Topic: Neural Architecture: AI-Powered Form-Building
Date: April 19 – 20, 2025
Time: 14:00 – 18:00 GMT
Format: Online on Zoom
Duration: 2 Sessions (8 Hours)
Registration Deadline: April 18th, 2025
Total Seats: 50 seats
Difficulty: Beginner-Intermediate
Language: English
Certificate: Yes
General Registration: 100 EUR
First 10 Seats: 85 EUR
Join free: with Full Access membership
Fee For Digital Members: 70 EUR (15% discount available only for Digital Members)
Organized By: PAACADEMY
Tutor: George Guida
Recordings: Recordings will be available for all participants afterward indefinitely.
Introduction to Neural Architecture:
Generative AI is not just another tool in the architectural designer’s toolkit—it’s a transformative force reshaping how ideas are conceived, developed, and realized. This workshop delves into 3D generative AI, showcasing its potential to unlock innovative, creative workflows in a multimodal, AI-aided process that empowers designers with greater control over their inputs and enhanced creative agency.
In this Neural Architecture workshop, you will dive into the latest developments in 3D generative AI through hands-on sessions. This will include a combination of text-to-image, video-to-video, and 3D generative models to create conceptual architectural designs. Using Google Colab notebooks and accessible web-based platforms, you will explore Gaussian splats—a method for reconstructing 3D forms from sparse image data—and multiview diffusion models. With these, you will have control over creating forms and 3D spaces through image or text inputs. This workshop equips you with the skills to integrate these emerging tools into your creative practices.
Join George Guida, a leading voice in architecture and AI, for an in-depth exploration of innovative 3D workflows. By the end of the workshop – whether you’re new to AI or looking to deepen your expertise, you’ll have a solid grasp of integrating these emerging tools into your own creative workflows, bridging the gap between traditional and ai-aided workflows.
The Scope of Neural Architecture:
This workshop focuses on architectural ideation and visualization at the individual building scale. Participants will explore diverse typologies, including residential, cultural, and pavilion structures, while leveraging cutting-edge tools like xFigura, Google Colab, and Blender. The software suite combines open-source tools and web-based tools, ensuring accessibility while delving into the latest research on 3D workflows, including text-to-image, image-to-3D, and video-to-video transformations.
Participants will engage in hands-on activities, working individually on their projects while applying the following workflows:
- Text-to-Image & Image-to-Image Generation: Leverage tools like xFigura and Google Colab to design a building typology of your choice using FLUX image generation models.
- 3D Form Creation: Use 3D multiview diffusion models to generate architectural forms.
- Video-to-Video Editing: Refine and iterate architectural designs with platforms such as Runway ML or Sora, enabling dynamic transformations.
- Gaussian Splats & 3D Reconstruction: Utilize tools like Luma.ai and Blender to convert generative designs into detailed 3D models ready for visualization and presentation.
The course combines introductory technical foundations with creative applications, ensuring participants can immediately implement what they have learned in their projects.
Key Learning Topics:
- AI’s Impact on Architecture: Gain foundational knowledge of how AI is transforming the architectural profession and creative workflows.
- 3D Machine Learning Workflows: Understand and apply workflows that incorporate advanced AI techniques for architectural design.
- Generative AI Tools: Master essential tools for text-to-image generation, 3D reconstruction, and video-to-video design processes.
- Tool Integration: Learn best practices for combining open-source and web-based AI tools to optimize your workflows.
- Refining AI Concepts: Develop skills to refine concepts into AI-aided creative architectural forms.
- Future Roles of Architects: Explore emerging opportunities and roles for architects in an AI-driven design era.
Program:
Day 1:
- Lecture: Overview of 2D & 3D AI applications in design practice.
- Generating architectural images with xFigura and Google Colab.
- Key concepts in 3D generative AI models, including multiview diffusion models and Gaussian splats.
- Using open-source 3D models to enhance creative workflows & camera setup for Day 2.
Day 2
- Lecture: Exploring the future of 3D AI in professional practice.
- Video-to-video tools and prompt engineering with Runway ML and Sora.
- Gaussian splatting to reconstruct architectural forms and visualize in Blender.
- Wrap-Up Discussion: Integrating AI into workflows and industry applications.
Software &
- Rhinoceros
- Blender
- Runway ML
- xFigura.ai
- Google Colab Pro with Google Drive storage.
Workshop Notes:
- xFigura.ai credits will be provided for attendees.
- Please ensure you have all the software installed before the workshop starts. Software installation is NOT a part of the workshop.
Instructor:
George Guida
George Guida is the co-founder of xFigura and a partner at ArchiTAG, where he leads innovative architectural designs and applied AI research. A recognized leader in AI for architecture, he has lectured and conducted workshops internationally. As an ARB architect and LEED AP, with professional experience at Foster + Partners and the MIT Media Lab, and teaching roles at Harvard GSD and Wentworth, George combines practical expertise with an academic approach to his teaching.
Important Notes:
- The “Neural Architecture: AI-Powered Form-Building” Studio workshop by PAACADEMY will start at 14:00 (GMT) on Saturday, April 19th, 2025.
- Total sessions: 2 Sessions
- The teaching duration per session will be 4 hours.
- Students will have time for a break between teaching hours.
- Each session and the entire studio will be recorded, and videos will be available for participants just a day after the class for unlimited time.
- PAACADEMY will provide a certificate of attendance.
- The studio has limited seats. Tickets are non-transferable & non-refundable. Please read carefully before you register.
Topic: Neural Architecture: AI-Powered Form-Building
Date: April 19 – 20, 2025
Time: 14:00 – 18:00 GMT
Format: Online on Zoom
Duration: 2 Sessions (8 Hours)
Registration Deadline: April 18th, 2025
Total Seats: 50 seats
Difficulty: Beginner-Intermediate
Language: English
Certificate: Yes
General Registration: 100 EUR
First 10 Seats: 85 EUR
Join free: with Full Access membership
Fee For Digital Members: 70 EUR (15% discount available only for Digital Members)
Organized By: PAACADEMY
Tutor: George Guida
Recordings: Recordings will be available for all participants afterward indefinitely.
