HiLo
Following the principle of "High Performance – Low Emissions", NEST's HiLo unit demonstrates how attractive architecture can be when combining energy- and resource-saving construction and operation. The unit brings together innovative planning and design methods for efficient structures in concrete with self-learning and adaptive building technologies.
The construction industry is responsible for a large share of global resource and energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, the construction sector is faced with a constantly growing world population. The HiLo Unit features innovations that address these challenges. The integrated design and fabrication approach used to build the two-story unit marks a starting point for the way we may design and build in the future.
The unit on the top platform of Empa's and Eawag's NEST research and innovation building was realized by ETH Zurich's Block Research Group and the Architecture and Building Systems Group in cooperation with numerous industrial partners.
ETH Zurich
ETH Foundation
Autodesk
Beckhoff
Belimo
Bouygues Energies & Services Schweiz AG
Bürgin Creations
Debrunner Acifer Bewehrungen AG
Delta Light
Doka Schweiz AG
Feller AG
Flisom AG
Haworth
Holcim (Schweiz) AG
Impact Acoustic AG
Künzli Holz AG
Marti AG Bauunternehmung
Mensch und Maschine
Mitsubishi Electric R&D Centre Europe B.V.
NCCR Digital Fabrication
Pletscher Metallbau
R. Nussbaum AG
ROK
SageGlass
Sika AG
Supermanoeuvre
Vetrotech
The partners of the different project phases can be found here.
Press release on the opening
Here you find all publications about HiLo