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SUMMARY:2025 Venice Architecture Biennale Conference: Generative AI and th
 e Future of Learning and Making
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Jeffrey Huang (EPFL)\, Mario Carpo (UCL)\, Lidia Gasperoni (UC
 L)\, Refik Anadol (Los Angeles)\, Matias del Campo (TU Wien / NYIT)\, Imma
 nuel Koh (Singapore University of Technology and Design)\, Kyle Steinfeld 
 (UC Berkeley)\, Mark Wilson-Jones (University of Cambridge)\, Noam Elcott
  (Columbia University)\, Catherine Griffiths (Columbia GSAPP)\, Orit Halpe
 rn (TU Dresden)\, Matteo Pasquinelli (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)\,
  Daniela Rus (MIT CSAIL)\, Olaf Blanke (EPFL Brain Mind Institute)\, Miri
 am Kyselo (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)\, Philip Yuan (
 Tongji University / ArchiUnion)\, Fabio Gramazio (ETH Zurich) \nExplore h
 ow AI is reshaping learning\, design\, and making at the 2025 Venice Archi
 tecture Biennale Conference\, Generative AI and the Future of Learning and
  Making.\n\nOverview\nGenerative AI does not create from nothing. It gener
 ates new expressions drawn from curated collections of precedents\, thus u
 pholding the continuity and influence of often unspoken traditions and can
 ons. This 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale two-day Conference "Generati
 ve AI and the Future of Learning and Making" will interrogate the implicat
 ions of AI-driven imitation for the future of learning and creation. Acros
 s two days (14 and 15 November 2025\, Ca’ Giustinian)\, the conference w
 ill bring together architects\, neuroscientists\, roboticists\, philosophe
 rs\, media artists\, historians\, and theorists to rethink intelligence be
 yond imitation—toward forms of learning grounded in matter\, space\, and
  life itself. It unfolds through three interconnected areas of investigati
 on: the current state of generative design\, the politics of data and its 
 epistemic consequences\, and the emergence of new\, embodied forms of inte
 lligence. Ultimately\, it explores how artificial intelligence is transfor
 ming the ways we learn\, design\, and make. Beyond Imitation is conceive
 d as a research platform extending from the conference. The initiative is
  a collaboration between the Media x Design Lab\, École Polytechnique F
 édérale de Lausanne (EPFL)\, and The Bartlett School of Architecture\, 
 University College London (UCL)\, under the direction of Jeffrey Huang\, 
 Lidia Gasperoni\, and Mario Carpo.\n\nSchedule\n(for updates and details s
 ee https://beyondimitation.ai)\n\nDay 1 (14 November 2025)\n\n15:00 Openin
 g Remarks - Jeffrey Huang (EPFL)\, Mario Carpo (UCL and Italian Academy 
 at Columbia University in New York) & Lidia Gasperoni (UCL) \n\n15:15 Pan
 el 1 – Generative AI in Architecture: State of the Art\nCurated by: Ma
 rio Carpo (UCL and Italian Academy at Columbia University in New York) an
 d Jeffrey Huang (EPFL) \nPanelists: Matias del Campo (TU Wien / NYIT)\, I
 mmanuel Koh (Singapore University of Technology and Design)\, Kyle Steinfe
 ld (UC Berkeley)\, Mark Wilson-Jones (University of Cambridge) \n\n18:00 
 Keynote - Refik Anadol\, AI artist\, Los Angeles \n\nDay 2 (15 November 
 2025)\n\n10:00 Panel 2 – Politics of Datasets: Invisible Influences and
  Alternative Epistemologies \nCurated by: Lidia Gasperoni (The Bartlett\,
  UCL) \nPanelists: Noam Elcott (Columbia University)\, Catherine Griffith
 s (Columbia GSAPP)\, Orit Halpern (TU Dresden)\, Matteo Pasquinelli (Ca' F
 oscari University of Venice)\n\n15:00 Panel 3 – Forms of Intelligence: 
 Learning and Making from Neuroscience to Robotics \nCurated by: Jeffrey H
 uang (EPFL) with Mario Carpo (UCL and Italian Academy at Columbia Univers
 ity in New York) \nPanelists: Daniela Rus (MIT CSAIL)\, Olaf Blanke (EPFL
  Brain Mind Institute)\, Miriam Kyselo (Norwegian University of Science an
 d Technology)\, Philip Yuan (Tongji University / ArchiUnion)\, Fabio Grama
 zio (ETH Zurich) \n\n18:00 - Closing Roundtable Discussion \nModerators
 : Chairs \n\n19:00 - Concluding remarks and farewell
LOCATION:Ca Giustinian\, Venice
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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