AI in AEC - AIA Chicago TAP discussion
On March 7th 2023 members of the Chicago AEC community met up to discuss the current AI tools and techniques used in firms today. This is an introduction and will be followed up by more discussions.
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some additional notes on some ways AI is used and some tools we have identified below:
Precedents research:
Using Pinterest to generate a starting image of a built project; then use Google reverse image search: https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=EN (search by image function)
Altering own images with different effects
Changing time of day or seasons; adding content with prompt - https://playgroundai.com/ - Stable Diffusion variation
Veras for Revit by Evolve Lab https://www.evolvelab.io/veras - an add-in
Video editing:
Runway: https://runwayml.com/
Descript: https://www.descript.com/ - voice clone over videos
Flowframes: https://nmkd.itch.io/flowframes - fill in missing frames
Image generation:
Pix2Pix (old model): https://ml4a.github.io/guides/Pix2Pix/ - sketch to object
Nvidia Canvas: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/studio/canvas/ - landscape generation
Stable Diffusion (many versions/formats?) https://stablediffusionweb.com/#demo
Stable Diffusion 2.0 - https://stability.ai/ - Photoshop and Blender plug-in; can be used to upscale images
Simulation:
Orbital stack: https://orbitalstack.com/ - wind simulation
Automation:
Testfit: https://testfit.io/testfit-for-architects/ - feasibility studies; parking layouts
Spacemaker (Autodesk) – used in Europe: https://www.autodesk.com/products/spacemaker/free-trial - early stage planning
Industry examples training own AI data sets:
Coop Hummelblau: https://coop-himmelblau.at/method/deep-himmelblau/; https://nonstandardstudio.com/meet-deephimmelblau/
Zaha Hadid: https://www.zaha-hadid.com/design/architecting-the-metaverse/