Diffusions in Architecture: Artificial Intelligence and Image Generators

In-depth 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 Diffusion AI algorithms and generative image models on architecture design and aesthetics. The book presents an in-depth analysis of how these new technologies are revolutionizing the field of architecture. 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. This comprehensive overview of the impact of Diffusion AI algorithms and generative image models on the field of architecture shows how they are changing the way architects approach their work.

With a foreword by Lev Manovich--artist, writer and one of the world's most influential digital culture theorists.

Sharing the work and insights of a team of designers and theorists from a range of backgrounds, offering disciplinary depth, and covering the full impact of these tools and models on architecture, Diffusions in Architecture includes information on:

• Fresh perspectives on design and aesthetics, with designs, images, and commentary from 22 leading architects, theorists, and designers
• The potential of prompt engineering and text-to-image models applicable to a broad interdisciplinary audience
• Whether image generators, or AI in general, will be an aid for human design, or potentially displace humans from the market
• Fundamentals of a larger debate in the architectural discourse (and practice) on the use of image generators

Collecting the different ideas that have emerged in the field, Diffusions in Architecture provides architects, designers, concept artists, and theorists with an overview of this cornucopia of architectural imaginations produced in a common effort between humans and artificial intelligence.

「深入探討擴散模型及其對設計的影響的指南，並提供對這種新穎的人工智慧技術可能顛覆行業的見解」

《建築中的擴散：人工智慧與圖像生成器》深入探討了擴散人工智慧演算法和生成圖像模型對建築設計和美學的影響。本書詳細分析了這些新技術如何革新建築領域。書中介紹的建築師們專注於應用於生成設計的特定人工智慧技術和工具，如擴散模型、Dall-E2、穩定擴散和MidJourney。書中討論了這些技術如何生成既逼真又富有想像力的合成圖像，為建築設計和美學創造了新的可能性。這本關於擴散人工智慧演算法和生成圖像模型對建築領域影響的綜合概述展示了它們如何改變建築師們對工作的看法。

本書由著名藝術家、作家和全球最具影響力的數位文化理論家之一Lev Manovich撰寫前言。

《建築中的擴散》分享了來自不同背景的設計師和理論家的工作和見解，提供學科深度，並全面介紹了這些工具和模型對建築的全面影響。書中包含以下內容：

- 對設計和美學的新觀點，包括22位領先的建築師、理論家和設計師的設計、圖像和評論
- 適用於廣泛跨學科受眾的提示工程和文本到圖像模型的潛力
- 圖像生成器或人工智慧是否將成為人類設計的輔助工具，還是有可能取代人類在市場上的地位
- 建築討論（和實踐）中關於使用圖像生成器的更大辯論的基礎

《建築中的擴散》匯集了在該領域中出現的不同想法，為建築師、設計師、概念藝術家和理論家提供了一個由人類和人工智慧共同努力產生的建築想像力的概述。

Matias del Campo is a registered architect, designer, and educator. He is Associate Professor at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, director of the AR²IL - The Architecture and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at UoM, and an affiliate faculty member of Michigan Robotics and Data Science. Matias del Campo is the co-founder of the architecture practice SPAN. The practice gained wide recognition for the design of the Austrian Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, and more recently, for the Robot Garden at the Ford Robotics Building. SPAN's work was featured in the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2012 and 2021, at ArchiLab 2013, and the Architecture Biennale in Vienna and Buenos Aires in 2019. Solo shows include 'Formations' (MAK, Vienna) and 'Sublime Bodies' (Fab Union, Shanghai). SPAN's work is in the permanent collection of the FRAC, the MAK, the Benetton Collection, the Albertina, the Pinakothek Munich, and several private collections.

His publishing work includes two editions of AD - Evoking through Design and Machine Hallucinations (co-edited with Neil Leach) as well as the books Neural Architecture - Design and Artificial Intelligence (ORO Editions 2022) and Sublime Bodies (co-authored with Sandra Manninger, Tongji Press 2017)

Matias del Campo是一位註冊建築師、設計師和教育家。他是密西根大學Taubman建築與城市規劃學院的副教授，也是密西根大學AR2IL - 建築與人工智慧實驗室的主任，同時也是密西根機器人學和數據科學的聯合教職成員。Matias del Campo是建築實踐SPAM的共同創辦人。該實踐因設計2010年上海世博會奧地利館以及最近在福特機器人大樓的機器人花園而廣受認可。SPAN的作品曾在2012年和2021年的威尼斯建築雙年展、2013年的ArchiLab以及2019年的維也納和布宜諾斯艾利斯建築雙年展中展出。個展包括“形態”（維也納MAK）和“崇高的身體”（上海Fab Union）。SPAN的作品被FRAC、MAK、Benetton收藏、Albertina、慕尼黑Pinakothek和一些私人收藏所收藏。他的出版作品包括兩本AD雜誌的版本 -《透過設計喚起》和《機器幻覺》（與Neil Leach共同編輯），以及書籍《神經建築 - 設計與人工智慧》（ORO Editions 2022）和《崇高的身體》（與Sandra Manninger合著，同濟大學出版社2017）。