All three charming wooden chalets are connected with a passage. Behind the construction project is a comprehensive concept that focuses on sustainable tourism. At the same time, the Berg-Academy is set up, offering courses in the areas of healthy people, a healthy environment and sustainable entrepreneurship. The Academy will conduct the “live seminars” in the Berglodge37. External seminar providers can hold their own seminars on the Eggberge. Companies and organizations book the lodge for internal seminars in the mentioned areas. Adults looking for peace and quiet can use the place for a personal pit stop, a “digital detox” or simply for a few days of relaxation.
With the Berglodge37, the two operators fulfilled a dream: “This heart project has been dormant in us for a long time,” says Ruth Koch. “Operating a mountain oasis where curious people can meet and be inspired is our common dream,” adds Martin Reichle. When building the Berglodge37, great importance was attached to an optimal energy balance and a lot of regional “moon wood” was used, wood felled during the waning moon. According to an ETH study, this wood has been proven to have a wide variety of positive properties such as better stability, better durability, fire resistance, hardness and resistance to pests. When it came to choosing the furniture, only the best was good enough. All rooms are equipped with bed systems from the Swiss manufacturer Leibundgut from the Bernese Oberland. The world’s only bed with automatic shape adjustment to every body shape and sleeping position offers perfect sleeping comfort and guarantees the best relaxation.
As a consistently sustainable business, Berglodge37 relies on vegetarian cuisine. Guests should be able to experience that vegetarian food can taste just as good as dishes containing meat. The lodge sees itself as an innovative employer in the canton of Uri. This is reflected in the choice of employees, who practically all come from the region. The opening of the Berglodge37 is planned for mid-July 2022. More information: www.berglodge37.com.
Kick-off for the paper mill hub The “Zentrum Papiermühle” site is centrally located in the district of Papiermühle in the municipality of Ittigen, near the S-Bahn station of the same name. It stretches along Worblentalstrasse and connects directly to the intersection of Papiermühlestrasse, Grauholzstrasse and Worblentalstrasse.
For the development of the area, an urban planning solution (use, development, development) was already worked out in 2014. Based on this, the planning instruments relevant for the area were then adapted, namely the “ESP Ittigen-Paper Mill” structure plan, the zoning plan, the building regulations and the associated building regulations. With the award of the study contract, the intention was to obtain a solution for the area that was convincing in terms of local planning, architecture and function through a qualified competition procedure involving the municipality of Ittigen.
Five planning teams, consisting of architects, landscape architects and civil engineers, were invited to the study assignment. The project contributions were evaluated by the assessment committee chaired by Michael Geschwentner (Steib Gmür Geschwentner Kyburz Partner AG Architekten & Stadtplaner) with regard to the fulfillment of the objectives and numerous criteria such as urban development, architecture, open space, development, design, use, profitability and sustainability. Of particular importance were also qualitative and convincing apartment floor plans.
Appreciation of the winning project In the opinion of the assessment committee, the project contribution by E2A Piet Eckert and Wim Eckert Architekten AG is characterized by a clever urban planning setting that gives the place a strong identity, with exciting spatial qualities and the desired degree of publicity. The project was unanimously recommended for further processing.
Based on a precise analysis of the urban planning context, the architects developed a volumetric arrangement of high-rise and long building that creates a well-proportioned, all-round square that accommodates the different prevailing height situations and achieves a clear address for commercial and residential areas.
The extra-high ground floor gives the high-rise a self-confident appearance and cleverly addresses the terrain offset in the interior. In interaction with the ground floor, the newly created square unfolds a strong public that has the potential to activate and enliven the place. The longitudinal building also benefits from the free space at the rear. The filigree appearance of the high-rise is combined with the delicate wooden construction of the longitudinal building and leads to a harmonious relationship between the two buildings.
A competition for landscape architects was carried out for the design of the Attisholz area in Riedholz. According to a media release from Halter AG , those that are to be pursued have been selected from the six projects submitted. The Schlieremer construction group is the landowner of the area. The projects will now be presented to the public. The exhibition opened on Thursday, May 19, at 5 p.m. in the evaporation plant building. The exhibition will remain open until June 2nd.
The government council of the canton of Solothurn approved the usage plan for the Attisholz area in Riedholz in December. The project page from Halter states that cellulose was industrially produced on the site for 130 years. Since the end of 2016, Halter AG has been working with the local municipality of Riedholz and the canton of Solothurn to find a new use for the area.
Six teams led by landscape architecture offices took part in the competition that has now been held. In the program, the creation of a sustainable and changeable basis for the development of a living space for all users was formulated as a core task. The aim was to design the mostly public open spaces on the eastern part of the site in detail.
The assessment committee consisted of experts in landscape architecture and urban planning, representatives of the municipality of Riedholz, the office for spatial planning of the canton of Solothurn and the landowner Halter AG. The committee unanimously recommended the study by DnD Landschaftsplanung ZT Wien and Freimüller-Söllinger Stadtbau ZT Wien for further processing.
