The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Rejuvenating Culture in Local Architecture: Insights from Iraq
Israa Mohammad A. Al-Saffar1, Osamah Abdulmunem Al-Tameemi & Fawzia Irhayyim Al-Assadi
Abstract
Israa Mohammad A. Al-Saffar1, Osamah Abdulmunem Al-Tameemi & Fawzia Irhayyim Al-Assadi
Abstract
It is now known that application of artificial intelligence (AI) is constantly evolving to assist in modelling the morphology of architectural design. Its applications are numerous and widely spread, from being applied to existing architecture, buildings built in the past as well as new designs. In this context, the transformations of local architecture that have taken place in Iraq can indeed benefit from the application of AI. This paper investigates the differences between local Iraqi architecture designed by architects in the past with the outcome of AI modelling in forming local Iraqi architecture in such a way that they can rejuvenate culture. The research employs a digital method to extract data related to morphological indicators of existing local Iraqi architecture. It then uses AI to interpret this data and produce tangible results by comparing the AI generated architecture with the existing reality. It uses the ‘Jaccard Similarity Method’ to compare the similarity of the morphological aspects of the local Iraqi architecture of the sixties and seventies and the AI generated outcomes for the same years. It reveals that local Iraqi architecture designed by the architects as well as those generated by AI have similarities at the morphological level. It thus concludes that there exists a significant role in employing AI in rooting local architecture at the morphological level so that they can rejuvenate local culture.
Keywords:
Artificial intelligence (AI), Morphology, Rooting, Local architecture, Culture, Iraq.