Reshaping the Future of Spatial Design — Publication of AI Empowering Spatial Design by the Modern Aesthetic Education Lab of TASA

Currently, numerous spatial designers find themselves anxious over inspiration depletion amidst tight project deadlines. They expend precious energy originally intended for creative conception on cumbersome research and data organization. They endure tedious rounds of repeated scheme revisions and time-consuming iterations of renderings, only to fall short of expectations. They experience the inadequacy of traditional design processes in the face of ever-evolving client demands and market changes.

 

These are the pervasive problems in today's spatial design industry. In the era that emphasizes both efficiency and creativity, designers are often trapped in a dilemma of tight schedules, heavy workloads, innovative challenges, and complex expressions. The traditional design process, like a winding yet restricted path, sometimes struggles to accommodate the boundless creativity within us and to respond to a rapidly changing environment.

 

However, a transformative force is reshaping this pattern, namely, artificial intelligence (AI). Particularly, the artificial intelligence generated content (AIGC) is infiltrating and empowering various fields at an unprecedented pace. For spatial design, AI is by no means a cold substitute but rather a creative partner and efficiency engine with limitless potential. It is paving a brand-new design path for us, a smart pathway that significantly enhances efficiency, sparks boundless creativity, and accurately expresses concepts.

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AI Empowering Spatial Design precisely emerges as the times require. The book is not an obscure technical manual but a practical AI action guide specifically created for spatial designers, compiled by the team led by SUN Rui, Director of the Modern Aesthetic Education Lab of Tsinghua (Qingdao) Academy of Arts and Science Innovation Research (TASA). Its core objectives are quite clear:

 

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1· Addressing pain points and boosting efficiency:

AI Empowering Spatial Design demonstrates how to leverage AI tools to automate time-consuming tasks, from intelligent screening and analysis of massive information during research to rapid generation of design concepts and expansion of brainstorming sessions, and from automated generation of scheme sketches and multi-version iterations to efficient rendering, style transformations, and detail optimization of effect drawings. It frees you from arduous repetitive labor, allowing you to refocus your concentration on the essence of design—creative conception and strategic decision-making.

 

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2·  Igniting creativity and breaking through bottlenecks:

AI possesses a unique ability to explore possibilities beyond the boundaries of human thinking. This book will guide you in learning how to skillfully utilize AI as a creative catalyst to generate unexpected forms, material combinations, and spatial layouts, and even predict future trends, helping you break free from conventional mindsets, discover unprecedented design possibilities, and gift projects with unique innovative value.

 

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3· Lowering barriers and empowering applications: 

We fully recognize that designers may feel overwhelmed by the endless stream of AI tools. Therefore, this book introduces the most suitable AIGC tools for spatial designers in a simple way, accompanied by diverse real-case analyses. It provides step-by-step guidance on selecting tools, mastering core techniques, and seamlessly integrating them into your existing workflows. We highlight the organic combination of design thinking and AI technology, ensuring that technology truly serves creativity rather than the other way around.

 

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4·Optimizing expression and enhancing quality:

From precise text descriptions (prompts) to stunning visual presentations, AI enables you to express design intentions more quickly and diversely and generate high-quality renderings, analytical diagrams, and even dynamic demonstrations, thereby improving communication efficiency and the professional standard of design outcomes.

"The Book Launch of AI Empowering Spatial Design and Exchange Roundtable Salon in the AI Design Industry" was grandly held at China Architecture Publishing & Media Co., Ltd.。

LU Xinzhi, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China Architecture Publishing & Media Co., Ltd., delivered a speech at the event, stating that AI technology holds a revolutionary impact in the architecture field, making the publication of the "From AIGC to Future Architecture" series of epochal significance. This book pools the wisdom of industry experts and AI researchers, aiming to provide cutting-edge research and practical cases of AI technology in spatial design and drive the intelligent development of the industry. He pointed out that the company will continue to make efforts in new technology areas, offering more high-quality reference books for the architecture field, and also expected that AI technology will stimulate creativity and bring transformation to the architectural industry.

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LU Xinzhi, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China Architecture Publishing & Media Co., Ltd., and Director of the Architecture Branch

 

SUN Rui, Director of the Modern Aesthetic Education Lab of TASA, shared his thoughts on creating this book and his experiences in using AI tools for artistic design and creation. He perceived the future of AI through his own encounters, noting that significant differences exist during AI's self-learning process, which lead to differentiated outcomes. He also shared other AI usage insights, encouraging designers to engage more with AI in practice.

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SUN Rui, Director of the Modern Aesthetic Education Lab of TASA

 

LIU Chengwei from the Modern Aesthetic Education Lab of TASA shared his explorations and application results of AI, discussing how AI plays its unique empowering role in the design workflow. He made an on-site display of how AI technology can inspire creative design ideas and improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of design rendering production.

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LIU Chengwei, Author of the Modern Aesthetic Education Lab of TASA

AI Empowering Spatial Design brings fresh reflections and inspiration to the spatial design industry. It not only showcases the immense potential of AIGC technology but also provides designers with new tools and methods. Through the compilation of this book, the Modern Aesthetic Education Lab of TASA looks forward to unlocking potential and igniting creativity alongside you, designing more efficient, amazing, and touching spaces with the power of AI, and jointly shaping a brand-new future for the spatial design industry.

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