Renggli Deutschland GmbH is a joint venture between the four shareholders Renggli AG, Saxovent Smart Eco Investments GmbH, Sächsische Ärzteversorgung (SAEV) and MQ Real Estate GmbH. Renggli AG is committed to providing know-how and expertise. The new plant is being built in Eberswalde (state of Brandenburg), around 40 kilometers from the Berlin city limits. In February 2022, the purchase contract for the land of the production facility was signed. Construction will start in the third quarter of 2022 and completion is scheduled for the end of 2023. From 2024, wooden modules for sustainable and climate-friendly, multi-storey buildings will be manufactured in the modern plant on a production area of around 20,000 square meters.
Great potential in Germany
In the greater Berlin area, there is great potential for serially and industrially manufactured wooden modules. In modular construction, entire room units are prefabricated in the production plant and assembled on the construction site. Today, modular buildings meet all the requirements of modern and sustainable real estate and offer a solution for the realization of attractive, affordable and climate-friendly living space. Samuel Renggli says: “We want to meet the high demand for timber construction capacities in the Berlin/Brandenburg area as needed and thus make a significant contribution to resource-friendly and climate-neutral construction. With the performance of this modern production plant, we meet the high standards of quality, efficiency and reliability.»
Market development in Germany – further development in Switzerland
The investment is the consistent strategic further development of activities in Germany and is based on Renggli AG’s long-term business plan. The commitment in Germany will not affect the activities in Switzerland. As planned, Renggli AG will continue to strengthen its market position in Switzerland and invest in the digitization and further development of the company in parallel to its expansion in Germany. In the production plant in Schötz (LU), Renggli AG continues to realize industrially manufactured, high-quality and climate-friendly buildings in element and modular construction. It thus serves the demand from Switzerland for architecturally sophisticated, multi-storey wooden buildings for housing developments, office and commercial buildings or kindergartens and schools.
The construction of the Unterfeld energy center symbolically began on May 3rd with the ground-breaking ceremony. The energy center forms the core and at the same time the only above-ground part of the Circulago energy network. In the future, this will supply the districts of Altgass, Unterfeld, Schleifi, Gartenstadt and Herti in Zug and Baar with heating and cooling from Lake Zug.
The energy center is to be fully completed in autumn 2024, but the first properties will already be supplied from autumn 2023. The projected thermal energy would be enough for 1,500 standard single-family houses, project manager Benjamin Kälin is quoted as saying in a statement from the energy supplier WWZ .
The energy network also reduces the region’s dependency on the gas supply, the Mayor of Zug, Karl Kobelt, is quoted as saying in the statement. “The importance of the Circulago energy network for the city of Zug is immense.”
The Limmattal Hospital Association completes the LIMMIviva new construction project for the acute hospital. The construction was realized between 2014 and September 2018. This was followed by relocation and commissioning. The project can now be considered completed. According to the media release, less was spent on the costs than estimated. The approved commitment credit of 275.7 million francs, including two supplementary credits, was undershot by around 0.8 million francs.
In a construction project lasting several years, adjustments to the original project are quite common, according to the hospital association. This also applied to the new building project for the Limmattal hospital. The high dynamics of the healthcare system meant that the project was continuously adapted to changing requirements in over 100 supplements. Such supplements usually lead to significant additional costs. During the construction of the Limmattal hospital, together with the Bern-based construction company Losinger Marazzi AG , which was commissioned as general contractor, additional costs that caused additional costs were compensated for by optimizations in other areas.
With the hospital financing introduced in 2012 and an amendment to the municipal law, the Limmattal Hospital Association was able to finance the investments of around 270 million francs itself, without the help of the municipalities and thus without burdening the taxpayer. 220 million francs of outside capital was raised through the issue of two bonds.
With the new building in Gloriarank (GLC), ETH Zurich is creating a modern development and laboratory building at the interface between health sciences and technology in the university district of Zurich Zentrum. Together with partners, ETH Zurich would like to set a milestone in medical technology research and application. Research groups will meet in the new building and work more closely together on research projects with industry, the University of Zurich, the University Hospital Zurich and other university hospitals. ETH Zurich is also making an architectural statement with the new building. The attractive connection of the structure to the existing ETZ building creates a central courtyard, the heart of which is the listed Scherrer lecture hall. The inner courtyard created in this way becomes the center around which the main entrances and public facilities are grouped.
When it comes to architecture, “Everything is Roger” here. He speaks of "Maison de Verre", but in this case he does not mean the famous 1930s glass house in Paris – the Zurich architect Roger Boltshauser. Rather, with the GLC research building, he created a sensational building that, with its glass facade made of glass block elements assembled in a cassette-like manner and the ventilation wings staggered in depth, creates a sublime heaviness that does justice to its representative character. Since the use of glass blocks as a façade material in contemporary industrial and university buildings has a long tradition, the architect redesigned the material for this project in terms of design, technology and energy. It not only meets today's enormously high demands on energy and sustainability. Rather, through the combination of reduction and robustness of the elements used, the design corresponds to the basic urban planning attitude of the quarter.
