TY - CHAP
T1 - AI-Enhanced Conversational Built Environment
T2 - A Case Study on a Meditation Zone Design for the Sustainable Future Competition 2024
AU - Cheung, Lok Hang
AU - Lombardi, Davide
AU - Di Marco, Giancarlo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2026.
PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - Most interactive architecture nowadays prioritises reaction and automation over conversation, thus limiting human-building interaction. This concern, highlighted by architectural theorists including Paul Pangaro, raises the urge to revisit Conversational Architecture under the “Pandemics of today’s AI”. While Large Language Models (LLMs) offer promise, empirical experimentation is underexplored. This paper reviews three case studies of conversational design to discuss its origin, trend and current challenges and introduces a novel framework for designing conversational spaces using an agentic LLM system. It is validated through a case study from the Sustainable Future Competition 2024, focussing on a meditation zone design. The paper concludes with the implications and challenges of Conversational Architecture.
AB - Most interactive architecture nowadays prioritises reaction and automation over conversation, thus limiting human-building interaction. This concern, highlighted by architectural theorists including Paul Pangaro, raises the urge to revisit Conversational Architecture under the “Pandemics of today’s AI”. While Large Language Models (LLMs) offer promise, empirical experimentation is underexplored. This paper reviews three case studies of conversational design to discuss its origin, trend and current challenges and introduces a novel framework for designing conversational spaces using an agentic LLM system. It is validated through a case study from the Sustainable Future Competition 2024, focussing on a meditation zone design. The paper concludes with the implications and challenges of Conversational Architecture.
KW - Agentic LLM system
KW - Conversational architecture
KW - Conversational design
KW - Human–building interaction
KW - Large language models
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105029363980
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-95-0760-3_14
DO - 10.1007/978-981-95-0760-3_14
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:105029363980
T3 - SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
SP - 161
EP - 170
BT - SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
PB - Springer
ER -