In recent months, our blog has explored our personal experiences with AI art and how it is reshaping creative industries. As we’ve engaged with readers, it’s become clear that misinformation about AI persists. To address this, we’ve decided to showcase innovative artists who are pushing the boundaries of AI in design. In this article, we focus on Fatih Ekşi, a visionary using AI to create architectural designs inspired by nature, and we’ll demystify the tools that might be driving his remarkable creations.
Fatih Ekşi, founder of Blick 3D, gained attention for his innovative AI-generated architectural designs inspired by nature, especially food. Ekşi used real lemons and macro photography to capture the intricate details and textures of fruits and vegetables, which then informed his biomimetic architectural structures. While tools like MidJourney could have been used for visualizing such forms, Ekşi’s process starts with actual natural objects, highlighting the fascinating interplay between the organic world and architectural design.
His use of AI-driven design tools, such as Rhino Grasshopper and Autodesk Generative Design, helps him translate the organic shapes into innovative architectural structures. The close examination of nature’s intricate details reminds me of zoomorphic architecture, which uses animal forms to inspire design. Although Ekşi focuses on food rather than animals, both approaches share a similar reverence for the natural world.
In his lemon-inspired projects, Ekşi likely utilized AI tools to enhance and scale the organic forms captured through photography into functional and aesthetic architectural designs. His work beautifully merges nature and technology, redefining the role of biomimicry in modern AI architecture.
By using real fruits like lemons as a foundation for these designs, Ekşi challenges traditional ideas in AI-generated architecture and biomimetic principles. His approach serves as an exciting example of how simple objects around us can inspire complex, futuristic designs.
