AA alum Suzan Ibrahim joins panel on AI in architectural practice at the University of Toronto

AA alum and SUSA co-founder Suzan Ibrahim joined a panel discussion, AI in the Practice of Architecture, at the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, alongside Paul Harrison, Victor Lima and Zenon Radewych, moderated by Yew-Thong Leong. The event brought together architects, researchers and educators to examine how artificial intelligence is actively reshaping architectural practice – from early-stage ideation to construction – and to address broader questions around authorship, responsibility and the evolving role of the architect.

Rather than resolving these questions, the discussion explored the tensions at play between control and delegation, tool and collaborator, designer and curator. Suzan contributed perspectives drawn from SUSA’s interdisciplinary work across installations, research and public projects, where technology is approached not only as an instrument, but as a condition to be critically examined. This position foregrounds a practice that engages AI as both medium and subject, testing its implications for material production, spatial thinking and authorship. The panel reflects a growing urgency within architectural discourse to reconsider agency in relation to emerging computational systems. By situating AI within broader cultural, disciplinary and ethical frameworks, the panel discussion underscored the need to navigate – not resolve – the frictions it introduces into contemporary practice.

AI in the Practice of Architecture was organised by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), the Toronto Society of Architects and the Ontario Association of Architects.

Image Credit: Jeffrey Chang, Lucas Lu, Behrad Daneshfar and Jack Simon.