Since 2007, we have been turning construction processes inside out to fully leverage digital methods in planning and production.
We look at the process from the end result and pragmatically find the best path to success to make construction more efficient and sustainable. As an interdisciplinary team, we combine digital expertise with hands-on experience in construction, fabrication, and assembly — driving digital transformation across the entire process.
We develop parametric planning processes and deliver precise data for digital manufacturing. Grounded in practice, we create user-friendly software tailored to the needs of construction, streamlining workflows and connecting systems. Building on this experience, we drive the shift toward serial construction — from configurable building systems to viable business models.
Redefining construction — for a livable future.
Consulting and planning for complex projects
Design-to-Production transforms ambitious design ideas into production-ready parametric concepts and digital models.
We understand the design intent, know the technical possibilities and the economic boundary conditions and find the right combination for complex projects. Through parametric planning, we deliver precise data for digital prefabrication — without detours and significantly more efficient than in conventional processes.
Software Solutions
Design-to-Production develops innovative software for next-generation design and construction processes.
We understand business models and value chains in construction. Drawing on extensive experience in planning and production, we create digital solutions that simplify processes and connect systems. Whether configurators for building products, control systems for production workflows, plug-ins for CAD/CAM applications, or custom tools — we develop user-friendly software that makes your work smooth and efficient, and integrates seamlessly into your processes through tailored interfaces.
Digital Construction Products
Design-to-Production helps innovative construction companies to move from project- to product-logic.
We develop repeatable, configurable systems, standardize processes, and establish the digital foundation for scalable building products. We systematically define components and interfaces, clarify responsibilities, and refine business models.
This is how prototypes evolve into market-ready, reproducible, and scalable building systems — the foundation for the future of serial construction.
Our Mission
Redefining construction for a livable future
We empower our partners to build faster, smarter and greener
- By combining digital expertise with practical construction experience
- By developing new concepts, products, processes and value chains for construction
- By implementing tailor-made software solutions and digital building models
Our History
From digitalisation to transformation of construction
Design-to-Production was founded in 2007 by Fabian Scheurer and Arnold Walz. The computer scientist and the architect realised that they were working at opposite ends of the same digital process chain — with little connection in between. They became the first to offer production-ready parametric 3D modeling as an independent service. Hanno Stehling joined the team in 2009.
Based in a former textile factory in Erlenbach near Zurich and in Stuttgart, the company has since contributed to more than 50 pioneering construction projects — in collaboration with renowned architects and practices such as SANAA, UN-Studio, Zaha Hadid Architects, Shigeru Ban, and Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
From the outset, the D2P team developed its own digital tools for its projects. Since 2019, Design-to-Production has also offered software development projects for clients seeking to implement new digital processes and business models beyond the standard.
Years of hands-on experience with parametric building systems and complex software projects make the company a unique partner for the next step in the transformation of construction: the shift from project-based thinking to product-based systems.
Team
A pioneering spirit seems to blow through our lakeside offices. Because, here at Design-to-Production, an interdisciplinary team of highly specialised technical consultants apply just the right amount of curiosity and passion to build quality, efficiency and safety into our digital planning processes.
Fabian Scheurer
Managing Partner
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Fabian Scheurer studied informatics with subsidiary studies in architecture, and began his professional career as an assistant in the CAAD department at the Technical University in Munich. Appointments followed as a software engineer in Munich, as well as a consultant for new media in Zurich. He was a research assistant at the CAAD Chair at the ETH Zurich, where the idea to set up his own company evolved. Fabian Scheurer has been a managing partner at Design-to-Production since 2007, alongside which he has taught as a guest lecturer at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA, London), the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalunya (IAAC, Barcelona), and at the HTW Chur, amongst others.
Hanno Stehling
Managing Partner
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Hanno Stehling is partner and head of software development at Design-to-Production Zurich.
He graduated with a diploma in architecture from University of Kassel, Germany. He has a strong background in computer programming and gradually focused his studies onto the intersection between architecture and computer science, joining a research group about parametric design led by Prof. Manfred Grohmann of Bollinger + Grohmann and Oliver Tessmann (now Professor for Digital Design at TU Darmstadt). After graduating, he worked as a freelance programmer and as computational designer for renowned architects like Bernhard Franken before joining Design-to-Production in 2009.
Evy Slabbinck
Managing Director
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Arnold Walz
Managing Partner (Stuttgart)
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Arnold Walz studied architecture and urban planning at the University of Stuttgart, specialising in lightweight construction and planning theory. Even while still studying, he worked on projects with tricky geometries such as the Olympic Stadium in Montreal or the reconstruction of Gaudi's suspended model for the Colònia Güell Church. He developed scripts to generate and optimise complex building geometries, applying own his approach, namely that these complex geometries should not be drawn but rather be "written", to his work on ambitious designs by notable architects such as Norman Foster or Herzog & de Meuron. Arnold Walz runs Design-to-Production’s Stuttgart office.
Alumni
Karl Ahlund, Dominique Angehrn, Martin Antemann, Aleksandra Anna Apolinarska, Marta Besalu Canals, Rob Beson, Ingridy Bracke, Michael Brunner, Chiara Colli, Elie Deniau, Max Eschenbach, Joost Fähser, Ursula Frick, Augusto Gandia, Aurèle Gheyselinck, Tristan Gobin, Abel Groenewolt, Julian Höll, Matthias Hornung, Johann Kottmeir, Valentin Kubatta, Johannes Kuhnen, Axel Larsson, Patrick Leite, Alessandro Mac-Nelly, Pascal Mobailly, Stefana Parascho, Matteo Persanti, Kai Peters, Mischa Proll, Raoul Ruoff, Tomaz Scheliga, Lando Schumpich, Michele Semeghini, Gaganjit Singh, Victor Sitterlé, Julia Spahn, Jannis Spieth, Anton Szilasi, Gianluca Tabellini, Behrooz Tahanzadeh, Ghaith Tish, Malcolm Unger, Valeriia Vlasenko, Guanyu Wang, Harmen Westra, Nick Williams
Jobs
Design-to-Production is applied innovation. That’s why we are always on the look out for great minds: people who combine engineering knowledge with creativity, and who understand how to tread the fine line between architecture and computing.
Please send your application to:
Design-to-Production GmbH
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CH-8703 Erlenbach/Zurich
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Publications
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Contact Address
Design-to-Production GmbH
Seestrasse 78
8703 Erlenbach/Zurich
Switzerland
Company Registration
Registered company name: Design-to-Production
Number: CHE-113.485.127
Companies registry office: Zurich
VAT Number
CHE-113.485.127
Design
Martin et Karczinski Zürich
Programming
Frank Meyer
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