Sharing and learning is becoming the driver of radical innovation
We go ahead and share ideas, develop projects together and inspire the construction industry. Join us and walk the path into the new world of open source tools and open data.
Together for an open, innovative construction industry
Open innovation has given rise to many of the software innovations that are transforming the real estate and construction industry — from the cloud, to big data, to simulation technologies. But all of these came from outside. To spur this kind of innovation within our industry, we first have to create the right environment for it.
Our goal is to break down barriers to collaboration — between stakeholders along the value chain and even within individual firms. We do this to enable the cross-pollination of ideas necessary to spark transformative solutions to shared problems.
Why is this important? Enabling all stakeholders to participate in digital processes and operate on common, open standards is key – otherwise, high quality data and automated processes will not be possible to achieve, even with the best internal solutions.
Open Source Foundations create a neutral ground for collaboration
By facilitating open collaboration across companies, the open source movement has proven to be a powerful innovation engine with a strong focus on common standards and open tools – the modern web as an example can not be imagined without these.
Therefore, the role model for the opensource.construction initiative are established open source foundations in the tech industry like the LINUX foundation, the APACHE foundation or the ECLIPSE foundation.
Growing slowly but surely
In the first phase, we focus on building infrastructure that is needed to make existing projects, communities and people visible.
Then, facilitating the launch of new communities and projects is high on our list. Hosting these on neutral ground and enabling reliability and accountability can be really relevant – as long as there is need. Don‘t hesitate and get in touch, we would love to hear your thoughts on this.
For now, let‘s make the most out of our projects, the knowledge hub and the training section!
We like disruptive innovation.
But we also believe in empowering people to improve everyday – not in theory, but in practise.
Project Directory
The os.c directory is the place to discover and share open source projects built for the AEC industry — from small utilities to larger tools that help tackle real-world challenges in architecture, engineering, and construction.
This space brings together a curated mix of open source AEC code. Handy scripts that save you hours. Mature frameworks ready to plug in. Tools created by and for practitioners who want to build better, faster, and more collaboratively.
You can add your open source AEC project directly through GitHub. Whether it’s a simple script or a full platform, the goal is to make useful tools easier to find, use, and build upon.
It’s not just about finding code — it’s about growing a community of people solving hard problems in AEC, one open project at a time.
Events
Talk. Share. Do.
Knowing what works and exchanging ideas with others is often the starting point for exciting projects. Therefore, opensource.construction organises its own events to facilitate this exchange – find them here + further events that we attend as well.
Past Events
Open Source in Malmö
AEC Hackathon – Zurich Edition 2025
AEC Hackathon - Munich Edition 2024
AI driven knowledge management
COMPAS Developer Day
Open Source in AEC – Copenhagen Event
AEC Hackathon Zurich
DINAcon
Future of Construction 2023 Symposium
Open Source in der Architektur (German)
Workshoptage CH Open
Open Innovation Workshop «Construction & Data Science»
Open Source for Architects Conference
AEC Hackathon Copenhagen - 10.0
Kick-Off Event
Our mission at opensource.construction
Making collaboration in the AECO tech community SUCCESSFUL
Who is behind the initiative?
opensource.construction is a non-profit organisation based in Zurich, Switzerland.
The initiative was launched by Maximilian Vomhof in 2022 - out of frustration with the current status quo of innovation in the construction industry and with a strong passion for open collaboration.
Today, a group of committed individuals makes sure it grows slowly but surely – always with a strong focus on delivering value to the community of software developers, digital doers and established organisations that seek to thrive.
We are open to anyone who wants to join or contribute – please don‘t hesitate to get in touch!
Our current core team
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