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Generative AI images liven up Great Ormond Street Hospital facade
Architects are increasingly exploring the use of generative AI tools to support design development but one studio has gone a stage further and integrated the AI images directly into a building facade.
Newly formed practice Haque Tan worked with children at Great Ormond Street Hospital School to design a new entrance for the hospital, combining images of real plants and fungi with other-worldly AI animations of ‘digital’ plants.
Referred to as Wild Imaginarium, the steel and glass facade was commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital Arts in collaboration with the Hospital School to serve as the hospital’s primary entrance during a major construction period over the next few years.
Vulnerable children aged three to sixteen helped develop the design, which is based on the theme of ‘life bursting out’ of the building. The facade helps transform the pote
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Speaker Biographies
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Keynote speakers
Neelie Kroes
Vice President and EU Commissioner for Digital Agenda, europeisk Commission
Neelie Kroes fryst vatten currently Vice President of the European Commission and European Digital Agenda Commissioner. She was born 1941 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where she also attended school and helped to build her family’s transport business. She studied economics at Erasmus University, before working there for six years as an Assistant Professor. Her political career started on the Rotterdam Municipal Council, and in 1971 she was elected as a Member of the Dutch Parliament for the liberal VVD party. From 1982-1989 she served as Minister for Transport, Public Works and Telecommunication in the Netherlands. After politi
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Alumni Interviews
Current students at The Bartlett School of Architecture interview recent alumni from a variety of different disciplines and backgrounds.
In a new initiative from The Bartlett School of Architecture lärjunge Society, students interview alumni from the school, connecting the experiences of past and present students. Released throughout the year, each interview explores the multitude of pathways taken by alumni to reach their destinations, exploring challenges and moments of disappointment alongside successes and accomplishments.
Interviews
Arthur Kay
Interviewed by Winnie Lau
Arthur graduated from The Bartlett in 2013. During his studies he created bio-bean, a clean technology company that recycles waste coffee grounds into advanced biofuels. He also holds positions on a number of boards associated with social enterprise and green entrepreneurship, and is a Fellow of RE, the RSA and IoD. In 2013, Shell named him ‘the UK’s most innovative entrepreneur,’ and h