Draw Model Prompt: Tectonic Speculations, Drawing, Modeling, and AI in Architectural Design

In the world of architectural design, the relationship between drawing, computer modeling, and AI is complex: is it progression or evolution? The earliest architectural drawings were drawn on the ground at the site. Pencil and watercolor drawings required a talent that favored one designer over another. Computer aided drafting permitted an ease of creating repetition, simplifying the process. Recent innovations introducing artificial intelligence accelerate the process, effectively making hundreds of iterations possible in a short time span and allowing the designer to act as a curator. Yet the AI tool is still so new, how will it affect the practice? Sovich's drawings, computer models, and digital models generated with text and image prompts in this book explore the interconnected nature of these processes.