Halter is committed to digital building
Die Halter AG engagiert sich mHalter AG has made a donation to the ETH Foundation for the Design++ Centre. Over a period of six years, this will finance a new fellowship programme to promote digital planning and building.it einer Donation an die ETH Foundation für das Zentrum Design++. Über sechs Jahre wird daraus ein neues Fellowship-Programm zur Förderung digitalen Planens und Bauens finanziert.
According to a press release, Schlierem-based real estate developer Halter AG is supporting the Design++ Centre for Augmented Computational Design in Architecture, Engineering and Construction at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich(ETH) with a generous donation to the ETH Foundation over six years.
At the centre, digital tools and processes are being developed that simultaneously improve design, increase productivity in the construction process, enhance the quality of buildings and reduce their ecological impact. To this end, current knowledge from the fields of artificial intelligence with a focus on machine learning and augmented reality will flow into architecture and civil engineering.
“The development and establishment of novel processes and business models is imperative to increase the productivity and sustainability of the construction industry, not least with regard to a relevant reduction of CO2 emissions,” Balz Halter, Chairman of the Board of Halter AG, is quoted as saying. “The Design++ Centre at ETH Zurich with its promising approach represents a very important commitment for us in this regard,” Halter continues.
Halter AG’s support will primarily be used for the establishment of a fellowship programme to promote digital design and construction at the Zentrum Design++. Talented researchers are to further develop promising technologies to market maturity in order to contribute to resource efficiency, circular economy and the reduction of carbon emissions in architecture and civil engineering through new business models.