HiLo

HiLo is a research and innovation unit on the NEST platform at Empa in Dübendorf, Switzerland.

Designed as a flexible multi-storey workspace, the project demonstrates how digital construction, lightweight concrete structures, and integrated building systems can reduce material use, embodied carbon, and operational energy.

With 50 m² of RFS-D, HiLo represents the research foundation behind Vaulted's commercial floor system, proving how geometry can replace mass in a real building environment.

The project also strengthens Vaulted's credibility as a Swiss innovation story, with the NEST platform now selected as a motif for the future CHF 20 banknote of the Swiss National Bank.