Alignment with DF goals (BGI, Platform growth, community)

ReconstructAI supports Digital Futures’ mission by using AI to create digital twins of war-affected cities—interactive, data-rich virtual replicas that can help guide the physical and social reconstruction process. This initiative bridges cutting-edge technology with community-driven planning, ensuring that reconstruction is not only efficient but also equitable, sustainable, and culturally rooted.

It empowers local stakeholders, NGOs, planners, and displaced residents to visualize, simulate, and co-design their city’s future—fostering both physical rebuilding and social healing. Through open-source collaboration and a modular platform approach, ReconstructAI contributes to platform growth and invites participation from tech communities, local governments, and affected citizens alike.

Problem description

In cities damaged or destroyed by conflict, urban planning data is outdated or completely lost. Cultural landmarks and memories are at risk of being erased. Displaced citizens are excluded from rebuilding decisions. Planning for resilience and peace is treated as an afterthought. Without integrated data or a shared vision, rebuilding efforts often ignore the needs of the community and fail to create spaces that promote long-term peace.

Proposed Solutions

The toolkit uses AI, remote sensing, GIS, and infrastructure data to generate dynamic 3D models of post-war cities. A participatory platform enables displaced citizens to log in and annotate the digital twin—marking homes, landmarks, and priorities. Communities and planners can co-design layouts. The platform is modular and open-source, allowing NGOs, architects, universities, and governments to build, share, and adapt maps and insights for inclusive, resilient, and community-led reconstruction.