Open-source, open-data and their role in the built environment

Dion will discuss:

• The ethical considerations of open-source technologies
• What open-data and open-source means for digital pipelines
• Case studies of open-source initiatives

Dion Moult has worked in software development, architecture, and the construction industry, and is the primary developer behind the BlenderBIM Add-on https://blenderbim.org/ He has been involved as an active contributor in a wide range of open-source projects for over a decade. These projects include the Gentoo Linux distribution, KDE project for desktop environments, Blender for 3D content creation, FreeCAD for parametric solid modeling, Radiance for light simulation, OpenStreetMaps / OpenStreetCam for GIS and computer vision datasets, and IfcOpenShell for BIM and open-data tools for the build environment.