How Artificial Intelligence Helped to Create a Gaudí-Inspired Thinking Sculpture
IBM and New-York-based design studio SOFTlab have teamed up to create the first thinking sculpture, inspired by Gaudí and developed with IBM?s Watson cognitive technology for the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
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IBM and New-York-based design studio SOFTlab have teamed up to create the first thinking sculpture, inspired by Gaudí and developed with IBM?s Watson cognitive technology for the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.In order to help design the sculpture, Watson was taught about the history and style of Gaudí and the architecture of Barcelona through volumes of images, literary works, articles, and even music. From these references, Watson helped to uncover critical insights on patterns in Gaudí's work?like crabs, spiders, and color palettes?that the design team didn't initially associate with Gaudí. The resulting four-meter-tall sculpture features a structural surface made of over 1200 unique aluminum parts, and is unmistakably reminiscent of Gaudí?s work both in look and feel, yet entirely distinct.The sculpture was on display from February 27 to March 2 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where it interacted with visitors by changing shape in real-time, in response to sentiments from Twitter. To learn more about the sculpture, ArchDaily was given to opportunity to speak with IBM Watson Manager Jonas Nwuke.
Courtesy of IBM
Courtesy of IBM
Sabrina Santos: Why was Gaudi?s work in par...
Courtesy of IBM
IBM and New-York-based design studio SOFTlab have teamed up to create the first thinking sculpture, inspired by Gaudí and developed with IBM?s Watson cognitive technology for the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.In order to help design the sculpture, Watson was taught about the history and style of Gaudí and the architecture of Barcelona through volumes of images, literary works, articles, and even music. From these references, Watson helped to uncover critical insights on patterns in Gaudí's work?like crabs, spiders, and color palettes?that the design team didn't initially associate with Gaudí. The resulting four-meter-tall sculpture features a structural surface made of over 1200 unique aluminum parts, and is unmistakably reminiscent of Gaudí?s work both in look and feel, yet entirely distinct.The sculpture was on display from February 27 to March 2 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where it interacted with visitors by changing shape in real-time, in response to sentiments from Twitter. To learn more about the sculpture, ArchDaily was given to opportunity to speak with IBM Watson Manager Jonas Nwuke.
Courtesy of IBM
Courtesy of IBM
Sabrina Santos: Why was Gaudi?s work in par...
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