Innovation, Sustainability, and Design

Foster + Partners has been tackling the challenges of designing tomorrow’s world by keeping two things in mind—innovation and sustainability. Han Shi shares the firm’s vision and recent work.

Since its founding in 1967, Foster + Partners has been committed to finding better ways to make and build. From sustainable buildings to sustainable cities, from new ways of fueling cars to new ways of transporting cargo, they have constantly sought to discover how innovation and design can drive greater sustainability and help create a better world. Han Shi shares recent projects that can help us do more with less and reimagine what’s possible.

About the speaker

Han Shi is the head of BIM and Design Systems at Foster + Partners, an award-winning British architectural design and engineering firm. In his more than 30 years in the AEC industry, Han has implemented BIM and CAD methodologies in firms all over the world. He has lived and worked in the UK, Sweden, Greece, Kuwait, Qatar, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brunei, and the United States.

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