12 Angry Agents
This workshop is a role-play simulation of a trial based on the courtroom drama “12 Angry Men” (1975), where 12 AI Agents (jury) will judge the quality of an architectural piece of evidence (case). Each participant will develop an Agent to evaluate this case based on their own value system, achieving 12 unique and confronted arguments. An additional Agent (client) will then collect all 12 arguments to determine whether or not the project must proceed (verdict). A final session will follow to discuss the potential of MLLM-Evaluators to embody qualitative, domain-specific values and enhance decision-making across design and fabrication.
Tutors
Marc Ribert Arqués (ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)
Marc Ribert (MAS ETH DFAB ‘25) is an architect, Arquia fellow and scientific assistant at Digital Building Technologies, ETH Zurich (DBT). He has TA + Delegate experience, received management training by IESE, and led multiple architectural projects at Mangado&Asociados. Within DBT, he conducts MAS-workshops and research at the intersection of MLLM-Agents and Design Synthesis.
Che-Wei Lin (ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)
Che-Wei Lin (MAS ETH DFAB '21) is an architect and researcher at Digital Building Technologies, ETH Zurich, with experience in robotic and autonomous fabrication (ROSOCOOP) and the use of inflatable membranes for 3DP elements (ETH Zurich). His research and teaching include concrete 3DP, like the fabrication of Tor Alva, and MLLMs in architecture, among others.