Let’s Talk Hay-Bales” is a project at the intersection of Generative AI (GA) and architectural design, utilizing data-driven methodologies to reimagine how spaces are conceived and built. By leveraging cloud computing, AI models generate, analyze, and synthesize architectural forms with high-resolution spatial representations, enabling rapid iteration and experimentation. The project envisions AI as an active participant in design exploration, allowing architects to engage with deep spatial structures and material compositions in new ways.
The project explores sustainable cohabitation within reestablished wild grass areas, which are continually harvested and processed into hay building blocks—a carbon-negative, cost-effective material. The material is used to construct hay-based structures within zero-mile neighborhoods, creating multifunctional spaces that support vertical gardens, workshops, schools, and event venues.
Designed for adaptability, these structures can expand as needed or decompose naturally back into the soil, reinforcing the project’s ecological cycle. By merging sustainable architecture with regenerative land use, this initiative offers a scalable model for environmentally conscious urban development while fostering community-driven solutions to housing and shared spaces. Initially funded through donations, the project will ultimately be city-owned and is envisioned to incorporate innovative environmental revenue models, ensuring accessibility and long-term maintenance.
Deep Eddy, Austin, Texas, USA
January 2024- April 2024