Technology you barely see — and feel every day.
We design intelligent homes — smart home, KNX and lighting design for villas and new builds in Düsseldorf, Cologne and across North Rhine-Westphalia. From the first conversation to a perfectly tuned installation. The pillar standing beside your architect.
From the first thought to a house that thinks with you.
Off-the-peg technology is designed for a building — we design for the life you will live in it. In five clear steps, thought into the house from the start.
Holistic consultation
Early on, with you, the architect and the interior practice at one table — before the first cable.
Decisions are made early — while changes still cost nothing.Concept work & clear recommendations
One coherent concept — with a clear, reasoned recommendation rather than an open list of options.
You decide with confidence — everything works as one.Product selection & design
Switch design, lighting scenes and materials agreed together — experienced before anything is built.
No surprises — seen and approved in advance.Delivered by elektrofabrik
Our sister company builds exactly what was designed — nothing lost in between, with one named contact.
From the idea to the first light switch — one continuous responsibility.Commissioning & fine-tuning
smartfabrik commissions your system, programmes the lighting scenes and tunes everything to you.
First-class after-sales — your home grows with you.Five steps. One person responsible. Nothing lost in between.
One home. One system. No islands.
The earlier we are involved, the better. From the outset we coordinate every electrical interface with every other — the part an architect cannot take on.
orchestratedWindows, climate, security, lighting, garden, access — everything runs on one system, designed at every electrical interface. Nothing side by side, nothing patched together.
Three worlds, one home.
Before this is about technology, it is about how you want to live. Three views of the same house — each leading to the services behind it.
Projects that speak for us.
Three houses here, thirty on the projects page — we have accompanied considerably more. What we mean by smart home design is not written in a promise of service; it is built into houses.
Everything from one source — thought through in four pillars.
From manufacturer-independent design through lighting and comfort to security and infrastructure. Every service premium in its own right — at full strength when they work together.
Design, consultancy & project management
Designed on a manufacturer-independent basis — from the first idea to a clear recommendation.
Lighting, shading & comfort
Lighting, shading and climate that feel right every single day.
Security & access control
See who is coming — and sleep soundly, indoors and out.
Infrastructure, network & energy
The invisible foundation that carries everything else, reliably, in the background.
Anyone can claim KNX. Thinking premium — and feeling it — is another matter.
Plenty of firms can handle a bus system. Tuning a whole house to you, in detail and as one piece, is another matter entirely. That is where smartfabrik begins.
Whole rather than piecemeal
We do not place technology onto your house, we think it into the house — a home that responds as one system.
Matched to your interior
Technology should be felt, not seen — agreed with the architect and the interior designer, down to the Basalte push-button sensor.
Design & our own installation
Engineers plan, tradespeople build — under one roof. elektrofabrik carries the work out with nothing lost in between.
Simple to operate
What is highly complex in the background stays, day to day, a quiet press of a button.
Manufacturer-independent & KNX trainers
Beholden to no manufacturer, only to your project — as KNX trainers we choose the solution that is objectively best.
One point of contact, one responsibility
One team from the first sketch to handover — calm across the whole process, and more than 100 projects since 2018.
A house of this calibre changes with you — which is exactly where our after-sales work begins. Because we planned your system ourselves and commissioned it, you reach the people who were responsible for it, not an anonymous helpline. If you wish, a maintenance agreement makes that closeness permanent.
Full expertise, personal touch.
smartfabrik plans and programmes, elektrofabrik installs — more than 20 people, two teams used to working together, the same named contacts from the first idea to handover.
Installation & commissioningLed by Sebastian Strickling and Sebastian Gehmlich — from the first conversation to handover, in one pair of hands.
Basalte: a smart home that feels like architecture.
Basalte Gold PartnerWe are beholden to no manufacturer. Where a project demands the very best in design and operation, our choice falls on Basalte — hand-made in Belgium, sitting on top of the open KNX standard. Not a switch range but an ecosystem in which lighting, shading, climate, music and security speak one language.
A closed ecosystem
Controls, displays, multiroom audio, door intercom and server all come from one source and are natively matched to one another — instead of five brands that have to get along.
One app for everything
Lighting, shading, climate, scenes, music and cameras in one calm interface. The same logic on the display, the switch and the remote — still self-explanatory years later.
Small-batch manufacture, on open KNX
Precision-milled from glass, aluminium and metal, hand-assembled in Belgium. And open all the same: Basalte refines the experience layer on top of KNX, and your house stays extensible.
The brands & partners we build with.
Selected brands and collaborations — from premium controls to interior and design partners such as StudioASH. The full picture is on our partners page.
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The podcast about the smart home.
Practical knowledge every fortnight — from KNX through lighting design to security systems. More than 39 episodes, wherever you get your podcasts.
Let's talk about your project — ideally early.
The earlier we are on board, the more coherent your home becomes. A first conversation, without obligation and straight with you.