Architecture education is often limited by inconsistent feedback, rigid curricula, and a lack of personalized mentorship. Students struggle to:

• Receive actionable design critique

• Understand their growth over time

• Connect abstract theory to real design execution

Traditional platforms provide static resources. Studio time is limited. Personalized mentorship is rare.

With the advancement of AI and conversational interfaces, there is a powerful opportunity to:

• Deliver individualized feedback

• Build reflective design habits

• Align personal growth with architectural history

GAUDI proposes a new model: mentorship as a scalable, intelligent, and emotionally resonant product experience.

In user interviews with 10 architecture students, 80% said they lacked consistent feedback and didn’t know if they were “getting better.” one student shared: “I just want someone to tell me what’s working in my design, and where I need to grow.”

The platform was structured to simulate a long term academic journey; integrating learning, critique, and emotional self-reflection over time. The product was built on four core design principles:

1. Mentorship as Interface

The entire UX is designed as a dialogue, with a mentor that adapts to the student’s tone, skill level, and goals.

2. Narrative Learning Timeline

Users progress through architectural eras, Classical to Parametric, guided by point cloud portraits of iconic architects.

3. Feedback Looping

Design uploads generate contextual critique (form, spatial logic, clarity). All feedback is saved, categorized, and reflected on.

4. Reflection Infrastructure

A built in Notebook helps students journal, revisit feedback, and even forecast their own design evolution.

• Typography: Inter (UI), Open Sans (body), inspired by editorial architecture journals

• Color: Charcoal (#121212), Deep Blue (#0C1F3F), Neon Blue Glow (#37C2FF)

• Layout: 12 column grid, 8px spacing, flexible components for cards, feedback blocks, and chat

• Metaphors: Particle systems and point cloud visuals to represent the “dematerialization” of architectural space

• Defined product scope and system logic

• Designed the conversational UX and tone personas

• Created user journey, interface flows, and UI in Figma

• Built narrative learning framework across historical eras

• Crafted point-cloud visual metaphors and feedback structures

• Led competitive and LLM use-case analysis

• AI Mentor Persona System Inspired by how students relate to different studio professors, the mentor adapts tone and language to match learning style.

• Design Upload & Feedback Loop Upload triggers contextual feedback, visually mapped to design categories like proportion, clarity, and spatial logic.

• Timeline Navigation Encourages long term growth by framing progress within architectural history (from Classical to Parametric).

• Notebook for reflective journaling, portfolio building, and AI summarized feedback

• Design Forecast tool that predicts style direction and future readiness based on design input

• Minimal dark mode UI using deep blue, charcoal, and glowing accent tones

‘‘A 1st year student uploads a modernist house. The AI mentor critiques spatial rhythm and references Corbusier. Over time, the student builds a portfolio of feedback notes, patterns, and self reflection entries. exporting it as a design growth report.’’

• A student begins by selecting their skill level, learning goals, and aesthetic interest (e.g., Parametric, Brutalism)

• As they upload work and receive AI feedback, their progress is plotted across a historical timeline of architectural styles

• The AI mentor adapts over time, providing thematic suggestions, quotes from past architects, and reflective critique prompts

• Students can export their journey as a visual PDF portfolio or share notebook entries for academic reviews

• Delivered a fully interactive prototype and high-fidelity design system using Figma

• Created a strategic UX case study demonstrating full-cycle thinking from problem definition to interface aesthetics

• Project praised by design mentors and peers for its originality, scalability, and narrative-driven interaction model

• Used this case to apply to senior-level product and UX design roles at design-led companies and tech innovators

• Selected as a standout concept and Received 20+ messages from peers asking if it will launch