Shaping Tomorrow. Round Table
Academy of Architecture
Date: 30 April 2026 / 17:00 - 18:00
Shaping Tomorrow
Low-Carbon Strategies,
Biobased Materials and Digital Technologies.
AI and Future Opportunities for Architecture
Panel
Thursday 30 Aprile 2026 5pm
Palazzo Canavée, Agorà Lio Galfetti
Participants:
Kai-Uwe Bergmann (partner BIG)
Ena Lloret-Fritschi (director IAST)
Preety Anand (senior Architect BIG)
Cristina Greco (digital expert BIG)
Arnaud Paquier (Sustainability expert Ittenbrechbühl)
Silvan Oesterle (Studio Rok)
Moderation: Lidor Gilad
The panel explores how low-carbon strategies, biobased materials, and digital technologies are transforming architectural practice and construction processes. From large-scale timber infrastructure such as Dock A at Zurich Airport (BIG + Ittenbrechbühl), to experimental construction, research-driven pavilions, and emerging approaches including largescale 3D printing and AI-supported design processes, the discussion highlights new ways of designing and building. Bringing together practice and research, the panel reflects on future opportunities and the evolving role of the architect in a rapidly changing technological and environmental context.