Security should not be seen but relied upon. Alarm, cameras, access control and video entry we plan as one system on a stable network foundation — operated at the same place as lighting and shading.
A system nobody arms protects nothing. We plan from everyday use outwards: the perimeter first, detectors with pet immunity, links to presence and shading — so that the system stays in use.
Cameras, detectors and door stations are visible components. We agree positions, form and colour with the architecture and the façade — at the 400-year-old manor house in Cologne it was exactly that restraint which counted.
Recording in the technical room rather than on a subscription, cameras on their own network segment, access over a secured connection rather than an open port forward. Privacy zones mask out what you are not allowed to record.
Four layers that only together add up to security — and a foundation laid at shell stage.
Intruder alarm technology to proven VdS logic: the outer skin before the interior, opening and bolt contacts, glass-break detection on large fixed glazing, tamper and line monitoring. Cameras with a planned field of view and pixel density, recording in the house, analytics instead of a motion alarm for every branch.
Motor lock, fingerprint, code or transponder — with permission profiles and time windows for cleaners, tradespeople and guests. Gate and garage door run with it, and arriving triggers light and scene straight away.
No rigid schedule: lighting groups and blinds follow dusk and your actual pattern of use, with a random offset. From outside an occupied house, no recognisable pattern.
Structured Cat cabling, planned access point positions, VLAN separation of family, guests, cameras and building services, remote access over VPN. Without this foundation, any security system is only as stable as the weakest Wi-Fi.
Security is not a device you buy later. It takes shape at five points in the build.
Where the technical room sits, how many network outlets go where, and where spare capacity remains. A house with no spare capacity in the network runs out of room in ten years — and afterwards, every extra outlet is a building job.
Conduits to the gate, garage, carport and garden house. The cheapest component in the whole house — and the one component you can add later only by chasing out walls.
Camera positions and the door station belong on the façade drawing, not on the snagging list. We agree them with the architect and the door manufacturer, so that nothing looks tacked on later.
Access control, alarm, video and video entry come onto one interface — operated from the same switches as lighting and shading, not from four separate apps.
Who may do what, and when? We hand over roles, codes and permissions in documented form — with instructions that are still understandable in two years' time.
Listed and without major building work: intruder alarm, access control, Siedle exterior camera and garden irrigation over an intelligent wireless system.
Video entry with DoorBird, shading and a complete electrical installation — integrated precisely into historic fabric.
For clients with a heightened need for protection we plan panic rooms, safe rooms and walk-in vaults with their own supply and a secured alarm line — discreet and unremarkable day to day.
Each planned on its own, at their strongest in combination.
smartfabrik is a smart home planning practice based in Düsseldorf (Reisholzer Werftstr. 31A). We plan for private clients and companies in Cologne, Düsseldorf and across North Rhine-Westphalia — and, where wanted, nationwide and internationally. A selection of the places we have already planned and delivered in:
That depends on your insurer's requirements and on the particular policy. We design the intruder alarm system to established VdS logic and document detector allocation, arming zones and interlocking so that the system stands up to scrutiny by insurers. We establish beforehand, together with you, which requirements apply in your case.
Yes. In an existing building we first check which cable routes are realistic and add wireless where cabling would be disproportionate. At the 400-year-old manor house in Cologne we delivered alarm, access control and camera in exactly this way, without opening a single wall.
In the house. The recorder sits in the technical room, you set the retention period, and overwriting runs automatically. Cameras sit in their own network segment with no route to the internet; access while you are away runs over a secured VPN connection rather than a manufacturer's cloud.
Yes, for clients with a heightened need for protection. That includes a power supply of its own, redundant alarm paths to the outside, a control panel with camera access, control of security doors and monitoring of gun rooms and walk-in vaults. We treat these projects confidentially.
From the first drawing to handover — matched to your house, not out of a catalogue.
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