Facade Design with AI Assistance

Midjourney Ver. 5

Artificial intelligence is involved in many creative processes nowadays, and it’s become really important to understand the powers and limitations of these tools as they are going to impact our careers as architects and designers soon.

Here I explored the facade from existing image prompt and text promt to creat vision of this high-rise office building facade renovation in Midjourney.

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Surgical Approach

This scheme adds formed, highly reflective metal panels to the existing facade. Each panel is composed of two angles, which introduces three dimensionality and depth to the facade. The panels are arranged along curves that blanket the facade, thus bringing dynamism to it. The angles of the panels cast light differently at any given time, amplifying the variation.

Additive Approach

This scheme adds colorful metal fins to the existing facade. The colors shown are orange, pink, white, and teal. The orange and pink colors compliment the existing colors of the facade, while the white and teal add a complimentary contrast. The colors of the fins are arranged in a random pattern, which are a nice contrast against the rigid horizontal lines of the existing windows and stone bands, thus creating a harmony in the overall facade composition.

Replacement Approach

This scheme replaces the entire building envelope with new glazing, in a sawtooth configuration. The facade is composed of three different scales of sawtooth density. This angled faces of the glass create a different appearance as one moves across the facade. Throughout the day the different angles cast different shadows, amplifying the three dimensionality of the facade.