Chatting with DALL-E in a Postdigital Architectural Classroom

Abstract

Technological innovations, and most notably the use of GenAI, have increasingly become part of the contemporary architectural classroom. Alongside such developments, numerous ethical dilemmas have emerged, around the pedagogical and social organisation of the learning spaces, as well as questions around how such innovations are shaping student learning activity and outcomes. With a focus on using GenAI as a co-creator in teaching and learning, this article explores the learning opportunities, compromises and challenges that emerged with the seamless integration of digital and analogue forces in a postdigital architectural classroom. The paper argues that the idiosyncrasies of human interpretation, responses and critique are an integral component of a creative, positive, and collaborative postdigital future.