Encoding Material Agency: Generative Design for a Sustainable Future. This project aims to revolutionise design methodologies by controlling the spontaneous dynamics of emergent systems with the guida

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Encoding Material Agency: Generative Design for a Sustainable Future. This project aims to revolutionise design methodologies by controlling the spontaneous dynamics of emergent systems with the guidance of new artificial intelligence techniques. The project expects to develop novel design processes that embed material behaviour within agent-based and machine learning computational design strategies. Expected outcomes of this project include new design knowledge demonstrated through architectural prototypes that fuse computational design, robotic craftsmanship, and biomaterials. This should provide significant benefits by opening new territories in architectural creativity while delivering a sustainable blueprint to minimise waste, curtail mineral reliance, and reduce the carbon footprint of construction. . Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 3301 - Architecture. Lead: Prof Jon McCormack