Artificial intelligence in architecture: Generating conceptual design via deep learning

Abstract

Artificial intelligence, and in particular machine learning, is a fast-emerging field. Research on artificial intelligence focuses mainly on image-, text- and voice-based applications, leading to breakthrough developments in self-driving cars, voice recognition algorithms and recommendation systems. In this article, we present the research of an alternative graph-based machine learning system that deals with three-dimensional space, which is more structured and combinatorial than images, text or voice. Specifically, we present a function-driven deep learning approach to generate conceptual design. We trained and used deep neural networks to evaluate existing designs encoded as graphs, extract significant building blocks as subgraphs and merge them into new compositions. Finally, we explored the application of generative adversarial networks to generate entirely new and unique designs.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Nov 28, 2018
Source ID
10.1177/1478077118800982

Entities

People

  • Imdat As
  • Prithwish Basu
  • Siddharth Pal

Organizations

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • RTX
  • University of Hartford

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • AI & ML - Neural Networks
  • Space