From Clay to Code: Typological and Material Reasoning in AI Interpretations of Iranian Pigeon Towers
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| author | Pishahang, Abolhassan Badiei, Maryam |
| author_facet | Pishahang, Abolhassan Badiei, Maryam |
| contents | This study investigates how generative AI systems interpret the architectural intelligence embedded in vernacular form. Using the Iranian pigeon tower as a case study, the research tests three diffusion models, Midjourney v6, DALL-E 3, and DreamStudio based on Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL), across three prompt stages: referential, adaptive, and speculative. A five-criteria evaluation framework assesses how each system reconstructs typology, materiality, environment, realism, and cultural specificity. Results show that AI reliably reproduces geometric patterns but misreads material and climatic reasoning. Reference imagery improves realism yet limits creativity, while freedom from reference generates inventive but culturally ambiguous outcomes. The findings define a boundary between visual resemblance and architectural reasoning, positioning computational vernacular reasoning as a framework for analyzing how AI perceives, distorts, and reimagines traditional design intelligence. |
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| spellingShingle | From Clay to Code: Typological and Material Reasoning in AI Interpretations of Iranian Pigeon Towers Pishahang, Abolhassan Badiei, Maryam Artificial Intelligence Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition This study investigates how generative AI systems interpret the architectural intelligence embedded in vernacular form. Using the Iranian pigeon tower as a case study, the research tests three diffusion models, Midjourney v6, DALL-E 3, and DreamStudio based on Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL), across three prompt stages: referential, adaptive, and speculative. A five-criteria evaluation framework assesses how each system reconstructs typology, materiality, environment, realism, and cultural specificity. Results show that AI reliably reproduces geometric patterns but misreads material and climatic reasoning. Reference imagery improves realism yet limits creativity, while freedom from reference generates inventive but culturally ambiguous outcomes. The findings define a boundary between visual resemblance and architectural reasoning, positioning computational vernacular reasoning as a framework for analyzing how AI perceives, distorts, and reimagines traditional design intelligence. |
| title | From Clay to Code: Typological and Material Reasoning in AI Interpretations of Iranian Pigeon Towers |
| topic | Artificial Intelligence Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00029 |