TY - JOUR
T1 - AI-enhanced conversational design processes
T2 - A systematic review
AU - Cheung, Lok Hang
AU - Agkathidis, Asterios
AU - Dall’Asta, Juan Carlos
AU - Di Marco, Giancarlo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2026
PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - AI technologies have been widely explored in the architectural design process over the last decade. This paper addresses the limitations of the existing reviews on AI applications in the architectural design process, including a lack of focus on the design process, limited coverage of AI technologies, and under-exploration of human-AI interaction environments. The paper systematically reviews and comparatively analyses 63 articles filtered through 1138 publications from 8 databases. The findings include comparative analysis charts and tables of the different AI-enhanced design processes, the human-AI interaction environment, as well as their evaluation. They highlight the expectation that AI will function as a conversational design partner. Lastly, the paper presents a novel framework for the AI-enhanced conversational architectural design process.
AB - AI technologies have been widely explored in the architectural design process over the last decade. This paper addresses the limitations of the existing reviews on AI applications in the architectural design process, including a lack of focus on the design process, limited coverage of AI technologies, and under-exploration of human-AI interaction environments. The paper systematically reviews and comparatively analyses 63 articles filtered through 1138 publications from 8 databases. The findings include comparative analysis charts and tables of the different AI-enhanced design processes, the human-AI interaction environment, as well as their evaluation. They highlight the expectation that AI will function as a conversational design partner. Lastly, the paper presents a novel framework for the AI-enhanced conversational architectural design process.
KW - architectural design process
KW - artificial intelligence
KW - conversational design process
KW - design evaluation
KW - design framework
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105029933097
U2 - 10.1177/14780771261425268
DO - 10.1177/14780771261425268
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105029933097
SN - 1478-0771
JO - International Journal of Architectural Computing
JF - International Journal of Architectural Computing
ER -