CFP: Architects Where Too? AI an Existential Threat or Opportunity?

Call for Chapters

Edited Volume:
Architects Where Too? AI an Existential Threat or Opportunity?
(Springer, 2026)

We invite chapter proposals for an edited volume exploring the existential and epistemological shifts in architecture under the influence of artificial intelligence. This book will gather interdisciplinary perspectives across architecture, design, philosophy, and computational fields to examine:

- The epistemic transformations in design knowledge under AI
- The pedagogical reconfigurations needed for future architects
- Ethical, cultural, and labor implications of machine-assisted design
- Philosophical reflections on authorship, agency, and creativity

The upcoming edited volume Architects Where Too? AI an Existential Threat or Opportunity?  brings together leading international voices to critically explore the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on architecture. This book asks one of the most pressing questions of our time: What happens to the identity, agency, and knowledge of architects as AI increasingly integrates into design practice, education, and cultural production?

Positioned at the intersection of architecture, computational design, philosophy, and ethics, the volume offers a multidisciplinary dialogue that spans theory, case studies, and speculative futures. It examines how AI reshapes design processes, challenges traditional authorship, reconfigures pedagogical models, and raises urgent ethical concerns around labor, responsibility, and cultural specificity. Rather than treating AI as a purely technical tool, the book engages with its deeper epistemological and existential implications, inviting readers to consider how architects can actively shape the trajectory of technological change rather than passively adapt to it.

By bringing together diverse perspectives and global insights, Architects Where Too? offers critical reflections and forward-looking provocations that will be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners who seek to understand and navigate the evolving relationship between human creativity and machine intelligence in architecture. 

Timeline:
- Abstract deadline: July 15, 2025 (600–850 words)
- Chapter deadline: November 1, 2025 (3,000–4,000 words)
- Publisher: Springer Nature
- Publication: Spring 2026

Interested authors should contact the editor, Dr. Mustapha El Moussaoui (Free University of Bolzano) at
[email protected] for submitting an abstract + bio.