AI has been used to create a series of incredible Sydney Opera House redesigns in the wake of the iconic structure’s 50th birthday.
How different would Sydney’s skyline look if the whole thing was done on the cheap?
It pays to remember that when the Sydney Opera House was finally completed, it was 10 years late… and 14 times over budget.
Expected to cost around $7 million to build, the total cost eventually blew out to more than $102 million – with the whole thing taking more than 14 years to finish!
Danish architect Jørn Utzon famously never saw his completed work – departing Sydney seven years before the Opera House finally opened, after facing intense criticism from the New South Wales government at the time.
In the end, the whole project finished up going way over time and budget. But what a result!
We got a glimpse of how different the World Heritage-listed structure might look when Imagined Architecture recently shared a bunch of AI-imagined Sydney Opera House redesigns on its Instagram account to celebrate the famous building’s 50th birthday.
Showcasing designs in the style of world-famous architects like Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Antoni Gaudí, and Frank Lloyd Wright, the AI designs generated a huge response when re-shared by Architecture & Design and are a fascinating glimpse into what the Sydney Harbour skyline might have resembled.
The Oscar Niemeyer design looks especially futuristic.
While the Sydney Opera House redesigns are great, the original version was certainly ahead of its time. Credit: Marcus Lenk on Unsplash.
Sydney Opera House Redesigns – More Than Fiction?
While these Sydney Opera House redesigns are all for fun, artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in the architectural world.
China-based firm, XKool, used AI to help guide the design and build of a 500-room hotel complex – which took less than five months to complete.
“The problem with architects is that we almost entirely focus on images,” world-renowned architect and academic Neil Leach told The Guardian back in August.
“But the most revolutionary change is in the less sexy area: the automation of the entire design package, from developing initial options right through to construction.
“In terms of strategic thinking and real-time analysis, AI is already way beyond what human architects are capable of.”
While some critics believe AI spells doom and gloom for trained architects, perhaps the real value lies in how they use it to complement their own skills.
And as the Sydney Opera House proves, if you want unforgettable results… sometimes you just need to give your project the time and budget it deserves.
Time and budget usually lead to beauty. Credit: Tyler Duston on Unsplash.
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