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SEAhorse

Seahorse: Bio-Inspired AI Architecture

In this synthetic marine habitat, architecture becomes an act of metamorphosis.

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It is not a simple hybridization of, for example, an animal or something biological with architecture, but a fusion between the two, where both are visible at the same time, but as something completely unexpected. A meeting point between different worlds, which in essence would be a “complexio oppositorum”.

Spaces can then become evocative, acquire the appearance of distant things that at the same time become close, of urban visions that are also interior spaces, architectures that are both defined and undefined at the same time. Different eras can even be brought together, evoking both the past and the future, so much so that I would dare to think of a ‘syncreticguard’, rather than a retro or an avant-garde. Not a simple game, then, but an extremely complex and fascinating repertoire that architects and artists will soon have to deal with.

Seahorse is a visionary architecture project generated with artificial intelligence.
Inspired by the organic form of the seahorse, this bio-inspired design blends marine morphology with algorithmic creativity.

The structure spirals like its aquatic namesake—delicate yet resilient. It breathes through membranous façades, shimmers with metallic scales, and hosts voids that act as transitions between inside and outside, nature and machine.

Designed through AI-powered image generation, Seahorse reflects a new form of architectural thinking: one where biology, technology, and imagination coalesce.
It belongs to a growing landscape of AI-generated architecture, where machines no longer replicate reality—but invent it.

Credits

Type: AI Architecture

Year: 2022-23

Architect: Cesare Battelli

AI Labs: MidJourney. Alter (Chat GPT)