The 'Future of Construction' symposium explores how technology shapes the way we design and build. The accelerating convergence of technological domains in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) invites us to rethink human capability, skill, and agency. At this intersection, AI, extended reality, and robotics are transforming digital fabrication and augmented design into active sites of experimentation.

Future of Construction 2026: Construction of Future(s) brings together experts from academia and industry to address four core questions:

1. Why does technological convergence matter? The convergence of AI, extended reality and robotics represents more than a simple upgrade to our toolsets. What possibilities does the integration of these technological domains open in architecture, engineering and construction?
2. Why collaborate with machines? As design and construction teams work alongside algorithms, robots and autonomous systems, established professional boundaries start to blur. How does collaboration with machines change roles, skills, authorship, and liability in the built environment?
3. What, where, and how should we build? In a context of climate pressure and limited resources, decisions about building, adapting or not building at all become critical. How can the convergence of AI, extended reality, and robotics help us rethink what, where, and how we build?
4. Why change how we practice? When tools, data, and services become as valuable as the buildings they help create, the economics of practice start to change. What new business models and modes of practice emerge in architecture, engineering, and construction at the intersection of AI, extended reality, and robotics?

Call for Workshops

The Call for Workshops is open from the 18 November 2025 to the 18 of January 2026.