Thinking together means thinking ahead. 3,866 m² of steel facade, 22,550 m² of floor space, 1,875 mm high casement windows with a projection of 2,800 mm, the strictest environmental and fire protection standards and much more: the new GLC building was a challenge in every respect, which was mastered thanks to the open and constructive exchange of ideas between the companies involved was mastered. A good example of this are the particularly heavy cleaning blades. Due to its complex geometry, Aepli Metallbau – in cooperation with Jansen AG – subjected it to an endurance test beforehand. A prototype was specially built for this purpose. Exactly 1250 problem-free openings and closings later, it was clear: everything works perfectly!
The study contract for the construction of the Rocket and Tigerli houses has been completed, as informed by Ina Invest in a press release . A jury made up of representatives from the city of Winterthur and architects selected the concept by the architecture offices of Cometti Truffer Hodel Architects from Lucerne and Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects from Copenhagen from nine designs.
The winning design shows an “outstanding architectural completion” of the former industrial site. As can be seen in the media release, the decision is based on a “non-anonymous study order in the form of a digital, one-step process with pre-qualification and interim discussion”. In addition to urban planning and architectural aspects, the focus was on sustainability and innovation. At the heart of Lokstadt, on Dialogplatz, the Rocket high-rise with a terracotta facade is to reach a height of 100 meters into the sky.
Mixed use is planned for the entire residential area. In the Rocket high-rise, a diverse range of residential properties is to be created over 32 floors. According to the Lokstadt development team, the architectural concept is characterized by flexible planning.
The base building Tigerli is intended for student apartments and non-profit housing. A Radisson Red Hotel is to be housed on part of the area, including the listed industrial halls.
From Switzerland, 80 to 100 houses are to be built worldwide that will bear the Domi Living signature, five to seven also in Zurich. Behind this new real estate brand are Canadian designer with British citizenship Tyler Brulé and Zurich real estate entrepreneur Thomas Prajer .
Domi Living was founded in Zug in July 2021 and, according to its website, sees itself as a real estate and lifestyle consultancy. It aims to “create elegant, intuitive real estate and revitalize urban neighborhoods around the world. In doing so, we combine design and site development at a high level with access to a sophisticated, influential global audience.” The buildings in Asian and North American metropolises are to be realized under license by local entrepreneurs.
In order to reach an exclusive target audience, both business partners have good prerequisites. A seasoned journalist, Brulé is the owner of the glossy magazine Monocle . He also owns the Zurich design agency Winkreative with offices in London and Tokyo. Among other things, she gave her logo and name to the then new Swiss airline in 2002. He also owns the radio station M24 and cafés in Zurich and London. He was also involved in the design of the Koya apartment building in the Andermatt Swiss Alps holiday village.
“We want to create a global brand with Domi Living,” said Thomas Prajer of the “Handelzeitung”. The first building of this new brand is to be built on Zurich’s Gold Coast, on a site in Küsnacht owned by Thomas Prajer. Prajer will also contribute the other Domi Living properties in Zurich. According to the information, he has bought around 50 high-quality plots of land in the Zurich area, which he will develop with his company Xania Real Estate . It was founded in March 2022.
The Paperwerd Forum was launched on April 11 under the direction of the Office for Urban Development. Here, 55 experts from various disciplines, representatives of politics, clubs, organizations and associations as well as the residents are to work out “the basics for the future of the Papierwerd area”, writes the building department of the city of Zurich in a statement . “We would like to have a broad debate with the interest groups and the population about the possible scenarios for the Papierwerd area,” Corine Mauch, Mayor of Zurich, is quoted there as saying. The scenarios range from preservation to partial preservation and demolition to new construction.
The results of the dialogue process should form the basis for the city council’s strategy for the development of the area. The handling of the provisional globe will also be discussed, according to the statement. “Even if the Globus provisional is not listed as a historic monument, the building is definitely relevant in terms of architecture, urban planning and social history,” André Odermatt, head of the building department, is quoted as saying.
The Papierwerd area is part of the area around the main station and the Central. For this, the civil engineering office creates a master plan as a superordinate consideration. Richard Wolff, Head of the Civil Engineering and Waste Management Department, explains that it will be “incorporated into the strategic process for the Papierwerd site”, but will not anticipate it.
The city of Zurich is planning to set up a sustainable, innovative recycling center on the Juch site in Zurich-Altstetten. It is intended to replace the Hagenholz recycling center. The city council has now approved an additional loan of 4.24 million francs for the implementation of the project, the civil engineering and waste disposal department of the city of Zurich informed in a statement .
The construction of the new recycling center is intended to serve as a pilot project for circular construction. On the one hand, the reuse of as many elements as possible from the Hagenholz recycling hall and other components owned by the city is planned. On the other hand, value is placed on a simple and independent renewal of components in the new recycling center.
The operating concept of the center is also based on the principles of the circular economy. It is planned to repair disposal goods as far as possible and to recycle them.
The new recycling center on the Juch site is scheduled to go into operation at the end of 2026. At a later date, the city of Zurich also wants to replace the Werdholzli recycling center with an equivalent recycling center in Zurich-North, explains the Civil Engineering and Waste Management Department.
