Using Generative AI Midjourney to enhance divergent and convergent thinking in an architect’s creative design process
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Architects use a range of tools, from the traditional pencil to Virtual Reality technologies to prototype and articulate their creative designs. In recent years, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) software has reached the mainstream and there is an exponential appearance of GenAI images that portray architectural designs. This article documents an architectural design methodology that uses Midjourney, a text-to-image GenAI software, as a design tool that enhances architects’ creativity. Prompted by a design brief, we used Midjourney to accelerate (1) the identification and refinement process of developing a prospective user and (2) the ideation process of creating different desirable spaces for the designed user.
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The social dimensions of creative AI platforms are increasingly recognized as central to user motivation and engagement.
“As indicated by recent developments in the generative AI field—such as Suno CEO's vision of seeing Suno as a form of social media [69], and OpenAI's plans to develop social media capabilities potentially influenced by GPT-4o's successful image generation feature [58]—the social dimensions of creative AI platforms are increasingly recognized as central to user motivation and engagement.”
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- Authors
- Tan, L., & Luhrs, M.
- Affiliations
- Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Tan, Linus
- ORCID
- Tan, Linus
- Venue
- The Design Journal
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2024-05-13
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 677-699
- ISSN
- 1460-6925 (ISSN-L)
- 1756-3062
- OpenAlex
- W4396865862
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 5
- FWCI
- 260.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Design Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Architecture › Architecture and Computational Design
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Design Education and Practice
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design › Digital Media and Visual Art
- Keywords
- Midjourney, generative AI, architectural design process, divergent thinking, convergent thinking, creative design, text-to-image generation, idea generation, user identification, AI-assisted design
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