Free AI tool Gemini (Nano Banana) for Architecture Conceptual Design — Full Workflow Tutorial
Exploring AI in Architecture: Gemini 3 and Nano Banana
Introduction to AI Tools for Architecture
- In this video, the presenter discusses how AI tools like Gemini 3 and Nano Banana can enhance architecture workflows. The focus is on practical applications from model rendering to diagram generation.
Accessing the Tools
- The Nano Banana tool is integrated into the chat feature of Gemini and can also be accessed separately via Google AI Studio, ensuring consistent results across both platforms.
Generating Renderings with Gemini
- The presenter demonstrates generating a detailed daytime rendering of a building in Los Angeles using a raw SketchUp model, achieving satisfactory results within 12 seconds. Key elements like urban details are accurately represented.
- A bird's eye view of the same building is generated next, maintaining architectural consistency and context throughout the process.
Effective Prompting Techniques
- The prompt guide book includes successful methods for writing effective prompts, such as converting 2D plans into 3D renderings for landscape and architecture design. Examples illustrate input-output relationships clearly.
Diagram Generation Insights
- Using a specific prompt, the AI generates color-coded diagrams representing different spatial functions with transparent typography embedded inside each volume in just 10 seconds. However, some inaccuracies arise in exploded multi-story diagrams regarding core positioning.
- To improve accuracy, sketching diagrams beforehand may help clarify instructions for the AI during generation tasks.
Creating Presentation Boards
- A prompt converts a rendering into a clean section drawing featuring people cutouts and functional spaces; detailing is praised as high quality. Color coding by function enhances clarity across sections while maintaining visual consistency with previous diagrams.
- Further requests lead to generating thin line style isometric diagrams that retain overall style coherence with annotations added upon request. This showcases flexibility in presentation styles through iterative prompting techniques.
Interior Design Rendering
- The presenter asks for an interior lobby view that aligns well with exterior colors and materials; environmental context remains consistent (e.g., plum trees visible outside). Additionally, views of roof gardens are generated effectively as part of this workflow exploration.
Finalizing Presentation Boards
- When compiling all images into a landscape presentation board based on project understanding, some inaccuracies occur where new elements are added unexpectedly; manual adjustments may be necessary despite impressive overall results achieved through automation processes.
- For creating posters or full layouts from single architectural renderings, simple prompts yield effective outcomes demonstrating versatility in application across various design needs within architecture workflows.