Architectural visualization is the art of presenting a yet-unbuilt work of architecture visually. A visualization technique that has become indispensable to the field is photorealism: the goal of emulating photography with computer graphics. The purpose of this thesis was to deepen the most important thought processes for creating architectural visualizations with photorealism. Through three essays I discussed topics that not only I found important for my workflow but have implications for the whole field of photorealistic architectural visualization. The topics related to photorealism and: its the power to deceive, which details that matter most for achieving it, and how the process can be aided with new AI tools. The methods used include primarily document studies and the creation of photorealistic architectural visualizations to showcase findings. The findings of the first essay showed that photorealistic architectural visualizations have a high perceived credibility associated with them because of their relation to photography. Although this also comes with ethical concerns related to them easily deceiving the viewer; the perceived credibility of an architectural visualization doesn’t correlate to it being representative of the yet-unbuilt architectural design it is portraying. Through a set of architectural visualizations, I also discussed why this deception might be unavoidable. The second essay presented thought-processes for identifying aspects of an architectural visualization that might be difficult to achieve photorealism in, and gave possible explanations behind this. The third essay quickly discussed the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool for achieving quick and photorealistic results as a visualization artist. The flaws of using AI tools were also discussed, with a potential way to mitigate them. This thesis showcases how photorealistic architectural visualizations can be complex, both technically and ethically. Certain aspects of an architectural visualization are important to consider both to create ethical representations of yet-unbuilt architectural design, but also to be able to achieve believable photorealism.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-67692 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Åkesson, Tim |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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