2024-05-03T17:11:34-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150124937/world-s-first-digitally-planned-and-built-residence-debuts-in-switzerland Katherine Guimapang 2019-03-05T18:08:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/33/33e057942e98e29745b1577bf4a1ef11.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In D&uuml;bendorf, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4057/switzerland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Switzerland</a> the official opening of the world's first digitally planned and built residence now stands. Coined, the DFAB House, the project was developed by <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/15573/research" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">researchers</a> from <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/567018/eth-zurich" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ETH Zurich</a> in collaboration with industrial partners and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR). The three-story house sits on top of the Next Evolution in Sustainable Building Technologies (NEST) research institute of Empa and Eawag in D&uuml;bendorf. According to ETH Zurich, "The aim of digital technologies is not only to make planning and construction more efficient but also more sustainable. For example, the digitally planned floor slab of the DFAB HOUSE is statically and structurally optimized in such a way that considerable amounts of material can be saved compared to a conventional <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/9438/concrete" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">concrete</a> slab."</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/32/32f39ae5c80fd8a3dc6b4450da9231c5.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/32/32f39ae5c80fd8a3dc6b4450da9231c5.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>DFAB House; Image &copy; Roman Keller</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/75/7525783c261e1c79dd0aefc03ee6e447.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/75/7525783c261e1c79dd0aefc03ee6e447.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>DFAB House; Image &copy; Roman Keller</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4c/4c985cc2406a6e49191f8e6371320b01.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4c/4c985cc2406a6e49191f8e6371320b01.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>DFAB House; Image &copy; Roman Keller</figcaption></figure><p>The three-story, 2,153 square foot smart house was developed by eight ETH Zurich professors ...</p>