01 is the machine city, you know that right? And mista Architect, the "Ball with spikes" thing was patterened after a hedgehog.
I think you'll find theres actually no proof that the Architect and Deus Ex Machina are the same being, Deus Ex Machina is the God of the Machines or Leader of the Machines, while the Architect was created as a program to create the Matrix.