Apleona Wolfferts has been commissioned with the heating, cooling and ventilation trades as well as fire protection for the latest expansion stage of the freight and handling center of the parcel service provider United Parcel Service (UPS) at Cologne-Bonn Airport. Europe’s largest UPS hub, built in 2005, is currently being expanded to include four multi-storey dispatch halls, each with an area of 6,000 square meters and a ceiling height of up to ten meters, as well as three seven-storey office towers. Completion is scheduled for August 2022.
In addition to the HVAC systems, the Apleona subsidiary is also equipping the new dispatch halls with smoke extraction systems. In addition, it installs the sanitary facilities in the office towers and also provides the execution and assembly planning as well as the coordination of all other building services. The client for the major order is the general contractor, Baugesellschaft Walter Hellmich GmbH. Builder is UPS.
Managing Director of Apleona Wolfferts, Horst Kever: “Such complex construction projects are logistically challenging due to the tight schedule and the size of the building. The sensitive airport area also increases the requirements due to explicit security regulations. This applies to the entire construction team and Apleona Wolfferts plays a key role through the commissioned coordination, which we fulfill through professionalism, adherence to schedules and commitment.”
The Swiss TPH combines its departments, which were previously spread across seven properties, in a new building on the BaseLink site . The Belo Horizonte building, designed by the Basel architects Kunz and Mösch , was officially opened on April 1st. On five floors, it offers 725 modern workplaces and 150 laboratory places on an area of around 13,000 square meters. According to a press release , up to 10,000 new jobs are to be created on the site.
In her speech, State Secretary Martina Hirayama said that “the institute makes an important contribution to improving the health of people in Switzerland and around the world and drives innovation”. According to the information, the new building enables “attractive forms of interdisciplinary cooperation in order to take on global challenges and approach solutions in a spirit of partnership”.
The director of the Swiss TPH, Jürg Utzinger, described the opening as a historic day for the Swiss TPH: “Almost 80 years after our founding – originally intended as a three-year temporary arrangement – we can call this great building our new home.” Transformation from ‘Tropeli’ to ‘Swiss TPH’ accomplished and we can push our mission even more consistently”.
According to Nicole Nüssli-Kaiser, mayor of Allschwil, the new Swiss TPH is “an important anchor institution” in the BaseLink area, the up-and-coming life science cluster. It is in the immediate vicinity of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area Main Campus , which will open in autumn 2022. Companies such as Abbott, Basilea Pharmaceutica, Idorsia, Johnson&Johnson and Skan have settled there.
On March 30th, Stefanie Steiner, project manager of the certification organization SNBS, presented the certificate to the new cooperative housing project on Schorenweg in Basel and thanked the builder of the Northwest Housing Cooperative for the good work and handling of the certification.
In particular, great importance was attached to social values such as a multi-purpose room or residents’ café. The SNBS building standard is a building standard that covers the building itself and the site in the context of its surroundings. It enables the needs of society, the economy and the environment to be equally and comprehensively included in planning, construction and operation. The prerequisite for this is the view of the entire life cycle of a property.
The winning project, which emerged from a competition, is the final building block to close a vacant lot that resulted from the demolition of a former Novartis office building on Schorenweg. 94 apartments can be found in the buildings, which impress with their permeable structure and clearly defined outdoor spaces and passageways. The latter connect the different uses of the public, semi-public and private areas. The roofs accommodate a photovoltaic system with an output of approx. 230,000kWp, the settlement draws the electricity as a group for self-consumption (ZEV).
Due to the central location near the train station, the number of parking spaces tailored to the use and the numerous bicycle parking spaces, the requirements for mobility from the energy efficiency path can be met. A spacious bicycle storage hall and numerous above-ground parking spaces encourage the use of fuel-free means of transport and support the sustainability concept of the client and the canton. By taking into account the social and economic aspects, which are checked in addition to the energetic criteria in the SNBS building certification, the SNBS building certification is a perfect supplement to the Minergie-P-ECO certification. As a building standard, the SNBS building allows the Comprehensively incorporating the needs of society, the economy and the environment into planning, construction and operation.
Steinfels Swiss laid the foundation stone for its new building in Winterthur on March 30, the Coop subsidiary, which specializes in the production of sustainable cosmetic and hygiene products for the retail trade, hospitals and gastronomy, informed in a statement. “With the new building, we are investing in the Winterthur production site and expanding our range of cosmetic products,” Christian Koch, CEO of Steinfels Swiss, is quoted as saying. “In this way we can meet the increasing demand for cosmetic products, especially for sustainable alternatives.”
In the new production building, the company wants to renew its cosmetics production and realign the production of detergents, the press release explains further. The internal flow of goods should be automated. The end of the construction work is scheduled for the end of 2023. The new production premises offer space for 150 employees.
Steinfels Swiss had the old production building demolished for the new building project worth CHF 35 million. The new building is intended to set “standards in terms of sustainability”, the company explains in the press release. On the one hand, it is built according to the Minergie standard. On the other hand, a large part of the required electrical energy is to be produced with the company’s own photovoltaic systems. Steinfels Swiss will obtain the thermal energy required for production from Stadtwerke Winterthur in the form of waste heat.
Baumer will add a development center to its Frauenfeld site. The company is investing 20 million francs in its new Innovation Center. It will offer space for around 120 employees on 5,000 square meters. According to a press release , the teams should move in in late summer 2023.
