative design in some form. 

It is a third of the design companies, but its growth will become exponential.

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