Rethink what’s
already built.

Technology for circular construction.

For projects in existing buildings we deliver the full chain, from precise three-dimensional capture through in-depth potential assessment to a shared workflow in our software.

So that retention becomes a real option, for circular and cost-efficient planning, for engineers and non-engineers alike.

 

orto space

Collaborate in the point cloud model, straight from the browser

  • Measure dimensions, components and condition
  • Locate reports and find them again easily
  • Bring every trade together in one model
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Reality Capture

High-precision laser surveys for planning, reuse and life cycle assessment

  • Deformation-accurate 2D/3D drawings
  • Intelligent area and quantity take-off
  • 3D building modelling (IFC)
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Potential Analysis

Reducing risk and enabling high-value reuse in existing buildings, based on data

Component audits and digital archiving

Reuse potential and risk assessment

LCA in accordance with DIN EN ISO 14040

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»Working with existing buildings should be a pleasure. So we are building the tools we were missing ourselves.«

Felix Matschinske, Co-Founder → Our Mission

Precision is a head start

Reduce planning risk and cost through precision from the start.

Costs

-30–60 %

Cut travel and coordination effort through central data access.1

Time

-35 %

Increase the value through transparent documentation.2

Market Value

+10 %


1: AACE International (2020). Cost Estimate Classification System – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction.
2: ETASR (2023). Construction Cost Overrun Analysis Studies.

Strategic Projects

Phase 0

Federal Ministry of Economics
Research & Development

Together with Coburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Digital Heritage Conservation, orto is developing the digital building logbook for work on existing buildings

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DIN SPEC 91506

German Institute for Standardization
Research & Development

Carbon storage in existing buildings cannot yet be measured in a consistent way. Together with partners from research and industry, we are developing the methodology to do so.

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RE-3D Spatial AI

Supported by European Union
Research & Development

As part of Berlin’s Masterplan Industriestadt 4.0, orto is developing the foundations for digital point cloud segmentation in a circular construction industry.

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Open Cultures

Technical University Brunswick
Research & Development

Working across disciplines with research and industry: an analysis of existing buildings and land that brings participation and planning together.

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  • Projects
  • HAFF
  • HAFF

    Social Housing WBS70 2024

    Social Housing Building at Stettiner Haff
    Wertreal Immobilienkontor GmbH

    4,860m2

    Ground Area

    100 GB

    Raw Data

    • 3D as-built digitisation

    • Potential Analysis & Scenarios

    • Component segmentation

    • BIM modelling

    • Creation of completion plans

    • Implementation in orto space

    The four-storey WBS70 prefabricated building on the Szczecin Lagoon was built in 1980 and stands on the edge of a single-family housing estate. With a floor area of just under 4,860 m², the building looks like a foreign body in the middle of the surrounding nature conservation areas. In order to cope with the growing population in the 1980s, the local authority decided to create additional living space at short notice. This resulted in the twin building with 82 residential units, which was almost fully occupied by 1990.

    Today, the high need for modernisation combined with the demographic change in the region raises the question of preservation or demolition. A detailed structural and potential analysis was used to evaluate development and conversion scenarios. The starting point was a 3D building scan, which formed the basis for the specialist trade assessments and was later used both for the development of scenarios and for the replanning process.

    In the end, the WBS70 inventory was transferred to the planning phase. The decision in favour of retaining the twin building is also due to the commitment and conviction of Bodenkontor Liegenschaften, who - like us - believe in the potential of a new phase of life for this building.

    Get to know orto.
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    m²
    02
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    03
    Briefly describe your project.
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