Baumer is investing in its innovative strength for the second time in just a few years, following the opening of the new high-tech center in Stockach in southern Germany in 2018. The central location between the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich , the University of Excellence in Konstanz and the OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule is “optimal”. “The new building enables us to expand the development capacities at the headquarters in order to expand our position as a driver of innovation,” says Dr. Oliver Vietze quoted, CEO of the company from the St.GallenBodenseeArea.
When it comes to sustainability and energy efficiency, the Innovation Center is set to become a showcase project. A complete solar building envelope is planned for power generation. Geothermal probes and a heat pump are to temper the building. Baumer will obtain further CO2-neutral electricity from Swiss hydropower.
The UZH Forum has completed its preliminary project and thus completed the first phase of the project planning, the UZH informs in a press release . The planned nine-story building for the UZH research and education center will form “the future hub of the University of Zurich in the heart of the Zurich Zentrum university district,” the statement said. A large part of the building is to be made accessible to the public.
The cost of the new building is expected to amount to CHF 598 million. The Government Council of the Canton of Zurich has now referred a corresponding loan application to the Cantonal Council, the State Chancellery of the Canton of Zurich informed in a separate statement . According to her, the Forum UZH provides “the urgently needed additional space for teaching and research”. In addition, the Communications Department of the Government Council emphasizes the function of the planned research and education center as a “link between the three traditional institutions of the University of Zurich, the University Hospital Zurich and the ETH Zurich “.
The seven above-ground floors of the Forum UZH are reserved for research and teaching. Law, economics and modern philology will occupy the top four floors. In addition, seven of the 40 locations of the university library will move into the new building. In the center of the building there will be an inner forum in the form of a large hall that breaks through the entire structure, which gives the building “an open, pleasant atmosphere across all floors”, writes the UHZ in its press release. The Forum UZH is scheduled to open in 2029.
The construction services company Implenia has won the general contractor contract for the EUREF campus in Düsseldorf . According to the client EUREF AG , “a visible place of the future will be created as a real model on this innovation campus for the energy and mobility transition, which can be implemented in many major cities around the world”. EUREF has already set up a first campus of this kind in Berlin .
The Düsseldorf campus will offer 3,500 employees from established companies, start-ups, science and research an inspiring environment on 105,000 square meters of gross floor space. In addition, it is to become part of a network of environmentally friendly energy producers and storage facilities in the region and meet all of the federal government’s CO2 climate protection targets for 2045 from the start. The project volume amounts to CHF 186 million.
“Sustainability is one of Implenia’s five corporate values,” CEO André Wyss is quoted as saying in a press release . “We are therefore very pleased that we can build a research and development campus whose work focuses on sustainability and which is itself geared towards CO2-neutral operation.”
According to Implenia, the schedule is “ambitious”: The first phase of construction should be completed and ready for occupancy by mid-2024. The second construction phase will run continuously with a time delay and will be completed by mid-2025. In order to be able to keep to this schedule, Implenia has been working with BIM (Building Information Modeling) right from the start, i.e. with digital modelling, combining and recording all relevant planning, construction and management data. In addition, a so-called lean cycle plan is used for execution.
12 years ago, CKW subsidiary Steiner Energie built the last hydroelectric power station in the canton of Lucerne in Malters. Even then, CKW was intensively involved in the planning of the Waldemme power plant. A lot of water flowed down the Waldemme before the excavators could finally drive up and drive their shovels into the ground.
Within a year, some of this water will be used to produce clean, renewable electricity. At today's ground-breaking ceremony in Flühli, government councilor Fabian Peter, head of the building, environment and economic department, expressed his delight: "With the new construction of this power plant, CKW is making another important contribution to achieving the energy and climate policy goals in the canton of Lucerne. »
Expansion of renewable energies is urgently needed In his speech to more than 70 invited guests, CKW CEO Martin Schwab was primarily pleased that the power plant is finally being built. Because it was a long and rocky road. Schwab positively emphasized the great commitment in Entlebuch. "The region is a pioneer in using its own local energies." At the same time, Schwab warned: “We urgently need to expand the production of renewable energy in Switzerland. The corona pandemic and the war in Ukraine clearly show how dangerous strong dependencies on foreign countries can be, »said Schwab. Today things are progressing much too slowly in Switzerland. “This is primarily due to the long approval process. The Waldemme power plant is the best example of this: it took more than 17 years from the first plans to the groundbreaking.»
"We want to move forward and make a significant contribution to the energy transition in Switzerland – in hydropower, wind power, solar energy and other renewable technologies. But the resistance is often great. This is paradoxical, as we all want the energy transition and need more renewable energies for it."
Electricity for 1500 households The roughly one-year construction phase begins with the ground-breaking ceremony. The water intake is at the hamlet of Matzenbach in Flühli. From this location, part of the water from the Waldemme is routed via a 2.1-kilometer-long underground pressure line to the power plant headquarters, where ecological electricity is produced. The power plant control center is located directly in front of the Lammschlucht at the Chrutacher Bridge. Immediately afterwards, the water is fed back into the natural course of the Waldemme and flows through the Lamm Gorge. The power plant has an output of 1.4 megawatts and produces an average of 6.5 GWh of electricity. This means that clean electricity can be generated from mid-2023, which will cover the annual needs of around 1,500 average four-person households. CKW is investing CHF 12.4 million in the power plant.
