[Thu. December 11] Architectural Informatics Guest Lecture 23 Professor Neil Leach
ALIEN INTELLIGENCE: AI AND THE FUTURE OF ARCHITECTURE
Neil Leach
Date and time: December11(Thuseday), 2025 18:00~
Venue: HASEKO KUMA HALL, Faculty of Engineering Building 11 map
Host: Yasushi Ikeda Architectural Informatics Lab.
Abstract
Everyone is talking about AI these days. But what exactly is AI? How did it evolve? And what potential does it have to influence the future? This lecture takes you on a roller coaster ride looking at the extraordinary – but often somewhat terrifying – potential of what is arguably the most significant invention of humankind. The lecture concludes that we are about to face a radically different form of intelligence – an ‘alien intelligence’ – that will far exceed human intelligence, and completely transform the discipline of architecture.
Bio:
Neil Leach is an architect and professor from the UK. He currently directs the Doctor of Design program at Florida International University, and has also taught at many of the leading schools of architecture in the world, including the Architectural Association, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalunya, and Southern Californian Institute of Architecture.
He is the co-founder of DigitalFUTURES, an online educational platform that operates in 10 languages; a former researcher for NASA, where he developed 3D printing technologies for the Moon and Mars; and a member of the Academia Europaea, Europe’s leading academy with over 50 Nobel laureates.
He has published over 50 books on architectural theory and digital design, translated into 12 different languages. He is currently working of artificial intelligence. His recent books include Architecture in the Age of Artificial
Intelligence: An Introduction to AI for Architects (2nd edition, Bloomsbury, 2025).
Admission free, no reservation required.
Lecture will be in English.
Please contact the following address if you would like to watch the seminar online.
Contact: Architectural Informatics Lab. arastoo@arch1.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
