Design-to-Production

Meet us in Munich at the FabricationGap symposium next week! Design-to-Production has been streamlining construction processes since 2007, exploiting scalable digital approaches and nudging AEC from projects to products. Thus, we are proud to support this event to discuss new ideas for the construction industry. Meet Fabian and Bastian at the Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences next Thursday and Friday!

AEC-flow: streamlining concrete slab reuse at the Copenhagen Hackathon We were once again represented by Jonas Ward Van den Bulcke at the Copenhagen BLOXHUB Hackathon last weekend, where his team won 'Best Mashup' for their project: AEC-flow —a concept enabling domain specialists curate and enrich fuzzy data models. The proof of concept (POC) implements circrete's upcycling workflow—collecting and assessing prefabricated concrete elements for reuse—as a test case. AEC-flow operates on a centralised database as a single source of truth, with multiple web interfaces for data manipulation and visualisation (xeokit SDK, Bldrs.ai) and integration into CAD platforms (Rhino 3D, Tekla Structures, Autodesk Revit Architecture). Congratulations to the entire team -Janin Brandt, Diyan Rashevski, Pablo Mayrgundter, Simeon Nanev and Mikkel Mathiasen- and all the hackathon participants and organisers for their inspiring contribution, and best of luck to circrete in their mission to make concrete an upcyclable resource!

𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀 & 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 – 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗘𝗖 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 This year’s 𝗔𝗘𝗖 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗿, organized by opensource.construction, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, and Berner Fachhochschule BFH, focused on the timber —our favorite field of innovation! As Design-to-Production, we were proud to co-sponsor the 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲, and our team members 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘀, 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘇 & 𝗦𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗻 contributed to not just one, but 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀! • “𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹” – 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴-𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 tackled data silos in timber pre-fabrication, making seamless data flow a reality. • “𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗔𝗘𝗖 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺” – 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦-𝘪𝘵 (pronounced Brigitte) streamlined the connection between ubiquitous 𝟮𝗗-𝗣𝗗𝗙 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 and 𝟯𝗗-𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀, bridging a crucial gap in AEC workflows. It was a pleasure to meet many of you in person and broaden our perspective on new ways to collaborate in construction. 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗘𝗖 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱! See you there! 

Exciting progress in Stuttgart! We’re looking forward to the opening of the Seeblickweg Bridge – a striking new pedestrian and bike connection between Neugereut and Steinhaldenfeld. This monolithic glulam bridge is an impressive example of timber-concrete composite construction. Designed as an integral two-span structure, it consists of two 27.5-metre-long timber sections, demonstrating the growing role of timber in infrastructure. We were thrilled to support Holzleimbau Wiedmann with comprehensive digital planning, including reference geometry, production data for gluing presses, reinforcement detailing, approval documentation, and CNC fabrication data. Location: Stuttgart (DE) Opening: February 12, 2025 Client: Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, Tiefbauamt Design and engineering: Harrer Ingenieure GmbH General contractor: WOLFF & MÜLLER Timber contractor: Holzleimbau Wiedmann CNC machining: Balteschwiler AG Specialised Concrete Anchors: ERNE AG Holzbau Digitale planning and production data: Design-to-Production 📸 Design-to-Production (4&6), Holzleimbau Wiedmann (5), Harrer Ingenieure (2,3&7), Stuttgart-Neugereut (1)

Our team is happy to support the Zurich AEC Hackathon as Network Partner! From February 7 to 9, the Hackathon is an incredible opportunity to connect with innovators, collaborate on cutting-edge ideas, and tackle challenges in the AEC industry. We’re bringing our passion for Digital Fabrication and Timber Construction to the table, and we can’t wait to brainstorm, prototype, and network with the brightest minds in the industry and push the boundaries of innovation together! Agenda & Registration - https://lnkd.in/d8P6jNgr If you’re attending, we’d love to connect and exchange ideas—don’t hesitate to reach out! The event is organized by opensource.construction ZHAW Architektur, Gestaltung und Bauingenieurwesen, and BFH Architektur, Holz und Bau 📸 Maximilian Vomhof- Hackathon Zurich 2024

Register now for FabricationGap 2 - Symposium on Productised Building! Design-to-Production is proud to support the second iteration of the FabricationGap-Symposium, taking place on March 20/21st at Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences - two days of presentations and discussions about how to turn architecture and construction from project to product - and make use of digital mass-customization. For more info and registration follow the link below... #productisation #masscustomization #configuration #fabricationgap

As Christmas approaches, we’re wrapping up an exciting year at Design-to-Production with a little gift for all Rhino users: our D2P-Component-framework for Grasshopper! It will help you tidy-up your models and stay on Santa's good list next year. We look forward to continuing the conversation about managing model dependencies and untangling spaghetti code in the new year. And of course, we’re here for more free-form timber projects, tailor-made software, and systematic product development. Wishing you all a happy and restful holiday season! components.d2p.ch

Our founder Fabian Scheurer is looking for research assistants for his professorship at Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences: Two part-time positions in an international research project with Berner Fachhochschule BFH and industry partners on cloud-based information management for timber construction. Please apply until Wed. Dec. 11 (this week!) using the link below:

Visit us at the International Wood Conference (IHF) in Innsbruck in the coming days! We look forward to showcasing our projects and assisting you with any questions you may have. Stand: DG051 FORUM HOLZBAU Our team at the stand: Moritz N., Sylvain Usai, Martin Pfundt, Bastian Nispel, Hanno Stehling, Fabian Scheurer and Evy Slabbinck

Take control of your Cadwork models: Switchboard – the Cadwork plugin for quality assurance! External Cadwork models can pose significant risks: How were they built? Are the attributes consistent? How accurate is the modelling? Analysing and refining this data often turns into a complex, time-consuming task - time that could be better spent on your project. Being confronted with the same issues ourselves multiple times, we developed Switchboard to streamline the import of external Cadwork files. Switchboard translates the entire model into a table and lets you create rules to filter and highlight modelling errors effortlessly, saving time while improving the reliability of external model. With Switchboard, you can pinpoint tolerance issues, display dimensions, convert attribute keys and values -including materials and colours- from your Cadwork-init setup, and identify modelling errors. Test it now on: switchboard.d2p.ch If you’re attending the IHF next week in Innsbruck, visit us at stand DG051 if you want more information!