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‘Augmenting’ human intelligence with AI will transform our
buildings AI is already here and, as part of a human-centred process, will maximise the opportunities to transform the building industry – including optimising buildings at an early stage, enhancing creativity in design, developing new building materials, and delivering more sustainable buildings – explained Diego Padilla-Philipps, director, Decarbonisation and Innovation in Building Structures, WSP, in his JCT Povey Lecture in November. Diego’s presentation, titled “Human-
Centred, Evidence-Based, Augmented Intelligence in Building Design”, introduced the concept of ‘Co-Design’, a multidisciplinary approach to optimising building design. Co-Design combines the perspectives of architecture, engineering, and building services, with performance-driven data modelling and automation, incorporating AI tools, to deliver the most efficient design solutions, from which clients can make informed decisions about their building projects at an early stage. The use of AI, rather than replacing traditional roles, becomes a powerful tool to assist in the organisation and flow of information, enabling the design team to make use of sophisticated automation models to optimise a building’s performance for a range of given parameters. With humans at the centre of the decision-making process, this framework provides the intelligence to deliver projects that not only meet the client’s design requirements, but do so by maximising value, efficiency, and sustainability. Diego Padilla-Philipps, said: “When we think about automation and AI, we need to think about upskilling, not deskilling. It is about putting the engineer, the designer, at the centre with access to all these tools so that we can, through analysis, through simulation, through early-stage valuation of buildings, really augment our intelligence and really transform how buildings are designed.” View the full presentation at:
https://corporate.jctltd.co.uk/ povey-lecture-2025/
...news... Open call for UK-Malaysia
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architectural practitioner team The British Council has today announced an open call for a UK-Malaysia architectural practitioner team to develop and deliver the exhibition for the British Pavilion at the 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale. Building on the success of the 2025 British Pavilion, which was commissioned as a UK- Kenya collaboration, the 2027 exhibition will mark 70 years of diplomatic relations between the UK and Malaysia. The British Council invites teams consisting of exhibition designers, architects, curators, educators, researchers, or practitioners with other design or built environment backgrounds to submit proposals. All applicants must be experienced in exhibition development and delivery. For the 2027 British Pavilion, teams are invited to build on the work of the British Council’s UK-Malaysia ‘Human-Nature’ programme, which explores our relationship as humans with each other and with the natural environment. The exhibition may explore the role of architecture and the built environment
in relation to colonialism, extractive economies, identity and representation, inclusion, ancestral knowledge and wisdom, bio-diversity, the climate emergency, and cultural rights and heritage protection. The British Council particularly welcomes proposals from practitioner teams where the UK partner is based outside of Greater London in England or based in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. Submissions must be received via the online application system available at
https://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/open-call-exhibition-proposals- british-council-commission-20th-international-architecture by 11.59pm UK time on 14 January 2026.
Planning application submitted for SPPARC-designed Camden Film Quarter
Yoo Capital has submitted a detailed application to Camden Council for Camden Film Quarter (CFQ), a £1bn creative-led regeneration that will establish London’s first purpose-built, film-focused urban neighbourhood and set a new global benchmark for sustainable studio design. CFQ will transform under-used industrial land in Kentish Town into a vibrant, mixed- use district where film production, new homes and education coexist. The application covers Yoo Capital-controlled land, which will deliver around 500 new homes (50% affordable), 11 state- of-the-art film and television studios, new creative workspaces, public parks, and education facilities in partnership with the National Film & Television School (NFTS) and the London Screen Academy (LSA) – two of the UK’s leading creative education institutions. The studios, designed by Camden-based architecture
practice SPPARC and to be managed and operated by Oxygen Studios, introduce a pioneering vertical-studio model that allows production stages to stack efficiently, maximising limited urban land while creating an inspiring environment for film, television, and digital- content production.
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