Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), a leading global architecture firm based in London, redefines architecture and has designed over 900 iconic structures worldwide. To expand its innovation in large-scale architecture using AI, ZHA turned to partners HP and NVIDIA to deploy HP Z AI workstations and solutions to further enable inspiration and innovation at the firm.
“HP is helping us overcome some of the limitations and challenges we face, making adaptive tasks much quicker and easier.”
—Nils-Peter Fischer, Director, Zaha Hadid Architects
Objectives
- Develop world-class digital environments for sharing project prototypes with clients
- Enable flexible, creative exploration workflows for architects and designers
- Increase velocity of research breakthroughs and iterations from project planning
- Integrate locally trained AI models into architect workflows
Solutions
- Create state-of-the-art technology platforms utilizing HP Z workstations and solutions supported by NVIDIA®
- Key solutions include HP AI Studio
HP AI Studio requires Windows 10 (build 19041 and higher), Windows 11, or Ubuntu 22.04, Intel Core™ i5 12th gen or higher, AMD Ryzen™ 9 or higher processors, minimum 50 GB of available storage, 16GB of RAM, and Internet access. To enable GPU compute, HP AI Studio requires any NVIDIA® GPU compatible with driver version 528.89 or newer.* and HP Z BoostHP Z Boost requires client device with Windows 10 or Windows 11 OS and Vulkan Runtime for devices without a GPU, or WSL2 with Ubuntu 22.04 or Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or greater. Host device for sharing GPU(s) must be a HP Z workstation with NVIDIA professional grade workstation GPU(s) of Pascal architecture or later with an installed driver version 535 or greater, and a CUDA driver version 11.2 through to 12.3, Windows 10 or Windows 11 OS (WSL is not supported), or Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or greater or Debian 11 or greater with libatomic1, libnumal1, libvulkan1, libgl1, libglib2.0-0 packages installed. Network connection required. * , powered by HP Z4 and Z8 workstations - Move the ZHA signature design heritage into an AI-driven stage of innovation
- Boost collaboration and innovation capabilities with increased compute and custom AI-driven solutions
Results
- Boosted pace of early-stage iterations in client projects by 10x, using HP AI Studio capabilities
HP AI Studio requires Windows 10 (build 19041 and higher), Windows 11, or Ubuntu 22.04, Intel Core™ i5 12th gen or higher, AMD Ryzen™ 9 or higher processors, minimum 50 GB of available storage, 16GB of RAM, and Internet access. To enable GPU compute, HP AI Studio requires any NVIDIA® GPU compatible with driver version 528.89 or newer. *, Based on Zaha Hadid Architect's internal analysis of HP AI Studio.* - Accelerate computation time for consultant and client feedback loops considerably - things which took 1 week to be coordinated, can be done in a day or almost real time now
Based on Zaha Hadid Architects internal analysis of HP AI Studio and HP Z Boost.* - Equipped ZHA research teams with advanced compute resources enabling breakthrough process innovations
- Simplified the technology partnership model for efficiency and tightly focused innovation
Transforming Zaha Hadid Architect’s AI Workflows
"We have been able to accelerate computation time considerably with HP technologies, which in turn has enabled more frequent consultant and client feedback loops. Things which took 1 week to be coordinated previously can be done in a day or almost real time now."
—Vishu Bhooshan, Senior Associate, Computation & Design Group, Zaha Hadid Architects
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