Bringing architecture to life with Firebase Studio

Creative technologist Romy El Sayah describes HouseID, an app that converts uploaded photos of people or pets into AI-generated architectural designs reflecting features such as color, texture, facial characteristics, and personal style. Originating from an Art+AI museum concept developed with Elizabeth Christoforetti, the project sought to make architectural creation more collaborative among users, AI, and architects; an earlier manually programmed version produced insufficiently distinct results. El Sayah rebuilt the idea as a mobile-friendly web app using Firebase Studio, Gemini Flash 2.5, and Imagen 3, reporting that Firebase’s backend code generation, prototyping tools, code editor, publishing, Google authentication, and Stripe-based token payments accelerated development from six months to a few weeks. HouseID also provides personality-style descriptions, building narratives, saved creations, and a gallery. For developers using AI-assisted tools, El Sayah recommends defining an app’s purpose early, breaking product requirements into manageable requests, specifying exact LLM prompts, consulting multiple AI assistants for debugging, and experimenting even without a fully developed business concept.

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