Observed arrival · 2026-11-06
In the Trace of Water: two ways AI enters a design
An online account of an architecture workshop where students used field observations and AI to develop proposals for a museum space.
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- Its analyst route trains on student photographs, then scores a route image against student-written concepts.
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The page lays out a five-step sequence: observation, concepts, model, scoring, then proposal and form. In the analyst route, a model trained on student photographs scores a route photo against their written concepts; in the generator route, three concepts are condensed into a design sentence and prompted into an installation over a photograph of the site. Named student projects include “Compact Eroded Time Garden” and “Structural Silence.”
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