Every episode, one person doing the work walks us through the real thing: the tools they tested, the process they built around them, and what came out the other side. Architects, educators, researchers. No demos, no hype. Just how it actually goes.
AI is no longer just speeding up architecture. It’s quietly changing what architects, firms, and students are actually supposed to do. Cas Esbach and Tyler Andersen unpack the uncomfortable, exciting middle ground where AI becomes a collaborator, not a replacement, and where the real advantage belongs to people who can still think critically, communicate clearly, and lead the design process.
Casimir "Cas" Esbach is a Dutch architect, educator, and founder of KANS, a studio working at the intersection of design method, AI, and contemporary architectural practice. He is a Professor of Architecture at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he created and teaches Design with AI, the department’s first AI-focused seminar, at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He spent six years at MVRDV in Rotterdam, joining as an architect on The Valley in Amsterdam, later named the world’s best new skyscraper, and Tripolis Park, before going on to lead projects as a Project Leader, including the competition-winning Shenzhen Terraces and the Strijp-S Tribune in Eindhoven.
Full bio & chapters2 episodes so far. New conversations land regularly.
Cas Esbach · KANS / SCAD
Where AI becomes a collaborator rather than a replacement, and why the advantage belongs to people who can still think critically, communicate clearly, and lead the design process.
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Andrew Rider · BWBR Architects
The pilot process BWBR built to test AI tools safely, why visualization was the first place it clicked, and how AI is freeing architects to engage clients in new ways.
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