Hackable Architecture Catalyst & Competition
The problem is not a lack of talent or technology. The problem is that construction operates on a model designed for an age of scarcity and locality - where every building was a bespoke product, every regulation required a local expert, and every design started from scratch. In a world of abundant data, advanced computation, and global connectivity, this model is not just inefficient. It is an obstacle to civilisational progress.

This year, we
End the Stone Age.

Two tracks. Two communities. One open global initiative to make construction configurable, computable, and boundless.

Launching 2026

Open source for the built environment

Linux. Android. The entire modern AI stack. The most transformative innovations of the past three decades were built open. Architecture and construction have never had their open-source moment. Until now.

Software meets architecture

Two communities that have historically worked in silos - software engineers and architects - brought together through parallel tracks designed to produce deployable results and reinforce each other.

Computable regulation at global scale

Building codes exist everywhere, expressed differently everywhere, locked inside PDFs that only trained professionals can interpret. This is false complexity. HACC turns it into structured, machine-readable data.

Track 01

Software & Data

Automated pipelines that make building codes computable across thousands of jurisdictions. For data scientists, AI/ML engineers, NLP specialists, and software developers. No construction knowledge required.

Online - July 2026
Track 02

Architecture & Buildings

Open-source, context-driven designs using nature-based building systems and real-world regulatory data. For architects, students, computational designers, and engineering teams.

Announced - November 2026
~5,000
Municipalities
18
Territories
585M
People represented
20-25%
Cost reduction

"We are not a drop in the ocean.
We are the ocean in the drop."

- Rumi

Details coming soon.

HACC is taking shape with partners across multiple continents. Want to stay in the loop or get involved early?

Get in touch hackablearchitecture.org