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Smithson Series 2025 / Lecture 10

The White Rabbit

Martha Tsigikari
Head of Appled R&D at Foster+Partners

Date / 25 November 2025

Martha Tsigkari explored how technology is moving from being just a tool to actively reshaping the way architects design, collaborate, and think. At Foster + Partners, designers now work alongside programmers using computational design, VR, robotics, and AI to test thousands of options, optimise structures, and improve environmental performance in projects like Mexico City Airport.

Rather than replacing architects, she argued that these tools free them to focus on creativity, and critical thinking expanding what architecture can become in a future where the line between the digital and physical keeps fading.

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