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From Studio to
Synthetic Studio

What happens when the architectural design studio acquires a new kind of intelligence? Explore AI across the entire design journey, from the first question to the final critique.

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Tuesday · 7:30 PM · Dhaka (GMT+6)
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Site Research✦ Design Development✦ Representation✦ AI Literacy✦ Critical Thinking✦

A new intelligence in the studio

The architectural design studio has always been a laboratory of thinking—where students learn not simply to make forms, but to question, speculate, test, fail, and decide. With the emergence of AI, this process is being transformed.

This webinar explores how AI can become embedded across the entire design journey—from problem identification and site research to concept formulation, design development, representation, critique, and self-assessment. It also examines authorship, dependency, bias, originality, critical thinking, and the changing roles of teacher and student.

§ 02 · Voices in the room

The speakers

Ar. Ashik Vaskor Mannan
Speaker 01
Speaker 01
— academia & practice

Ar. Ashik Vaskor Mannan

Principal Architect, Studio XI Architects · Senior Associate Professor, Architecture, AIUB

Ashik Vaskor Mannan has taught architecture at AIUB since 2006. He holds a B.Arch. from BUET (2001) and an M.Arch. from DIA am Bauhaus (2006). He began his career with Metaphor Architects and received the IAB Award in 2004. As Principal Architect of Studio XI Architects, established in 2002, he has received national and international design awards. His research connects architecture, philosophy, cultural theory and AI-driven design. Through workshops with platforms such as DigitalFUTURE, he bridges computational design, emerging technologies, academia and practice.

Architecture AI in Design Design Research
Ar. Md. Rashed Hasan
Speaker 02
Speaker 02
— computational design

Ar. Md. Rashed Hasan

Principal Architect, A4A Design Studio · Lecturer, Architecture, AIUB

Md. Rashed Hasan has served as a Lecturer in Architecture at AIUB since 2013 and is Principal Architect of A4A Design Studio. A recipient of multiple national design awards, his research spans climate-responsive and sustainable architecture, Building Information Modeling (BIM), script-based computational design and digital fabrication. He explores AI in architecture and has led international online workshops with platforms such as DigitalFUTURE. He also supports educational initiatives for socially disadvantaged children in Bangladesh.

Site Research Computational Design Digital Fabrication
Sheikh Itmam Soud Moderated by Sheikh Itmam Soud — Moderator

Across the design journey

The discussion explores AI throughout studio practice.

01

Research & framing

Problem identification, site research and concept formulation.

02

Development & representation

Embedding AI in design development and architectural representation.

03

Critique & self-assessment

Testing ideas while preserving judgement, originality and critical thinking.

04

Authorship & responsibility

Dependency, bias, and the changing roles of teachers and students.

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Ultimately, the question is not whether AI should enter the studio, but what kind of studio we want to create with it.

— From Studio to Synthetic Studio

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