Rethink what’s
already built.

Technology for circular construction.

A single crack, or a drawing that was never archived, raises a lot of questions when you work with existing structures. We need to ask them early.

We provide workflows, models and analytics based on the building as it stands, with all its deviations, defects and potential. To do that, we combine high-precision capture with collaborative technology, building the foundation for circular construction.

We capture to keep.
 

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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Added value for projects

ARSCrematorium

KDLIndustrial Warehouse

RH5Detached House

PTKPeripheral Buildings

HAFFSocial Housing WBS70
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  • Projects
  • PTK

    • PTK

    Peripheral Buildings 2023

    Pettenkofer Industrial Estate, Berlin
    Trockland GmbH

    7,100m2

    Ground Area

    31 GB

    Raw Data

    • 3D laser scanning and drone flights

    • Data cleansing and photogrammetry

    • Data integration in orto space and CAD

    • BIM modeling

    On Pettenkofer Strasse, along a main road that connects Friedrichshain with Treptow and Lichtenberg, there was a commercial centre that was over 100 years old. For the analysis and planning of the partial demolition, two of the buildings intended for reuse were completely digitised, including the entire site with the building shells that had already been approved for demolition.

    The result was a virtual copy of the commercial yard that combined laser scan data accurate to the millimetre with drone flights in the exterior space. In addition to the exact geometry, details such as masonry cracks, façade stones and roof tiles can be identified as photographic textures in the model.

    We created a BIM model for the two detailed buildings, which served as the basis for the work planning for the new perimeter block development. After analysing the digital copy, the development team decided to demolish three of the five buildings and retain two.

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