Using Generative AI Midjourney to enhance divergent and convergent thinking in an architect's creative design process

Architects use a range of tools, from the traditional pencil to Virtual Reality technologies to prototype and articulate their creative designs. In recent years, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) software has reached the mainstream and there is an exponential appearance of GenAI images that...

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Published in:The Design journal Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 677 - 699
Main Authors: Tan, Linus, Luhrs, Max
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Routledge 03.07.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
architectural design
artificial intelligence
convergent thinking
divergent thinking
Generative AI
Generative artificial intelligence
Image enhancement
Software
Virtual reality
ISSN:1460-6925, 1756-3062
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Summary:Architects use a range of tools, from the traditional pencil to Virtual Reality technologies to prototype and articulate their creative designs. In recent years, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) software has reached the mainstream and there is an exponential appearance of GenAI images that portray architectural designs. This article documents an architectural design methodology that uses Midjourney, a text-to-image GenAI software, as a design tool that enhances architects' creativity. Prompted by a design brief, we used Midjourney to accelerate (1) the identification and refinement process of developing a prospective user and (2) the ideation process of creating different desirable spaces for the designed user.
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ISSN:1460-6925
1756-3062
DOI:10.1080/14606925.2024.2353479