The entire collection of 54 images and 30 GANlapse videos for this expo is here: the collection A blog post about how these pieces were made is here: making GANlapse videos
Architectural Inspiration
Can an architect inspire a generative AI system to create beautiful architectural forms, which in turn inspire the architect’s practice? Taking famous quotes by famous architects, we used this generative system to make images which reflect the sentiment of the words in each quote. The results were stunning, and cruelly so because these buildings will never exist.
"Architecture is really about well-being" - Zaha Hadid
"Architecture is a combination of science and fiction" - Winy Maas
"Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves" - Julia Morgan
"All architecture is great architecture after sunset" - Gilbert K. Chesterton
"The practice of architecture should leverage design thinking and systems thinking" - Yiselle Santos Rivera
"Architecture is like a mythical fantastic" - Maya Lin
"Any work of architecture which does not express serenity is a mistake" - Luis Barrigan
"Architecture is like a photograph of society" - Julia Gamolina
"Architecture should first speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness" - Frank Gehry
"For me, architecture is a social act" - David Adjaye
"God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it" - Alvar Aalto
"Architecture is really about common sense, using issues to solve as a way to generate ideas" - Anne Fougeron
"Architecture and architectural freedom are above all a social issue" - Lisa Bo Bardi
"Architecture is a profession of optimism" - Johanna Hurme
"Architecture is about people"
- Diébédo Francis Kéré
"I see architecture as essentially a human-centric profession" - Anupama Kundoo
"I call architecture frozen music" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The architecture we remember is that which never consoles or comforts us" - Peter Eisenman
"Architecture is characterised by endurance and longevity" - Catherine Slessor
"Architecture can't force people to connect, it can only plan the crossing points" - Denise Scott Brown
There are 34 more architectural inspiration pieces in the collection for this exhibition.
Four Seasons
A building and its environment changes dramatically over the course of a year reflecting the colours, textures and light of the four seasons in turn. We captured this evolution with GANlapse generative imagery in the videos below. These need to be watched carefully to see the snow melt, the flowers bloom, the sun shine and the leaves turn orange and brown.
The GlasshouseThe MonasteryThe MuseumThe FactoryThe InstituteThe DinerThe School
There are 23 more four season GANlapse videos in the collection for this exhibition.
