Contexept is a Context-to-Conceptualization framework integrating Generative AI and Additive Manufacturing to produce facades for specified architectural contexts in upscaled construction scenarios
Architecture at the Edge of Innovation
Technological Breakthroughs that Reconfigured Design Possibilities
Time// Architectural Style//Technology
//Architecture has never been static it continuously absorbs and reflects the technologies of its time. From Industrial Revolution, prefabrication and steel framing to CATIA, each wave of innovation has redefined not only construction methods but also architectural expression//
The Crystal Palace (1851)
- Style: Cast-Iron Architecture
- Technological Advancement: Modular prefabrication with cast iron and glass
- Architectural Impact : Enabled expansive column-free interiors, rapid dry-joint assembly, and introduced transparency and structural lightness as new aesthetic-spatial qualities.
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (1997)
- Style: Deconstructivism, Contemporary
- Technological Advancement: Computer-Aided Design and Digital Fabrication (CATIA)
- Architectural Impact: Enabled construction of non-Euclidean geometries and digitally rationalized curvature. Proved that computational complexity could be translated into buildable architectural form at scale.
Research Question:
“Can a concept to fabrication workflow, leveraging open-source AI platforms and advanced manufacturing, produce facades for specified architectural contexts in upscaled construction scenarios?”
Case study : For fabrication purposes , a singular facade generation has been analyzed and taken to fabrication to get the overview of the complete workflow
City : Barcelona
Architecture Style : Art Novoue
Principle: neuroscientific architecture
INPUT//City, Framework, lens
Output// JSON with sources of keywords collected , final prompt using them
