phase of technological progress is much more accessible compared to its previous iterations,’ says Dr Mai Soliman, a Qatar-based architect and parametric designer who co-founded Getnform, an online educational platform to help architects upskill, with engineer and AI expert Hassan Abdelsalam. ‘If you possess drawing skills you can swiftly translate sketches into refined visuals using high- quality AI tools. Learning them isn’t a complex process; anyone can dive in and
The rapid launch of so many AI tools can be confusing, but perhaps the most useful are systems that can turn textual prompts into images
start experimenting.’ Shomron Jacob, head of applied machine learning at AI solutions company Iterate.ai, adds: ‘A lot of people in the architecture and design industry like to whip out a pad and draw something in front of a client. But to turn that sketch into a CAD plan or a 3D walkthrough means that it needs to be manually put through software, and that takes time. AI can do that in moments – it’s not replacing the human, it didn’t create the design, but it can convert it into another