Overview

As a Research Assistant in RMIT’s Tectonic Formation Lab, I worked on generative AI workflows within Diffusion Tectonics, exploring how generated images could be translated into three-dimensional forms.

Research context

This research informed Tectonic Resonance, a 3D-printed sandstone and sound installation by Snooks+Harper with Philip Samartzis, exhibited at Queensland Art Gallery in 2024. My role was within the RMIT research team, contributing to the underlying AI research workflows.

My contribution

• 01Curated image datasets for design research and model training.
• 02Trained and tested diffusion models to explore architectural form and texture.
• 03Worked on image-to-3D conversion and hybrid model workflows.
• 04Supported research documentation and coordination across parallel workstreams.

What this work demonstrates

The work combined open-ended experimentation with structured documentation and collaboration. It developed my ability to organise a technical process, communicate progress and connect research outputs with a wider creative project.