Smart City-Open Innovation Challenge - Catalan Solutions

3 – 5 Nov 2026 | Barcelona - Hospitalet del Llobregat, Spain

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OSPA Place

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ospa.place/governments.Porto Alegre, Brazil

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OSPA Place is a Brazilian GovTech company founded in 2021 and based in Porto Alegre. It started inside OSPA Architecture, one of Brazil’s largest architecture and urban planning firms, to solve a problem we saw in feasibility studies: checking a plot against local regulations was slow, manual and error-prone.

Our platform brings urban data and legislation together in an urban digital twin. Cities use it to make their zoning rules available in a map that citizens and professionals can consult, and to run feasibility studies and explore scenarios. An AI assistant answers questions about local urban legislation and cites the article it relies on. It supports consultation and does not replace the decisions of municipal staff.

We work with municipalities in several Brazilian states, including Itajaí, Rio Verde, Maceió, Recife, Niterói, Vitória and Joinville, and with private-sector clients such as CBRE and Habitasul. The platform integrates with BIM (IFC) and 3D Tiles.

We are now developing AI that reads technical drawings, such as floor plans, and property records, to pre-check projects against land-use rules.

We are looking for public and private partners who want to test an urban digital twin or AI for planning, zoning and plot feasibility, and to adapt our approach to their local regulations.

Recognition: Top 1 Connected Smart Cities 2025 (GovTech category); winner of Impulso Regional ENAP 2025; finalist at GovTech Summit 2026; 1st place in the Brazil Lab acceleration program (2023). Supported by FINEP and FAPERGS.

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