AEC Hackathon @
Using Tech & AI to Build CO2-Neutral, Biodiverse, and Engaged Communities
AEC Hackathon 2026 takes over BLOXHUB from 27–29 March 2026, bringing together people who design, build, code, plan, and question how the built environment works. It’s three days set up for energetic, focused, and purposeful collaboration. Less talking about change, more trying things out together.
We know the word “hackathon” can sound like a side quest. This one isn’t. The challenges come from industry partners and reflect their current business operations and known challenges: decarbonisation, biodiversity, data, delivery, trust, and the gap between ambitious goals and day-to-day practice. The point is to work with that complexity under different conditions and with different constellations of people than any one company could achieve alone.
Across the weekend, teams form around shared problems and develop early solutions -tools, methods, workflows, prototypes, concepts – supported by mentors and partners. The outcomes can be small and sharp or bigger and more exploratory, but they’re always grounded in use: what would it take for this to be useful in a project, inside an organisation, or across a value chain?
BLOXHUB hosts AEC Hackathon because it’s one of the rare formats where new ideas, development and connections can happen at the same time. There are tangible examples from previous years where projects have continued beyond the weekend, finding funding, becoming products, or sparking collaborations and new hires. But even when an idea doesn’t become a “thing,” it can still shift how people work, what they prioritise, and who they decide to work with next.
Who is it for?
Every year between 100 – 150 people attend AEC Hackathon – engineers, architects, computer scientists, BIM developers, design thinkers, anthropologists, and tech enthusiasts.
This year’s hackathon will address Tech & AI to Build CO2-Neutral, Biodiverse, and Engaged Communities
What is AEC Hackathon?
AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) Hackathon is an organization that, since its origin in 2013, has held events in numerous locations; e.g. Berlin, Shanghai, and Paris. It was created to give those designing, building, and maintaining our built environment the opportunity to collaborate with cutting-edge technologies and its developers and designers. Over the course of three days, teams compete against each other while trying to find solutions for the problems they face in their everyday work.
It has quickly become a community of innovators that includes all elements of the built environment, not just AEC.
BEST OVERALL PROJECT
The project that really hits the mark on execution, utility, and technical merits
BEST HACK FOR HUMANS
Projects that use built environment related data to improve the human experience in structures and cities
BEST MASHUP
The best solution that combines an event’s sponsors and community supporters’ tech
BEST SOLVES A BIG PROBLEM
The project that solves a big problem for a built environment profession
Q: How will the event proceed?
A: The event will run over the course of a weekend, from Friday to Sunday.
Q: How do challenges work?
A: There will be different challenges proposed by companies, but feel free to work on a challenge of your own.
Q: Can I join with a team from my job and work on a challenge of our own?
A: Definitely! We encourage you to bring your colleagues, although we recommend joining forces with other participants as well.
Q: How do I become a partner?
A: That is fairly easy! Send a mail to lbe@bloxhub.org and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Q: How do I become a participant?
A: Join us 27 – 29 March 2026. Look out for more info soon.
Q: What does my ticket include?
A: A ticket to the event includes:
All access to BLOXHUB’s Members lounge, Residents Area, meeting and workshop rooms, shower and changing facilities.
Use of 3D printers, workshop & meeting rooms
First row access to ‘live’ podcast’ sessions
Catered meals, hot & cold drinks, and snacks throughout.
FAQ
The most frequently asked questions about the event and the format.
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- AEC Hackathon @ BLOXHUB is made possible with help from our partners -
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Contact us
Would you like to hear more about your AEC Hackathon @ BLOXHUB and how you can participate?
I’m ready to help.
Lisa Marie Becht Rojas
Project Coordinator
+45 3122 2109 / lbe@bloxhub.org