HP: Closing the distance between an idea and a building

Foster + Partners and HP onwhat strains collaboration as projects grow,and what it takes to keep an architectural idea intact from concept to construction.

Architecture begins with an idea: a sketch, a decision, an intention. But it rarely endsthere. What is drawn on a screen orprinted on a page becomes something people livein, move through, and depend on for years to come. The work becomes part of theworld.Yet between that first intention and the finished building, the idea travels a long way,and the further it travels, theharder it is to carry the original intent through withoutlosing it. The tools meant to support creativity and collaboration often introducefriction.In this session, Foster + Partners joins HP for an honest conversation about keeping anidea intact as projects grow in scale and complexity. Foster + Partners shares where, inreal projects, the gap between concept and construction puts design quality at risk, andwhat they have built to close it. HP shares thechallengesit sees across practices ofevery size, and how the right technology helps teams stay connected from concept tocompletion. Together they ask where AI genuinely helps, and what it takes forarchitecture to become what it set out to be.