How to stay in the driver’s seat as tech accelerates
📰 Discover how architects can maintain control amidst advancing technology. This edition discusses agency over automation, the importance of technology as a design material, and the need for architects to own tech decisions to avoid outsourcing judgment.
What if the tools you rely on to design better buildings are quietly redesigning your role instead?
Summary
In my recent conversation with George Guida (TRXL 219) about something I’ve been thinking about: how architects can stay in control of our work, our value, and our future as technology accelerates around us. We talked candidly about agency, authorship, and the growing tension between tools that promise efficiency and systems that quietly strip decision-making away from designers.
This newsletter dissects the episode and explores where architects must draw clear boundaries to remain in the driver's seat.
Key Takeaways
Here are my top takeaways from the podcast episode. Then we'll get into the deeper analysis.
- Agency Over Automation: Technology should extend architectural judgment, not replace it.
- Tools vs. Systems: There’s a difference between choosing tools and being trapped by platforms.
