AF_LAB
Research, notes and things we are working out.
Technique breakdowns from live production, studio news, and the self-initiated work where the value is in the judgement rather than the volume.
The render is not the building
AI image models are very good at making a scheme look better, and often they do it by quietly changing the scheme. We laid the Soldagen model over its own final images to see what held and what moved.
Soldagen: In the Interval wins first place
GENDO 48: Soldagen has announced its result, and our bathhouse for Vindstad in Lofoten took first place in an extremely tough field.
Soldagen: In the Interval is shortlisted
Our bathhouse for Vindstad in Lofoten has been shortlisted in GENDO 48: Soldagen. The selected schemes are published in the GENDO gallery.
The small studio advantage
AI agents are beginning to dismantle one of the biggest advantages of the multidisciplinary practice: having every discipline under one roof.
Most of our AI now runs on a computer in the studio
Open-weights models have become good enough to run on a single graphics card. That means client material never has to leave the building. Here is the stack we use, the reasoning, and the one job we still send out.
We built six AI critics to interrogate our own competition entry
A panel of AI agents scored the Iloilo scheme three times and reached the same verdict every round. Here is what they said, including the number that never moved.
Iloilo Processional Theatre wins first place
The AI and Vernacular Architecture competition has announced its result, and our entry took first place. Design led by Michaella Tafalla.
afterform enters ArchiBest's AI & Vernacular Architecture competition
Our entry studies how AI-driven design can learn from local building traditions rather than flatten them. Written at entry, before the result.
afterform AI policy published
Confidentiality rules, style ethics and planning-grade accuracy standards. Our full policy, public from day one.
Workshop: AI direction systems for competitions
A lunch-and-learn format for practices, covering how to brief, art-direct and review AI imagery under competition deadlines.
afterform studios opens in London
Architect-led, AI-driven and narrative-focused. The studio is live and taking competition and planning briefs.