Inside London Creates: A First Look at Visione, xFigura's New Design Agent

Last July, we partnered with Archisource for London Creates, their flagship exhibition in London, spotlighting the architects, engineers, and designers shaping the future of design. xFigura showed up with three events, a full house of AEC firms, and a first public look at Visione, our new architectural design agent coming soon to the xFigura Canvas.

Across a Pecha Kucha talk, a hands-on workshop, and a live co-creation exhibition, we got to show the industry not just what Visione can do, but why we built it. Here's what went down.

The Official Visione Launch

A presenter speaks on stage beside a large display showing "Text Conversation" with a grid of photographs and design interface elements on a dark background

George Guida, Founder & CEO of xFigura, on stage showing Visione's text conversation feature.

The centrepiece of our time at London Creates was the sneak peek of Visione: our chat-based design agent wired directly into the Canvas which is built to generate, remember, search, and act, all in one place.

"What we're trying to build isn't another black box on top of already-black-box technology. It's more like a glass box : agency, control, and transparency built into the process"
George Guida on the philosophy behind Visione

Tell it what you're after, and it builds the workflow for you, grounded in your documents, your Rhino or Revit model, and the web. In the live demo, attendees watched Visione read a project document in real time and put its skills feature to work, turning a plain-language request into an actual working step in the design process rather than just a suggestion.

Presenter on stage demonstrating Visione Layers technology with isometric 3D graphics and visual display panels

Daniel Escobar, Head of Research at xFigura, breaking down the layers behind Visione's intelligence

A dark-themed interface showing architectural visualization tools with 3D building renders on the left and a Skills panel displaying design resources like "Brick & terracotta" and "Site analysis" on the right.

A closer look at Visione's skills in action during the live demo

The launch panel brought together the people building Visione and the architects already shaping how it will be used in practice: George Guida and Daniel Escobar of xFigura, Patrik Schumacher, Clemens Lindner, and Nils Fischer of ZHA, Anna Mytcul of KPF, Germán Bodenbender of BIG, Barbara Vasilatou of Populous, and Ainaini Rahin and Taewon Park of Arup.

Pecha Kucha: Architecture Intelligence

A panel discussion on stage with participants seated in front of a large screen displaying designer profiles and logos including ZHA, Figura, KPF, Big, Populous, and Arup.

Panels & Speakers: George Guida & Daniel Escobar (xFigura), Patrik Schumacher, Clemens Lindner & Nils Fischer (ZHA), Anna Mytcul (KPF), Germán Bodenbender (BIG), Barbara Vasilatou (Populous), Ainaini Rahin & Taewon Park (Arup)

Before the launch, speakers from KPF, ZHA, BIG, Populous, and Arup took the stage for a Pecha Kucha session on where AI is actually changing how they work, not the hypothetical version of that conversation, but the real one: what's already shifted in their studios, and where the profession is headed next.

"The more AI you use that's generic and disconnected, the more generic your architecture becomes."
Germán Bodenbender, BIG, on the risk of over-relying on generic AI

A presenter demonstrates a design workflow on a large projection screen at a conference, with colorful digital displays visible on both sides of the stage.

A look inside the design workflow of Arup using xFigura with Ainaini Rahin & Taewon Park

xFigura x ZHA Workshop

A presenter stands beside a large display screen showing a digital mood board with photographs and architectural images connected by lines, while illuminated panels hang on the wall behind them.

Clemens Lindner of ZHA walks through live workflows inside the xFigura canvas.

We followed the talks with a hands-on session built around how ZHA uses xFigura in practice. Attendees got a tour of the exhibition's physical massing model installation, then worked through live exercises building concept designs and renders directly from real sketches and site photos.

xFigura x ZHA Exhibition: Many Hands, One City

A diverse group of visitors gather around a circular display model in a modern museum or exhibition space with industrial ceiling and informational panels.

George Guida joins attendees for a closer look & live demo of the Many Hands, One City installation.

Alongside the workshop, we partnered with ZHA on Many Hands, One City, a co-creation exhibition built around a live massing model installation. Visitors placed physical models on the installation, captured them with a snap of xFigura's recently launched camera node, and watched concept designs generate in real time using xFigura's App mode, turning a hands-on, physical exercise into a working digital design in seconds.

What's Next

Thanks to everyone who came out to London Creates. It was a great way to close out this chapter, and just the start of what Visione can do. Visione is coming to your Canvas soon.

Interested in what Visione and xFigura can do for your firm? Book a discovery call to see it in action.