AI can now turn a rough sketch of a skyscraper into a detailed rendering in a matter of minutes. A leading architect demonstrates how
Aedas, the architecture firm founded by designer Keith Griffiths, is known for its skyscrapers, transit stations and other projects throughout Asia. The company has worked on projects like the Dubai Metro, the Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station, and Unilevers Indonesia headquarters in Jakarta.
At Fortunes Brainstorm Design conference in Macau, Griffiths noted that every one of these projects starts with a sketch. Yet that rough outline isnt enough to win over a potential customer. Clients want renders with light, color, shading, and backgrounds, among other thingsand they want to see multiple options.
Putting those options together used to take as long as three weeks. Now, with an AI art generator, his team can turn a rough ink sketch into several renders of a gleaming skyscraper in an urban landscape in just a few minutesnot perfect, but good enough to start a conversation with a client.
I cant do anything on a computer, and I havent been able to do it for the whole of my career, for 40 years, Griffiths says. Now Ive got a computer working for me for the first time.
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