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<p>The emerging application of AI-based tools in creative practices encourages analysing how these tools could be integrated into ecological architectural design. This research was aimed at identifying the possibilities of applying AI-based tools and approaches for shape-finding in the field of biophilic architectural design. The research encompasses review and analysis of literature, the experiment of shape-finding using AI-based tool VQGAN+CLIP, and the evaluation of generated images according to the system of biophilic design criteria adapted for the purpose of image evaluation. The experiment of shape finding demonstrated that the use of keywords describing the characteristics of natural systems and the VQGAN+CLIP code allow generating unexpected, interesting forms which correspond to some biophilic characteristics. Such forms can be the start of a further creative search for the architect.</p>
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The emerging application of AI-based tools in creative practices encourages analysing how these tools could be integrated into ecological architectural design. This research was aimed at identifying the possibilities of applying AI-based tools and approaches for shape-finding in the field of biophilic architectural design. The research encompasses review and analysis of literature, the experiment of shape-finding using AI-based tool VQGAN+CLIP, and the evaluation of generated images according to the system of biophilic design criteria adapted for the purpose of image evaluation. The experiment of shape finding demonstrated that the use of keywords describing the characteristics of natural systems and the VQGAN+CLIP code allow generating unexpected, interesting forms which correspond to some biophilic characteristics. Such forms can be the start of a further creative search for the architect.

Shape-finding in Biophilic Architecture: Application of AI-based Tool

Architecture and Urban Planning

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The emerging application of AI-based tools in creative practices encourages analysing how these tools could be integrated into ecological architectural design....

Shape-finding in Biophilic Architecture: Application of AI-based Tool

Online veröffentlicht: 05. Nov. 2022

Seitenbereich: 68 - 75

Eingereicht: 27. Juni 2022

Akzeptiert: 17. Okt. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2022-0007

Schlüsselwörter
Artificial intelligence (AI), biophilic architecture, form-finding

© 2022 Gediminas Viliunas et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Shape-finding in Biophilic Architecture: Application of AI-based Tool

Online veröffentlicht: 05. Nov. 2022

Seitenbereich: 68 - 75

Eingereicht: 27. Juni 2022

Akzeptiert: 17. Okt. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2022-0007

SchlüsselwörterArtificial intelligence (AI), biophilic architecture, form-finding

© 2022 Gediminas Viliunas et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
Artificial intelligence (AI), biophilic architecture, form-finding