What is Multimodal Architecture: Context Creation about?

This workshop shows how to turn natural-language rules and multimodal tools into clear, context-driven design workflows.

How is the workshop structured?

Day 1 focuses on concept creation, proto-projects, and site context; Day 2 develops narrative, atmosphere, and 3D point cloud integration.

Which software will we use?

Mainly Formas.ai (basic plan will be provided), plus Processing for interactive tests and LLMs (ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok) for concept development.

What skills will participants gain?

You’ll learn to author design rules, contextualize projects on real sites, shape atmosphere with materials and lighting, and transform sketches into 3D point clouds.

Who is this workshop for?

This workshop is designed for architects and designers eager to explore AI and multimodal tools in the early stages of architectural design.

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Multimodal Architecture: Context Creation with AI

Name: Multimodal Architecture: Context Creation with AI
Price: 85.00 EUR

This workshop teaches multimodal design workflows to turn early concepts into context-driven architectural narratives using Formas.ai and LLMs.

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Overview
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Seats:

Format:

Online On Zoom

Date:

Nov 1, 2, 2025

Duration:

10 Hours

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Language:

English

Certificate:

Yes

Registration:

€85.00

Tutor:

Carlos Bañón

Members:

72.25 EUR (27.75%) discount

Recordings:

Available Indefinitely

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Introduction of the workshop:

Multimodal Architecture: Context Creation is a compact, production-oriented workshop that turns today’s fragmented multimodal stack into a clear, controllable pipeline for early-stage design. You’ll author design rules in plain language and convert them into workable constraints, build proto-projects, and place them on real sites with environmental and geometric controls.

The workshop will focus on Formas.ai (basic plan included), with Processing for interactive tests, concise ComfyUI demos to read node graphs, and LLMs (ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok) to push conceptual depth while staying grounded in structure, material, and space.

You will orchestrate prompts, masks, depth, and point clouds, then shape lighting, texture, and shot sequence to produce clear narrative fragments.

What You’ll Learn?

Author constraint-driven concepts using natural-language “rule sets” that control massing, hierarchy, material intent, and geometry.

Contextualize proposals on real sites using site cues, program, topography, scale, and circulation to move from proto-ideas to context-driven schemes.

Shape atmosphere and narrative with lighting, materials, and camera logic to communicate intent in stills and short videos.

Bridge sketched, 2D to 3D spatial data by transforming different media to point clouds for volumetric checking, spatial cues, and camera planning.

Multimodal Architecture: Context Creation with AI

Methodology:

The workshop follows a hands-on, iterative methodology that combines natural-language rule authoring with multimodal workflows across text, image, video, and 3D data. Participants move from abstract constraints to tangible proto-projects, situating them in real contexts using site and environmental cues.

By alternating between conceptual exploration in LLMs, interactive testing in Processing, and structured design development in Formas.ai, the process emphasizes rapid translation of ideas into controlled design outputs.

Program:

Day 1: Concept and Contextualization

Overview

The first day introduces the spectrum of multimodal models such as text, image, video, point clouds, and image-to-3D. Participants will receive access to the Formas.ai platform (basic plan) and explore how to use it in combination with Processing for interactive elements. Brief demonstrations of ComfyUI workflows will provide insight into advanced pipelines. We’ll also introduce large language models (ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok) as conceptual development tools.

Content

Concept Creation + Instant Interfaces

Hands-on exploration of “fluid” or “instant” interfaces.
Using natural language to define constraints and rules.
Early materialization of conceptual designs through rules and design constraints.

Turning Concepts into Proto-Projects

Developing fast, low-resolution design experiments from the constraints and rules defined earlier.
Iterating through multiple options to test feasibility and expression before full contextualization.

Beyond Images: Context Creation

Situating projects within contextual, site, and environmental constraints.
Transitioning from proto-projects to fully context-driven design proposals.

Day 2: Narrative and Atmosphere Creation

Overview

The second day shifts focus toward storytelling and atmosphere. We’ll use video-based workflows to shape design narratives, refine stylistic choices, and create immersive atmospheres. Emphasis will be on interior mood-making through light, material, and detail, while also extending into point cloud and 3D-based workflows.

Content

Narrative and Style Development

Using video models to build and control design narrative: Timelapses, Constructive Sequences, Design Rationale, Building in use.
Crafting interior atmospheres by combining light, texture, and stylistic elements. Moodboard, furniture.
Personal touch: training our own model sets and applications.

Point Cloud and 3D Integration

Converting images into point clouds for immersive spatial exploration.
Contextual creation in 3D : world generations.
Applying point clouds and image-to-3D models in design scenarios.

What You’ll Use?

ChatGPT

Formas.ai

Highlights:

Content

Instructors:

Carlos Bañón

Biography

Carlos Bañón is a pioneering architect and professor integrating AI, computational thinking, and digital fabrication into architectural design. Renowned for his resource-efficient, computationally-driven methodologies, he has reshaped urban landscapes and the built environment over twenty years through his practice, Subarquitectura. As a tenured faculty member at SUTD, he established the Architectural Intelligence Research Lab (AirLab) in 2015. His acclaimed work, showcased in two editions of the Venice Biennale, garnered prestigious awards like the Singapore President’s Design Award and a Nomination for the Mies Van Der Rohe Award. An influential figure in architectural education, he held visiting professor positions at leading institutions such as MIT, EPFL, and KEA, inspiring the next generations with innovative, tech-centric designs.