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Join AIA|DC's Design Excellence Committee for a conversation with Mateusz Gawad and Ken Cheston, who will be our guide on the landscape of artificial intelligence-enabled tools for visualization in Architecture. 

Their discussion will encompass a variety of topics:

• Overview of recent trends: A look at the impact to the practice of Architecture with respect to risks, opportunities, and the ethical and responsible deployment of AI-enabled tools.
• Image Generation: Text-to-image examples, and workflows from simple, accessible tools based language input to more precise generation with different controlNet.
• Video Production and Enhancement: Text-to-video examples, and workflows from video production enhancement to precision control in image-to-video.
• 3D Digital Production: AI-enabled interface for complex tools and AI-enabled asset management.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the risks, opportunities, and the ethical deployment of AI-enabled tools in the Architecture practice.
• Identify the methods of image generation, including text-to-image workflow from a simple language input to the more precise generation methods.
• Identify the methods of video generation and enhancement, including text-to-video workflow from a simple language input to the more precise generation methods.
• Investigate the opportunities of AI-enabled interface for complex tools and AI-enabled asset management.

Presented by:

Mateusz Gawad

Mateusz Gawad is a visual artist and creative technologist with 20 years of professional experience in architecture, advertising agencies, game development and industrial design. As a Regional Director of Visual Communication at a global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm, and oversees the digital content creation process across multiple disciplines. Mr. Gawad is invested in community, advocacy and improvement of architectural visual communication worldwide. He is a Member-at-Large on the Board of American Society of Architectural Illustrators and a curator of the AECO Special Interest Group of the Real-Time Community.

Kenneth Cheston 

Kenneth Cheston is an architect with a versatile skillset and wide spectrum of experience. He began working on high-profile competitions in Asia while employed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill in San Francisco with a focus in high-rise mixed-used. Thereafter he moved on to Gensler where he continued his high-rise expertise and diversified his portfolio with aviation, retail, hospitality, and office. In 2022, Ken switched over to Design Technology where he can support projects at scale with Computational Design and Artificial Intelligence.