Facit Homes claims to build world's first "digitally fabricated" house

« Back to Article

Image of 22 Use your left and right arrow keys to navigate the gallery

« Prev | Next »

This 115 m² (1,250 ft²) home was built from 800 sheets of sustainable plywood

Facit Homes were behind the design and construction of Villa Asserbo in Denmark

The patented D-Process transforms a 3D digital design into the home’s exact physical building components, using a computer controlled cutter

Components are usually made from engineered spruce ply and are light and easy enough to then be assembled together on site

The home's thermal envelope conserves energy and minimizes heat loss

Example of a digitally fabricated tree house by Facit Homes

Each project possesses an individual design and layout that reflects the needs of its future occupants

The unique construction method provides on-site quality control, predictability, cost effectiveness, speed, a low carbon footprint and flexibility

Since the components are produced on demand, costs are kept to a minimum and lead times are minimized

Home owners Celia and Diana of Hertfordshire, UK, were the first to successfully have their home built using the on site D-Process

Triple glazed glass windows maximize heat retention in cold weather

Facit Homes was also behind the design and construction of Villa Asserbo in Denmark

Villa Asserbo was built from 800 sheets of sustainable plywood

Building components are light and easy enough to be assembled together on-site

A compact mobile production facility (MPF) arrives on-site

MPF is equipped with all the materials and machinery required to transform a 3D digital design into a physical building.

The digital wood cutter gets to works on cutting building components

The house gets manufactured and built on-site

The world's first bespoke home to be manufactured on site by Facit Homes

The compact mobile production facility (MPF) digitally fabricates a bespoke home on site

Bespoke home by Facit Homes

Facit Homes claims to be the first company in the world to digitally fabricate a bespoke home on-site

Article Summary

Facit Homes claims to be the first company in the world to digitally fabricate a bespoke home on-site. The company has developed a process (D-Process) whereby it delivers a compact mobile production facility (MPF) to the construction site, equipped with all the materials and machinery required to transform a 3D digital design into a physical building. “We are the first company in the world to have successfully trialed manufacturing a house on-site,” Managing Director of Facit Homes, Bruce Bell told Gizmag. “We bring our compact high-tech machine to site and make it there and then—its an amazingly efficient way of designing and making a house.”

« Back to Facit Homes claims to build world's first "digitally fabricated" house

Other Images from this Gallery