In the hamlet of Matzenbach, the water intake (1) takes part of the water from the Waldemme. In the approximately two-kilometer-long underground pressure line (2), the water is routed to the power plant center (3) at the Chrutacher Bridge (4), where it drives a turbine and generates electricity. Directly at the headquarters, the water is fed back into the natural course of the Waldemme and flows through the Lamm Gorge (5), which is untouched by the project. Breaking ground at the Waldemme: (from left) Hans Lipp, Flühli municipal mayor, Fabian Peter, member of the cantonal government and head of the building, environmental and economic departments of the canton of Lucerne, Martin Schwab, CEO of CKW and Hella Schnider-Kretzmähr, Flühli municipal president. Happy about the start of construction: Fabian Peter, member of the government and head of the building, environment and economic department of the canton of Lucerne, and Martin Schwab, CEO of CKW.
About CKW: The CKW Group is a leading Swiss provider of integrated energy and building technology solutions. For more than 125 years, the company has been supplying electricity to over 200,000 end customers in the cantons of Lucerne, Schwyz and Uri. In addition, there are innovative products and services throughout Switzerland in the fields of connectivity & IT infrastructure, electrical engineering, energy technology, IT & communication and security. The CKW Group employs over 2,100 people. With around 350 apprentices in 14 professions, it is the largest private-sector training company in Central Switzerland. In the 2020/21 financial year, CKW generated sales of CHF 916 million. With 81 percent of the shares, Axpo Holding AG is the majority shareholder of CKW. Further information at www.ckw.ch
Under the aspect of living and working directly on the track, the SBB has announced an architectural competition for the design of their area at the railway station in Wettingen . According to the press release, the results are now available. They can be viewed in an exhibition in the foyer of the Tägi Wettingen until Tuesday, March 8th.
The winning project is called Stadtlaube and, according to the SBB announcement at Wettingen station, envisages two long, five-storey residential buildings with service, retail and catering areas on the lower floors and a four-storey service building with public-oriented uses. The historical railway buildings are preserved.
The two buildings to the west of the station form a boundary opposite the track field and thus create living and recreation space in a central location, according to the project announcement. The entrance areas and partly open-plan staircases are intended to provide a view of the railway tracks. There will be small squares and a play street in front of the house entrances. Flexible 2.5 to 4.5 room apartments with private outdoor areas and communal roof terraces are planned.
A four-storey service building with shops and restaurants is planned to the east of the residential buildings and embedded in the historic station buildings. According to the announcement, the protected individual objects Lokremise, goods shed, station building and turntable will be preserved.
The SBB wants to build a new plant in Bellinzona’s Arbedo-Castione suburb. The Federal Office of Transport has defined a planning zone of around 150,000 square meters for this purpose. In March 2019, complaints were filed with the Federal Administrative Court. The complainants argued that crop rotation areas had been sacrificed too much and also wanted another location in the Bodio/Giornico TI area to be better examined.
The Federal Administrative Court has now declared the complaints inadmissible due to “lack of legitimation on the part of the complainants”, according to a statement . The judgment can still be appealed to the federal court.
According to SBB plans , the Ticino plant should be completed by 2027. The total investments amount to 580 million Swiss francs. A total of 360 employees and 80 trainees are to be employed at the plant.
According to a press release , the canton of Graubünden is building a new, state-of-the-art conference center on the Plantahof site. 24.5 million francs are available for the development of the area.
The ground-breaking ceremony heralded the start of construction for a building that is intended to create the spatial and energetic conditions for the future. The Plantahof agricultural training and advice center will receive a “future-oriented, flexible infrastructure” in several construction steps. The new building is said to be an asset for the future education and training of the young generation of farmers and for advising farmer families.
Investing in the future means environmentally conscious building in accordance with the Minergie-P-Eco standard. This energy-efficient and resource-saving construction meets all “legal requirements and regulations in terms of energy, environmental and safety technology as well as disability law”.
The new building is urgently needed after more than 40 years of operation and considerable need for repairs, especially in the dining room, kitchen and accommodation. Gradually, first the accommodation, then the kitchen and the hall will be modernized. The architecture should “disentangle” the building areas and “structure the exterior and interior spaces of the facility precisely and with high quality”.
Planning and implementation is carried out by a consortium consisting of the Nickisch Walder Architects based in Flims GR, the planning office Planalytik with headquarters in Flums SG and a specialist planning team.
The canton is investing CHF 24.5 million in the construction project. The Graubünden electorate had approved the referendum on February 9, 2020. Construction can take place during ongoing operations. Completion is scheduled for spring 2025. In the canton of Graubünden, the conference center founded in 1896 plays a central role in training and further education for agriculture.
The new city hotel Tribschen is to be built in the Tribschen quarter of Lucerne by 2025. The office building of the owners HG Commerciale ( HGC ) and the Central Swiss Builders Association ( ZBV ) that has existed since 1975 will be replaced by a new building.
