Google Maps and CAD drawings to AI renders by LandSpace Architecture

LandSpace Architecture is a channel about architectural design and visualization. In this step-by-step video the creator uses real site context from Google Earth as the starting point for new designs, then adds CAD drawings, elevations and short animations. It is worth watching if you want quick contextual studies for a feasibility check or an early client conversation without modeling the whole site.

What you'll see

1. Dropping a pin on the site in Google Earth, going into street view and saving a screenshot of the front of the building.
2. Outlining the building area on that screenshot with the polygon or pen tool in a sketch-in-context editor, close to today's Annotate Image. He sets color and shape strength to control how bold the change is.
3. Building the prompt from preset options, such as building function, view, environment, design style and designer aesthetics, then generating several facade options.
4. Drawing an arched window and balcony freehand with the brush tool, adding a Gaudí-inspired style and a reference image to steer the result.
5. Placing a PNG of his CAD elevation directly onto the street view image, so the render follows his window layout while picking up materials from the prompt and reference.
6. Redesigning a well-known tower in an aerial view of London, then turning the chosen image into a clip with Image to Video and a preset camera move.
7. Outlining an empty site in an aerial view and describing a park, to get landscape design options.
8. Elevation to Render on an AutoCAD elevation of an American traditional villa, first in a realistic style with a cloudy sky, then in a sketch style.
9. Image to Video on a 3D diagram, with people walking and the diagram rotating, using camera presets or a custom camera prompt.

Takeaways

• He likes that you do not need to write a detailed prompt, because the built-in options cover function, style and environment.
• He recommends choosing between the polygon and pen tools based on how precise the outline needs to be.
• Dropping your own CAD drawing onto the site photo gave him the most control, because the AI then follows your layout as well as the real context.
• He sees Elevation to Render as a fallback when detailed elevations exist but there is no time left for 3D or Photoshop work.
• He tested several outputs before picking one to animate, so expect to iterate.

Try it yourself

Take a street view screenshot into Annotate Image to sketch a new building on the site, use Elevation to Render for your CAD elevations, and finish with Image to Video.

Recorded with an earlier version of Rendair, so some screens and app names look different today.