Summary

In this episode of Innovation by Design, Evan Troxel and Candace Kitchen sit down with Dr. Matias del Campo, architect, theorist, and one of the leading voices at the intersection of architecture and artificial intelligence.

Matias shares the trajectory that led him from the University of Applied Arts Vienna to co-founding SPAN, a practice built on computational design and experimental architecture. He discusses how his research into AI-driven design creates what he calls a “design ecology,” merging technology, nature, and philosophical inquiry into a unified creative process.

• How AI and computational design are reshaping architectural practice and aesthetics
• The concept of “design ecology” and integrating technology, nature, and philosophy
• Generative AI’s impact on architectural authorship and the creative process
• SPAN’s approach to experimental, technologically driven architecture
• What architects need to understand about AI tools and their limitations