Competing Intelligence: Digital Architecture Masterclass at the Guggenheim

What: The Guggenheim welcomes current students and recent graduates (within the last 5 years) of architecture programs for a one-day masterclass at the museum to join an experiment using artificial intelligence to evaluate design. 

As artificial intelligence migrates into more aspects of everyday life, competitions are one avenue through which to test its limits in architecture. With collaborators in New York and Helsinki, the Guggenheim is pairing artificial and human intelligence to create a new understanding of contemporary architecture using the 1,700 plus entries to the Guggenheim Helsinki Design Competition as a data set. The results will be exhibited in Guggenheim Helsinki Now, a forthcoming exhibition at the Kunsthalle Helsinki and used in a digital app. All participants will be credited for their contributions.

The masterclass will be led by Hugo Liu, principal scientist at eBay with a PhD from the MIT Media Lab, and Troy Conrad Therrien, Curator of Architecture and Digital Initiatives, with architect and founder of Exodvs, Martti Kalliala, over video conference from Helsinki.

Participants should enter at the 89th Street entrance and head down to the Sackler Center. Lunch will be provided.
Participants should also bring their own laptops and power cords if possible.

When: Saturday, March 7th, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Where: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Musem
FREE RSVP