Introduction to Today's Themes

Day 3 Morning: The Future, Materials, Technology, Responsive buildings, Joy and Emotion as Function

Will Artificial Intelligence make us all redundant? We have machine intelligence, but do we have machine ethics? How will tech wizardry help emotional engagement – the Architecture of Joy?
Will buildings know us, talk to us, persuade us to buy stuff? Is technology making or breaking our connection with nature? How does AI serve sustainability? And with AI-driven art, how do we occupy worlds without boundaries?

Day 3 Afternoon: Contemplation, Calm, Serenity, Inner Space

‘Projects of uplift’ of all shapes and sizes, using different materials and forms, responding to their environment and providing spiritual refreshment and retreat. A simple garden pavilion, an eerily floating chapel, a gallery space so sparse and simple, it seems no human could set foot, a retreat hotel invoking a Chinese building tradition – all demonstrate how our media-saturated world needs the peace and quiet of humanity.