Designing Futures: Exploring AI, Data, Architecture and beyond.

Matt Krissel — architect, educator, and principal at Perkins&Will — joins us to rethink our relationship with time in an AI-augmented practice. With decades of experience leading transformative projects and as co-founder of the Built Environment Futures Council, Matt brings a unique perspective on how speed, decision-making, and time are being rebalanced in today’s design culture.

This episode explores the tension between acceleration and reflection: What do we gain when AI compresses timelines — and what risks emerge when decisions are forced too quickly? Can time itself become a design material, reshaped to create space for intuition, narrative, and meaning?

From client expectations to the choreography of choices, we reflect on authority, trust, and the human role in a landscape of data-driven tools. And we ask: in redesigning time, what kind of future are we really designing for?

What is Designing Futures: Exploring AI, Data, Architecture and beyond.?

Join us as we embark on a captivating journey through the ever-evolving intersection of AI, data, and architecture. In this podcast, we dive deep into the vast potential of AI for architecture and design, examining the remarkable possibilities it offers, while also acknowledging the challenges it presents. Our mission is to expand the conversation, engaging with leaders, thinkers, and doers in the ecosystem. We invite them to share their profound insights, groundbreaking ideas, and innovative approaches to designing the future.
Nathalie Rozencwajg is the founder of NAME Architecture and an internationally-acclaimed award-winning architect. In recent years, together with her team, she has been exploring the implications of AI for architecture and questioning the future of practice and education.
Melanie is an awarded creative entrepreneur who specializes in data strategy. She offers guidance and solutions on how data can be strategically leveraged to foster development and innovation while upholding ethical considerations.