Diffusions in Architecture.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campo, Matias del.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Data processing.

Architecture.

Architecture--Computer-aided design.

Artificial intelligence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2024.

Summary:

DIFFUSIONS IN ARCHITECTURE A guide to diffusion models and their impact on design, with insight on how this novel artificial intelligence technology may disrupt the industry Diffusions in Architecture: Artificial Intelligence and Image Generators delves into the impact of Generative AI models and their effect on architecture design and aesthetics. The book presents an in-depth analysis of how these new technologies are revolutionizing the field of architecture and changing the way architects approach their work. The architects presented in the book focus on the application of specific AI techniques and tools used in generative design, such as Diffusion models, Dall-E2, Stable Diffusion, and MidJourney. It discusses how these techniques can generate synthetic images that are both realistic and imaginative, creating new possibilities for architectural design and aesthetics. Twenty-two leading designers and theorists offer their insights, providing disciplinary depth by covering the full impact of these learning tools on architecture.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Acknowledgments

Contents

Preface

Prologue

Suppositions

Rice or Pasta? Choose Your AI

Taxonomy

Diffusions

The Labors of AI

An Artificial Tale

Resistance Is Fertile

Ontology of Diffusion Models

Commorancies

The Etiology of a New Collective Architecture

Noise, Pixels, and Ancient Metamorphic Rocks

Timberpunk, Prompt Odyssey, Synthetic Ground, and Other Projects

Computation Past Forward

Diffusion Models

Vestures

Design as a Latent Condition

AI, Architecture, and Art

The Advent of Trees in Architecture

Five Points of Architecture and AI

De-Coding Visual Cliches and Verbal Biases

Light Architecture

Driftwood Rock

Digital Spoliare

Estrangements

Imago Mundi Imaginibus Mundi

3D Diffusion or 3D Disfiguration?

Role Play

The Doghouse

Do Humans Dream of Furry Houses?

Allies in Exile

Appendix

Epilogue

Glossary

Contributor Profiles

References

Bibliography

Index

Image Credits

About the Author

EULA.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781394191802

1394191804

9781394191796

1394191790

OCLC:

1423191484