The future is here, it is just unevenly distributed.

Automation is a reality, and a growing part of the design and construction world. In this episode Chris lobs topics, or aspects of design and construction at Rafa and he gives his best "mid 2021" guess as to if it can, will never be, or already is automatable.

Then we talk about the virtues and vices of art that is "created" by an AI or a non-human intelligence, if that is even a thing.

If you had to choose between a perfect, super affordable, machine made design, or a flawed, expensive, man-made one, which would you choose? What value does a human made object obtain from it's creator?

HT: cover art made with Image from Andrea De Santis on Unsplash.

We received a great question from Ricardo, courtesy of the Catholic Gentleman podcast, on architecture in Latin America and guidelines for Sacred Architecture.
Is there a Catholic way of building? What is the building block of western civilization? How do we return to an architecture of place?

Firm I mention at the end: Estudio Urbano. Link to a lecture they gave on new urbanism below:

The Art of Making Places: A Panel Discussion on Ciudad Cayalá & Herencia de Allende - The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art

What started with a conversation on the future of architecture...what sould churches look like, what should we base designs on and of course how did we get here...reached a higher gear when Ryan dropped the metaverse bomb. Join Chris, Rafa and Ryan on a wide ranging conversation on the future of church architecture.

Special Guest: Ryan Trusell.