Henning Larsen launches first tech spin-out and climate tool

Henning Larsen has announced the launch of its first technology spin-out Nflection. The announcement comes alongside the public release of jifto, a real-time environmental analysis platform aimed at architects, landscape architects, and urban designers.

Founded by former Henning Larsen computational design lead and industrial PhD candidate Mariusz Hermansdorfer, Nflection marks the first independent company to emerge from the Danish firm’s internal innovation ecosystem. The company has received backing from Henning Larsen as well as funding from Denmark’s Environmental Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (MUDP), the Ramboll Foundation, and Google for Startups.

jifto is designed to integrate environmental analysis into the early stages of the design process. The platform includes tools for analyzing sunlight, shadows, wind, microclimate, stormwater, earthworks and daylight conditions in real time as designs evolve...