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¿Cómo puede la inteligencia artificial incorporarse de manera significativa a la práctica arquitectónica contemporánea?

En esta sesión de DigitalFUTURES, Daniel Escobar, Head of Research de xFigura, presentará la plataforma a través de su aplicación en procesos de diseño, exploración visual y desarrollo de proyecto.

La conversación abrirá una mirada sobre el papel de la IA no solo como herramienta técnica, sino como parte de una transformación más amplia en los modos de pensar, representar e iterar arquitectura.

25 de abril
10:00 AM EST / 9:00 AM GMT-5

Sesión en español

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¿Cómo puede la inteligencia artificial incorporarse de manera significativa a la práctica arquitectónica contemporánea?

En esta sesión de DigitalFUTURES, Daniel Escobar, Head of Research de .ai , presentará la plataforma a través de su aplicación en procesos de diseño, exploración visual y desarrollo de proyecto.

La conversación abrirá una mirada sobre el papel de la IA no solo como herramienta técnica, sino como parte de una transformación más amplia en los modos de pensar, representar e iterar arquitectura.

25 de abril
10:00 AM EST / 9:00 AM GMT-5
Sesión en español

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🇧🇷 Português

Esta sessão do DigitalFUTURES em português, Diáspora Lusófona - Academia, reúne Verônica Natividade (ETH Zürich, PUC Rio), Daniel Locatelli (Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences) e Gabriela Bilá (MIT) para discutir a atuação de arquitetos e designers lusófonos no contexto acadêmico internacional.

A conversa explora pesquisa, ensino e prática, evidenciando como diferentes trajetórias contribuem para o avanço do design em um cenário global.

Data: 18 de abril
Horário: 10:00 BRT - 09:00 ET



🇺🇸 English

This DigitalFUTURES session in Portuguese, Lusophone Diaspora - Academia, brings together Verônica Natividade (ETH Zürich, PUC Rio), Daniel Locatelli (Munich University of Applied Sciences) and Gabriela Bilá (MIT) to discuss the role of Lusophone architects and designers in the international academic landscape.

The conversation explores research, teaching and practice, highlighting how different trajectories contribute to advancing design in a global context.

Date: April 18
Time: 10:00 BRT - 09:00 ET

SUNDAY 12 APRIL 10:00 am ET, 3:00 pm GMT

Sonia de Jager (Erasmus University)

THE POLTERGEIST IN THE MACHINE
Arrows, or weapons that compute

Dr Sonia de Jager offers us a philosophical survey of the most pervasive of devices, from deep history to mathematical notation.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/Vr3rwGXNGO4?si=pdQYcNF-OOZq6uoS

SATURDAY 11 APRIL 10:00 am ET, 3:00 pm GMT

WOMEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF ROBOTICS

Soulaf Aburas (Populos)
Behnaz Farahi (Critical Matter Group, MIT)
Lidia Ratoi (HKU)
Madeline Gannon (Atonaton)
Lidia Atanasova (University of Munich)

This session brings together some of the leading female roboticists in the world to discuss the role of women in design and technology.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/TYUoTbLEOgo?si=IOuY3ArNdkiBwPPI

https://www.youtube.com/live/gwi9aWk4PUQ?si=gYlLfH0VD7lZD5Bi

Date: April 4
Time: 10:00 AM ET / 3:00 PM GMT
Speaker: George Guida

Join us for a live session with George Guida, Founder and CEO of xFigura.
George is also an Adjunct Professor at Harvard GSD and co-founder of ArchiTAG. In this session, he introduces xFigura, an AI-powered creative canvas for architecture and design that combines text generation, image creation, and 3D model generation on a single platform.

What is xFigura?
xFigura is built to help architects and designers work more fluidly across concepts, images, and 3D form.

Why does it matter?
As AI becomes more embedded in design practice, the real opportunity is not only faster output, but better creative workflows that support exploration, iteration, and design development across multiple media.

This session explores how AI is opening new possibilities for architecture and design.

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DigitalFUTURES Talk: xFigura Date: April 4Time: 10:00 AM ET / 3:00 PM GMTSpeaker: George Guida Join us for a live session with George Guida, Founder and CEO of xFigura.George is also an ...

Crisis? What Crisis?
Sunday 29 March 2026
10:00 am ET; 3:00 pm GMT
Session 3
Albena Yaneva (Politecnico di Torino)
Andrew Ballantyne (University of Newcastle)

This is the third in a series of discussions about the supposed crisis in architectural theory. What has happened to architectural theory? Why does it not have the same force that it used to have? What can be done to rekindle interest in the kind of deep philosophical debates that used to be so central to architectural theory?

Crisis? What Crisis?
Saturday 28 March 2026
10:00 am ET; 2:00 pm GMT
Session 2
Joseph Bedford (Virginia Tech)
Ruo Jia (Pratt Institute)

This is the second in a series of discussions about the supposed crisis in architectural theory. What has happened to architectural theory? Why does it not have the same force that it used to have? What can be done to rekindle interest in the kind of deep philosophical debates that used to be so central to architectural theory?

Crisis? What Crisis?
Sunday 22 March 2026
10:00 am ET; 2:00 pm GMT
Session 2
Joseph Bedford (Virginia Tech)
Ruo Jia (Pratt Institute)

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABpZHpSrft4

This is the second in a series of discussions about the supposed crisis in architectural theory. What has happened to architectural theory? Why does it not have the same force that it used to have? What can be done to rekindle interest in the kind of deep philosophical debates that used to be so central to architectural theory?

THE DEEPFAKE CRISIS
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4AKpMap-Hs

This session brings together Neil Leach and Saetbyeol LeeYouk to discuss the growing problem of AI deepfakes.

Neil Leach has written extensively on Jean Baudrillard’s ideas about simulacra and simulation, and is now looking at the potential use of AI to produce political deepfake videos.

Saetbyeol LeeYouk is a research assistant in the Critical Matter Group at MIT Media Lab, undertaking research with survivors and activists on the topic of sexual deepfakes.