AECtech+ 2026 | London Hackathon

Thank you to everyone who made the 2026 AECtech + <ATN> London Hackathon a massive success!

On March 14-15, Heatherwick Studio hosted the second AECtech London Hackathon in partnership with the <ATN> Summit.

Judges

Hackathon projects were reviewed by an incredible panel of judges

• Martha Tsigkari
  Senior Partner, Head of Applied Research and Development
  Foster + Partners

• Ami Nigam

  Head of Technology

  Benoy

• Matt Jezyk

  VP, Head of Product

  Motif

• Pablo Zamorano Mosnaim

  Senior Associate, Head of Geometry and Computational Design

  Heatherwick Studio

• Shajay Bhooshan

  Associate Director & Head of Computation & Design (ZHACODE)

  Zaha Hadid Architects

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BEST OVERALL HACK: AutoGraph

Live semantic graph editor in Rhino. AutoGraph converts architectural models into interactive live semantic graphs.

Anni Dai / Heatherwick studio, Jayanaveenaa Periyasamy / Zaha Hadid Architects, Shivangi Panchal / Generat.ory Lab Studio, Elena Petrova / Foster + Partners, Paul-Andrei Burghelea / Foster + Partners, Christoph Geiger / Zaha Hadid Architects

MOST COLLABORATIVE: Modelling People

Construction-focused computer vision analysis of worker safety as a mobile / web app. The system processes egocentric video captured on-site to estimate body poses and flag potential ergonomic or safety risks in construction environments. It combines AI-driven pose estimation, inverse kinematics, and a streamlined UI into an end-to-end pipeline designed for real-world site analysis.

Jeroen Janssen / Thornton Tomasetti CORE studio, Alfredo Chavez / Heatherwick Studio, Grahesh Bhandari / KPF, Axel Wohlin / ARKYV, Kareena Lily Pinto / UCL, Ayman OmiyoZahir / Foster + Partners, Gareth Volka / Zaha Hadid Architects, Konstantina Bikou / Populous, Iliana Papadopoulou / Reope

MOST IMPACTFUL: grass(grass(grass(hopper)))

Composable modifiers for Rhino.

Dan Kenerson / The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, Joshua Foxley / Bentley Systems, Moritz Rietschel / Raven, Charles Driesler / Speckle

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Keeping Up With The Konsultants

The product is designed to automate the complex, time-consuming back-and-forth between architects and project stakeholders. By leveraging multi-agent systems, the platform assigns AI agents to represent specific roles, such as the Client, the Cost Consultant, and the Sustainability Consultant.​​

Renee Dobre / NBBJ, Puja Bhagat​ / Populous, Chiara Nutile / University of Westminster, Deniz Goy /AskArch, Phil Bell / NBBJ, Tessel van Oers / Arup, Rohit Parmar / Heatherwick Studio, Razi Sasikaran​, Hari Krishnan

Parallax

Using AI-assisted 3D reconstruction from images, Parallax transforms photos and design renders into spatial experiences anchored to real-world locations.

Vaibhav Saini / Benoy Ltd, Elhadidi Hosni / Fosters + Partners, Minh D Ngo / AA, Weijie Tao / AA

Spaghettarium

Grasshopper Library Explorer

Maximilian Rietschel / Raven, Filippo Rossi / ReOpe, Alex Schiftner / ShapeDiver, Tarakesh Chandran / AA, Vishnu Kumar / Eckersley O'Callaghan, Georgios Spyridon Athanasopoulos / Thornton Tomasetti CORE Studio

Data Muncher

Modern web data visualization for Grasshopper + Rhino

Matea Pinjusic / Zaha Hadid Architects, Hesham Shawqy / Grimshaw Architects, Jonathan Wong / Populous, Joanna Sabak / Heatherwick Studio, Michal Scigaj / KPF, Supreeth Vijayakumar / AADRL, Naman Patel / AADRL, María Paula Aranzales / AA Emtech, Zeynep Çolak / AA Emtech

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