Eberli AG from Sarnen will be responsible for the overall project management, construction supervision and construction management, according to a message on LinkedIn. The Lucerne architects Lütolf und Scheuner Architekten GmbH had already won the architectural competition last year.
A business and holiday hotel with around 140 rooms in the three-star superior class is to be built. The hotel will be operated by Luzerner Tavolago AG . The subsidiary of the shipping company SGV already runs numerous restaurants in the region.
Eberli AG recently completed another hotel project. She worked as a total contractor at the Kempinski Palace Engelberg. The Obwaldner Hotel started operations last summer.
A few days ago, HRS handed over the Residenza Step Tower in Locarno to CS Asset Management (Switzerland) AG as the client, the real estate service provider from Frauenfeld informed in a press release . The project consists of a nine-storey and a three-storey building, which house a total of 44 apartments, the Lidl branch, offices and storage rooms. HRS is pleased “that a compact structure could be implemented here that makes optimal use of the available space and is self-confident but also harmoniously integrated into the neighborhood,” writes the real estate service provider.
All units in the Step Tower have digital controls, and the apartment doors have digital locks. HRS explains that communication with property management can also take place digitally. Both buildings meet the Minergie and Greenproperty standards.
According to a press release , Allreal has started construction work on Rieter ‘s new campus in Winterthur. The real estate company from Opfikon is responsible for the project as general contractor. She works with the BDE Architects from Winterthur, among others.
Rieter is investing around 80 million francs in its new campus. This is to include a customer and technology center and an administration building on an area of 30,000 square meters. The textile machine manufacturer will be able to employ around 700 people there from 2024.
Rieter relies on renewable energies for the new campus. The heat is to be generated with geothermal probes, for example. In addition, a 1300 square meter photovoltaic system will be installed. According to Allreal, the project is “very complex, especially with regard to the building services”. In product and technology development, different climate zones are required that can be set differently.
On Sunday, February 13, the HSG inaugurates its new learning center. Square represents a “prototype of the university of the future” and should serve as a “place for surprising encounters and mutual inspiration”, writes the HSG in a statement . “The new learning and teaching formats that are being developed in Square are intended to inspire the entire university and prepare our students as best as possible for practice,” HSG Rector Bernhard Ehrenzeller is quoted as saying.
Square’s work is based on three pillars that faculty, alumni and students have developed together. On the one hand, the learning center is intended to serve as an experimental field for new formats which, if successful, can be implemented at the HSG and other universities. For the spring semester beginning on February 21, 80 existing courses were selected to be carried out and evaluated in the square.
On the other hand, Square will take on the role of a base camp for an exchange between students, alumni and researchers. The HSG has planned to include personalities from various professions and social groups. Paul Achleitner, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Deutsche Bank, Gabriele Fischer, Editor-in-Chief and publisher of the German business magazine “Brand eins”, and Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr, among others, have confirmed for the spring semester.
Last but not least, Square should also serve as a public space for a critical discourse by and with those who are not directly connected to the HSG. In order to attract residents of St.Gallen and guests from near and far, Square wants to present itself as a marketplace with an open atmosphere. Music, barista coffee and beer brewed especially for Square are also offered.
The move of the patients from Kreuzlingen TG had taken place two weeks earlier without any problems, according to a media release . The Heart Neuro Center in Münsterlingen has been in regular operation since January 24th. Since then, 50 interventions have already been carried out.
Government Councilor Urs Martin and Mayor René Walther delivered greetings. As a sign of their “lived partnership”, the flags of the two sponsors and the canton of Thurgau were hoisted.
The CEO and owner of the real estate service provider HRS Real Estate in Frauenfeld, Martin Kull, handed over the symbolic key to the two operators. HRS “entered the demanding construction project” at the end of 2021, “after the new clinic building threatened to fail due to massive construction delays”. According to the information provided, Professor Dierk Maass, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the client, confirmed to the HRS team that they had “achieved a great deal in an enormous race to catch up” during the final sprint.
After ten years of planning and five years of construction, the new building of the Cantonal Hospital Winterthur (KSW) has been officially opened. According to a press release from the engineering and consulting company HKG , operations should definitely start in the coming week after the moving day on Thursday.
According to the KSW, the new bed and operation wing will replace the existing high-rise building. After 55 years of operation it will be demolished. According to the KSW , the new building has 61,000 square meters of floor space, 13 floors, 213 rooms, seven operating theaters, 95 treatment rooms and 240 parking spaces. The RA-B architects working group (Rapp Architekten AG and Butscher Architekten AG) created the new KSW building under the direction of the cantonal building authority.
The new building has a simple design with a lightweight travertine facade. Fully automatic building shading enables a pleasant climate in the rooms despite the large window areas. Like the facade, the KSW also designed the public park in front of the new building together with the Winterthur urban design specialist group.
According to the announcement, the cantonal hospital invested CHF 350 million in the approximately ten years of planning and construction. CFO Hansjörg Lehmann, who will replace the current CEO Rolf Zehnder as Chairman of the Management Board in May, refers to the special features of the financing. “The KSW was the first hospital in Switzerland to place a green bond on the capital market and at the lowest conditions ever seen,” he is quoted as saying. The successful realization of the new building is “a milestone in the history of KSW”.
