Virtual London: Gaming technology, VR and the built environment

Webinar

Tuesday 14 January 2025
10:00 - 11:00

Free

Join our webinar on the topic of virtual reality and gaming platforms and their increasing impact on design & planning in our cities.

The world of virtual reality technology is fast-evolving, and VR digital tools are now a mainstay of a number of design practices, with the AIA reporting in 2018 that 67% of large architecture practices have adopted VR technology. In addition, RIBA reported in 2022 that real-time technology in the gaming industry is helping to transform 3D visualisation in architecture.

This online talk will cover some examples of parametric models and their increased utilisation within the built environment industry, and the drive by some to make such models an open resource platform to improve public knowledge of schemes and developments in the planning pipeline.

We will be discussing how such platforms can increase public engagement through effective collaboration with both local authorities and existing digital research initiatives to improve knowledge of the built environment across the board.

There will also be some consideration of the role of AI generative tools and auto-composition algorithms within such models that could streamline design processes and further enrich this virtual world with more detailed visualisations.

Programme

10:00
Welcome from Chair

Florence Maschietto, Senior Programme Manager, NLA

10:05
Speaker Presentations

Re:Imagine London
Shajay Bhooshan, Associate Director, Zaha Hadid Architects

VU.City

Tazeen Raza, Architecture Sector Lead, VU.City

PropTech Tools & In1Place

Nour Ragab, Head of Production, Virtual Viewing

10:25
Panel discussion

10:45
Q&A

11:00
End

Speaker biographies

Shajay Bhooshan

Associate Director, Zaha Hadid Architects

Tazeen Raza

Architecture Sector Lead, VU.CITY

Nour Ragab

Head of Production, Virtual Viewing

Free

NLA webinar on zoom

Once you have registered, a reminder to confirm the event details and a link to access the webinar will be sent a day before the event. If you have any questions, please contact the NLA Events Team: events@nla.london.