{"id":1356,"date":"2026-08-13T13:25:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atcportal.net\/aeccompetition\/?p=1356"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:18:43","slug":"welcome-to-buildathon-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atcportal.net\/aeccompetition\/en\/welcome-to-buildathon-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Buildathon &#8211; competition opening briefing\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Buildathon 2026 is officially underway, bringing together student teams from around the world for a global design challenge focused on digital collaboration, sustainability and data-driven design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the opening briefing sessions, this year\u2019s competition brief has now been revealed and teams are getting to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Buildathon 2026 challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, participants have been challenged to design a Learning and Innovation Hub on a site of their choice \u2013 whether on their own campus, within a local urban area, on a brownfield or regeneration site, or another location meaningful to their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the challenge goes beyond designing a building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buildathon 2026 is an outcome-based BIM challenge, asking teams to use Autodesk Forma Site Design and Autodesk Revit to explore their ideas and demonstrate how performance data informs the development of their design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams will consider factors including natural daylight, photovoltaic potential, climate-responsive massing, occupant comfort and operational energy demand, using analysis to justify the decisions behind their final proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Buildathon participants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Review the competition brief here: <a href=\"https:\/\/knowledgepoint-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/kpfileshare_knowledgepoint_co_uk\/IQDdtWiUcHEFQpea5ZeUoY30AQIOaTNb2EaaSvlaqlFQC5c?e=Iihdt3&amp;isSPOFile=1&amp;xsdata=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%3D&amp;sdata=b2dkVlR3YUt5ZDgyYkdkOC8vMklwZVBiRE5JWGR3SER0eE5DSDM4L1RvRT0%3D&amp;ovuser=a795caf2-e8a4-4273-881e-e1f423f341f2%2Cana.kostova%40knowledgepoint.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buildathon 2026_competition brief.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recording: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JpkFtXq13Uw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/JpkFtXq13Uw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From data to design<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the challenge, teams will develop and evaluate their concepts, looking at environmental factors including sun, daylight, wind, noise and solar energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The judging criteria place a strong emphasis not only on the final proposal, but also on the thinking behind it \u2013 from site analysis and spatial planning to environmental performance, iteration and data-driven decision making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the brief now revealed, the challenge is on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to seeing how teams around the world respond to the Buildathon 2026 brief and turn performance data, collaboration and creative thinking into their final designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buildathon 2026 is officially underway, bringing together student teams from around the world for a global design challenge focused on digital collaboration, sustainability and data-driven design. 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