Because a public celebration of the commissioning was not possible due to the pandemic, the KSW has provided videos with a virtual insight into the new building on a special website .
How do you combine a football stadium with an attractive residential area? – "It's not always easy, but it offers great opportunities," says Ariel Arthur Dunkel, project manager for real estate development at HRS Real Estate AG. «The focus here is on the question of use and the possibilities of appropriating the diverse open spaces. The district thrives on the tension between everyday life and a festive atmosphere.» The planning is already very advanced, but it has not yet been possible to submit a building application: “We are waiting for the partial change in the usage plan of the city of Aarau, against which a complaint has been lodged, to take legal effect. Then comes the approval process for the design plan that we developed for the area together with the city of Aarau. Then comes the building permit process. Until then, the planning rests.”
There aren't many vacant areas that are so well developed. The eastern part of Torfeld Süd is, so to speak, a missing part of the city that is now being supplemented. To the south and west, Torfeld Süd borders on lively quarters. The networking of the non-motorized traffic development and the open and green spaces is an important topic in the planning. «The project is very visible. And that's why we want it to be seen as an example of good development – in terms of architecture, the revitalization of the building base, the attractive open spaces, the high standards of sustainability and the mix of uses that people with everything important in a small radius provided."
Ariel Dunkel would like to start building tomorrow: “However, it is understandable that numerous interests have to be coordinated with a project of this size and scope. This will need time. The difficult thing here is that the population, who always clearly supported the stadium project in the votes, now have to be so patient because of the appeals process. There is also intensive dialogue with politicians, who rightly have high expectations of the project. Personally, I am convinced that the project will create significant added value not only for the area itself, but also for the surrounding area.» The construction project was also affected by the corona pandemic. Many households would like more space so that they can work comfortably from home in the long term: “We also have studios and small apartments that can be rented. In principle, we are working from a very solid starting position due to the good development and the comprehensive supply of quarters and can easily react to changes," concludes Dunkel.
In a project of this size, numerous interests have to be coordinated.
Schritt für Schritt wird Urdorf-Nord zu einem dichten, lebendigen und bezahlbaren Raum für innovative, nachhaltige und lokale Lebens- und Arbeitsformen. Momentan ist Urdorf-Nord in einer Phase der baulichen Verdichtung und wird mit der Limmattalbahn verkehrstechnisch noch besser an Zürich und den Kanton Aargau angeschlossen. Die Stadt im Dorf ist bereits heute eines der wichtigsten Arbeitsplatzgebiete im Limmattal und hat mit der Kantonsschule und dem angrenzenden Limmattalspital eine starke Verankerung in der Bildung und Gesundheit.
An die Kantonsschule angrenzend ist eine Zone vorgesehen, die neben innovativem Arbeiten auch urbanes Wohnen möglich macht. Die Strasse «In der Luberzen» soll zur Flaniermeile werden, und an einer der beiden Limmattalbahn-Haltestellen ist ein Platz vorgesehen, der Urdorf-Nord mit den umliegenden Quartieren verbindet. Die Nord-Süd-Verbindung schliesst an den zentralen Platz an, der die Achse weiter zur S-Bahn-Station Glanzenberg leitet. Von der Maisonette über das Loft bis zur WG-Wohnung, in Urdorf-Nord soll eine vielschichtige Wohnwelt entstehen, die ein urbanes Flair hat und gleichzeitig den Dorf-Charme nicht verliert. Urdorf-Nord gehört zu den wirtschaftlich interessantesten Gebieten im Limmattal und birgt ein hohes Potenzial bezüglich Arbeits- und Wohnqualität. Die Stadt im Dorf ist topografisch wie auch verkehrstechnisch das Entrée Urdorfs im Limmattal und kann damit eine Leuchtturm-Funktion einnehmen, um innovative und zukunftsorientierte Unternehmen anzusiedeln.
In Urdorf-Nord (www.urdorfnord.ch) soll aber nicht nur gearbeitet, sondern auch gelebt werden. Die Entwicklungsstrategie sieht vor, eine gute Balance zwischen innovativer Unternehmenskultur und urbanem Wohnen zu ermöglichen. Das Ziel ist klar: In einer umsichtigen Struktur werden sich Wohnen und Arbeiten attraktiv ergänzen, und so ergeben sich befruchtende Synergien. Darüber hinaus wird Urdorf-Nord ein optimiertes Verkehrskonzept erhalten, das den Ausbau des öffentlichen Verkehrs sowie des Langsamverkehrs gleichermassen berücksichtigt.
Bereits heute ist die Stadt im Dorf erlebbar, etwa mit der Zwischennutzung #luberzenareal: Seit Mitte August 2021 bieten unterschiedliche Foodtrucks, die avec box – der modernste Convenience Store der Schweiz – und unkomplizierte Aufenthaltsmöglichkeiten erhöhte Aufenthalts- und Verpflegungsqualität.
Die Zwischennutzung #luberzenareal lädt bereits heute zu Verpflegung und Aufenthalt ein.Willkommen im geplanten Urdorf-Nord.
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