// vizz is an experimental design tool that links physical model-making with digital visualisation, initiated and developed by a group of architects together with HPP Architects. Using coloured blocks, participants sketch spatial ideas that are captured by a camera and translated by an image-generating AI into photorealistic architectural scenarios. This process enables a communicative real-time testing of building forms, uses, architectural apperance and spatial arrangements for a rapid physical sketch discussion.
// Up to three block colours can be assigned properties via a text interface – for example, green for planted areas, red for buildings with specific functions and blue for infrastructure. The system works across scales, from interiors to urban structures, with camera perspectives ranging from pedestrian to bird’s-eye views.
// The approach supports collaborative brainstorming in architecture and urban planning by creating a shared visual basis for discussion among citizens, planners, investors and politicians. By turning physical blocks into images, vizz fosters dialogue and imagination across different levels of expertise.
// First presented as a prototype at the Polis Convention 2024 in Düsseldorf, vizz has since been further developed and registered as a utility design model. The tool demonstrates a possibility to increase inclusion and diversity and how to optimize participation in planning processes.
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