Dr. Arman Arisman
Architect · Design Technologist · Researcher
Arman Wu
Architecture // Computation // Design Cognition
I'm a practicing architect working in architectural computing—AI, BIM, computational design, and the tools in between—and I write when something about them doesn't add up.
Recent Works
Recent Essays
The Meta-Designer: Why AI Doesn’t Kill Architectural Craft—It Elevates It
For hundreds of years, an architect was a maker. To design meant to touch materials: pencil on paper, wood models on a desk, and slow, careful lines drawn by …
Building a Better Bridge: A Revit-SketchUp Story
That was the feedback from our 3D artists. They had just received a SketchUp model that was exported from Revit—the standard workflow for our government …
A Building Can Perform Well and Still Feel Wrong
Today, architects can measure buildings in more detail than ever before. We can calculate energy use, daylight, temperature, structure, cost, circulation, and …