What an AI agent can do for architecture, interiors, lighting and av
Our own business, Hidden Home Technology, designs cinema rooms, lighting and smart homes. Its AI agent turns architects' plans into room layouts, CAD drawings, cable schedules, budgets and photoreal renders, revised round after round as clients decide. This is the work we know best.
15 jobs an agent can take on
● largely automated, a person checks · ○ a person leads, the agent does the heavy lifting
- Photorealistic renders from SketchUp or Revit models
- Concept massing options from site boundary and brief
- Design and access statements drafted for planning
- Planning history and policy reports for a site
- Walkthrough animations rendered from building models
- Hand sketches redrawn as measured CAD floor plans
- Area schedules calculated from CAD drawings
- Daylight and sunlight studies for neighbouring properties
- Lighting scene renders from a floor plan
- Room layout options from measurements and photos
- Furniture schedules with sourced products and links
- Mood boards and sample palettes for each room
- Home cinema speaker placement plans to Dolby guidelines
- Seating and sightline drawings for cinema rooms
- Smart home scenes and automations scripted
These come from our map of 1,080 jobs AI agents can already do. It is a starting point, not a complete list.
A real example
Hidden Home Technology: a design-and-install business run with an AI agent. Our working estimate is 4 to 45 hours of skilled work back for every hour Dan spends directing the agent.
How we help
We do not sell you a black box. Our two-day Build Your Own AI Agent course teaches you to set up, run and improve your own agent, on your own accounts, starting with one useful job from the list above. For larger teams we run workshops shaped around your organisation.
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Can it work from architects' drawings?
Yes. It can read plans, extract room sizes and produce drawings, schedules and renders for a designer to check.
What about a walkthrough of an existing room?
From photos, measurements or a video of a space, an agent can build a 3D model you can move around in.
Other industries
- Trades and construction
- Pubs, restaurants and hospitality
- Events and weddings
- Design, video, photography and audio
- Estate agents and property
- Accountants, lawyers and professional services
- Shops and online retail
- Charities, councils and clubs
- Health, fitness and beauty
- Farming and rural businesses
We train businesses across Bath, Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire, the Cotswolds and the South West.