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When Architectural Ideation Meets Generative AI: Deciphering cognitive processes in architectural design
Yüksek, Gizem; de Boissieu, Aurélie
2025 • In Sorguç A., Yemişcioğlu M.K., Erol S.B., Bük M.E., Güney D., Sulayıcı B.A., Akol M (Ed.) Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
[en] Recent advances in generative artificial intelligence (GAI) are opening new perspectives
for architectural design, especially during the ideation phase. However, research on the
cognitive processes associated with their use remains limited, raising questions about
their potential impacts. This study, grounded in cognitive psychology, analyses
experiments conducted between 2022 and 2024. It interrogates the activities of prompt
design, image generation, and idea emergence. It identifies key cognitive dynamics:
internalisation versus externalisation of ideas, their convergence or divergence, as well
as linear versus spatial thinking. These results shed light on the centre role of prompting
in ideation through GAI interactions as well as on the cognitive processes involved. It
offers an innovative perspective on the impact of generative AI in architecture and its
cognitive implications.
Disciplines :
Architecture Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Yüksek, Gizem ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'Architecture
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