Robert Cha (차웅산) is a California-licensed American architect, artist, and author. His recent work demonstrates a symbiosis of human craft and thinking machines: AI.

Cha holds an M.Arch from Princeton University (Fellowship) and a B.Arch from SCI-Arc (Best Thesis). He has exhibited at the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale and published in Spots in Shots (2018) and the Architectural Design (AD) journal, Vol. 96.2 (Axiomatic Editions, 2026). His 2024 book, AI Sapien: Variations on Architecture and the Future (ORO Editions), won the A+D Museum Design Award and is held in over 60 premier institutional libraries worldwide, including The Getty Research Institute and multiple Ivy League collections.

He has led built projects from schematic design through construction administration, including Caltech's Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST) in Pasadena. Cha practiced at Eric Owen Moss Architects, Jones, Partners: Architecture, Reiser + Umemoto, Hodgetts + Fung, Xefirotarch, and Stan Allen Architect.

Robert Cha is a US Navy veteran. Encounters with the sublime structured his philosophy.

Instagram @architectcha

AI Sapien: Variations on Architecture and the Future (ORO Editions)

AD Journal Vol. 96.2 Chimera

SCI-Arc Chimera Symposium

A+D Museum Design Award

DigitalFUTURES lecture, hosted by Neil Leach

Flaunt Magazine Review of AI Sapien

Midwest Book Review: AI Sapien Review

IIR Berlin Feature