Sustainable series production

On behalf of Rubus Development, a 50/50 joint venture between Implenia and Deutsche Seerederei (DSR), our experts at Real Estate Products are developing a scalable hotel design for the German, Swiss and Austrian market that will set new standards in design automation, prefabrication, sustainability and the circular economy. A first package of work has already been completed, including specifications for planning and designing the hotel rooms and guidance for digital service solutions to enable resource-optimised hotel operation.

The Real Estate Products team, which has assumed overall leadership of “Green Hospitality” product development and combines specialist expertise in computational design, user experience (UX), customer experience (CX) and sustainability, among other fields, works together with various specialists. The internal expertise of Implenia Timber Construction and Real Estate Investment is incorporated alongside input from external partners with international experience in architecture, interior design, building technology, structural engineering and production.

Configurator for design options

Real Estate Products’ approach is based on computational design, which allows different configurations from a catalogue of elements that can be industrially produced. “That makes the entire process more efficient – from design to construction to commissioning,” explains Severin Boser, Head Real Estate Products.

And how does it work?

“We do this by using the digital configurator we have developed ourselves, which generates the design variants and optimises them in relation to one another based on specific aspects. The configurator delivers BIM models directly and with them building volumetrics, material lists, and performance and cost indicators.” This allows the various options to be easily tested, compared and optimised until the best solution is found for the relevant site – taking into account relevant criteria such as light conditions, noise emissions, view and topography.