HiLo
Here you will find foto and video material from the prototype of an ultra-thin, curved concrete roof using innovative digital design and fabrication methods. The shell is part of a roof-top apartment unit called HiLo that is planned to be built next year on the NEST, the living lab building of Empa and Eawag in Dübendorf. For more information, please see the Press release.
Impressions from the prototype
Building the roof prototype
Credits NEST HiLo roof prototype
DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
Block Research Group, ETH Zürich
supermanoeuvre
Bollinger+Grohmann
Mathematical and Physical Geodesy, ETH Zürich
Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zürich
CONSTRUCTION
Marti [general contractor]
Bürgin Creations [concrete works]
Holcim Schweiz [concrete development]
Doka [scaffolding]
FABRICATION
Jakob [cables]
Bruno Lehmann [rods + cable-net components]
Blumer Lehmann [timber]
Dafotech [steel supports + plates]
Bieri [fabric cutting + sewing]
SPONSORS
ETH Zürich
NCCR Digital Fabrication
Holcim Schweiz
CLIENT
Empa