The Intelligence Age, Mimesis, 2026
The Intelligence Age is a publication emerging from the international symposium promoted by Politecnico di Milano, bringing together contributions that examine the impact of artificial intelligence on architecture. Edited by Tommaso Brighenti, Elena Manferdini, and Elvio Manganaro, the volume positions itself as a critical platform rather than a simple record, exploring how AI is reshaping architectural knowledge, pedagogy, and practice within broader cultural and ethical frameworks.
Featuring essays by
Tommaso Brighenti — Foreword: Holding the Reins
Elena Manferdini — Introduction: The Invention of Invention Itself
Neil Leach — Architectural Education in the Age of AI
Areti Markopoulou — AI, Collective Intelligence, and the Transformation of Architectural Education
Ingrid Maria Paoletti — Meaning and Imagination in Architectural Material in the Age of AI: An Incipient Movement
Philippe Morel — A Glimpse at AI-related Student Projects, and a Few Questions
Theodore Spyropoulos — Everything Intelligence: Phenomena as Technology
Jason Vigneri-Beane — Transductions: Artificial Intelligence in Architectural Experimentation
Adil Bokhari — Imaging and Imagining Architecture and Its Modalities
Pierpaolo Ruttico — Prompted Construction: Designing the Intelligence of Making
Alice Barale — Can Artists Give the Example? A Philosophical Investigation on Human-AI Dialogue
Elena Manferdini — Humans, AI, and our Collective Imagination
Jacopo Leveratto — Teaching Architecture in the Age of Generative Production
Elvio Manganaro — If it works, it works