<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The ideas presented by Bernard Rudofsky in the exhibition and book entitled Architecture Without Architects are being proposed by the author as the starting point of discussion on the condition of the architectural profession. Rudofsky focused the world’s attention on architecture formed by the forces of Nature and as a result of natural development processes. The article raises the question of the future of the architectural profession seen from the perspective of the present time, whilst the technological development, in particular automation and computerization of design and construction processes, has gone so far that it is possible in the near future that man might be replaced by machines, which in turn may lead to a deep change in the architectural profession, or to its eventual complete disappearance</p></abstract>

The ideas presented by Bernard Rudofsky in the exhibition and book entitled Architecture Without Architects are being proposed by the author as the starting point of discussion on the condition of the architectural profession. Rudofsky focused the world’s attention on architecture formed by the forces of Nature and as a result of natural development processes. The article raises the question of the future of the architectural profession seen from the perspective of the present time, whilst the technological development, in particular automation and computerization of design and construction processes, has gone so far that it is possible in the near future that man might be replaced by machines, which in turn may lead to a deep change in the architectural profession, or to its eventual complete disappearance

From <italic>Architecture Without Architects</italic> to architecture after architects

Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Kraków University

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The ideas presented by Bernard Rudofsky in the exhibition and book entitled Architecture Without Architects are being proposed by the author as the starting...

From Architecture Without Architects to architecture after architects

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 19 - 29

Received: Jul 10, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.078.10857

Keywords
architecture, artificial intelligence, AI, nature and architecture, BIM

© 2019 Krzysztof Ingarden, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

From Architecture Without Architects to architecture after architects

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 19 - 29

Received: Jul 10, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.078.10857

Keywordsarchitecture, artificial intelligence, AI, nature and architecture, BIM

© 2019 Krzysztof Ingarden, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
architecture, artificial intelligence, AI, nature and architecture, BIM