The design for the iconic buildings in the Phenomena exhibition was presented on July 6th in the new Limmattalbahn facility in Dietikon . According to a press release, the winning design for the main building, which is made entirely of wood, came from Professor Yves Weinand of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne ( EPFL ).
After a word of welcome from the mayor of Dietic, Roger Bachmann, overall project manager Urs J. Müller presented the winning project of the architectural competition. “Phenomena provides the basis for a better understanding of central themes of the present and future. Therefore, it demands an architecture that corresponds to its objectives and promotes the improvement of our planet through the understanding and use of modern science,” Müller is quoted as saying.
The main building on the Dietiker Niderfeld will be a structure made of regional logs. Intelligent robots process the natural trunks on site. You create a reusable plug-in system. After the phenomena, the wood can be used in other projects with almost no waste.
“With the buildings of the phenomena I want to show how one of the oldest building materials – wood – in connection with modern digital tools promotes local use and circularity,” Weinand is quoted as saying. The architect and head of the IBOIS laboratory for wooden structures at EPFL and founder of the Bureau d’Études Weinand has designed and built numerous emblematic wooden buildings. For example, the Saint Loup chapel, the new Vaud Parliament or, more recently, the Vidy Theater pavilion in Lausanne.
dr Jennifer Dreyer (48) grew up in Giessen, Hesse, and completed her studies in Darmstadt, Stuttgart and Zurich. She is a civil engineer with a second degree in business administration and an ETH doctorate in public-private partnership. dr Jennifer Dreyer has been working for IMMO since 2016: initially as head of staff, since 2019 as head of the newly founded school buildings department and as deputy director. Previously, she was a member of the management board of a Zurich consulting office for maintenance management in structural and civil engineering.
dr On November 1, 2022, Jennifer Dreyer will succeed Cornelia Mächler, who will concentrate on managing major strategic projects in the future. Cornelia Mächler will also assume the position of deputy director as of November 1st. Cornelia Mächler has worked for IMMO since it was founded in 2001 and has headed it for the past 17 years.
City councilor André Odermatt, head of the building construction department, thanks Cornelia Mächler for her great commitment to setting up and continuously developing her service department: “Today, IMMO is one of the leading public owner representations in Switzerland. This is largely thanks to Cornelia Mächler.” At the same time, he is pleased about the new appointment to the IMMO management position: “Dr. Jennifer Dreyer knows the challenges of a growing city. She has proven her competence, among other things, with the launch of the school room offensive. »
Operation of the waste-to-energy plant in Josefstrasse was discontinued in spring 2021. A development concept was drawn up under the leadership of the Office for Urban Development in order to define what the area should look like in the future. The plan is to expand the work yard, a health center for the elderly in combination with apartments for the elderly, an indoor swimming pool and a neighborhood park. Additional rooms for the public and the quarter are also planned on the ground floor. The city council has now approved the development concept.
development and participation As a basis for the development concept, the city carried out test planning. Various stakeholder groups took part in this test planning and the residents of the neighborhood were able to get involved in dialogue events. Due to this close involvement, the different needs could be picked up and taken into account.
The main points of the development concept The development concept makes specifications for the location of buildings and the district park and defines overriding principles for the desired urban planning and urban spatial qualities. This includes, for example, the integration and networking in the quarter, the provision of open spaces and possible uses.
After the city council has approved the development concept, the planning phase begins with an architectural competition, construction project and referendum. The construction work should be completed by 2032 and the new uses on the Josef site should be ready for occupancy.
The multi-sports sports facility Witikon from the 1970s has developed into a frequently used training ground and venue for competitions. In order to meet the strong demand from sports clubs, a new building with a triple sports hall, cloakroom, audience and care infrastructure for the neighboring Looren school complex is to be built in the south-western part of the site by 2027. The project competition for general planners in the open process has ended. The team from Bur Architekten AG and Kuhn Landschaftsarchitekten GmbH from Zurich won with their “Diego” project. According to the competition program, construction costs of CHF 52.5 million are expected for the new replacement building of the sports center (BKP 1-9, excl. reserves). The cost accuracy in the competition phase is +/- 25 percent.
New sports infrastructure for Witikon The winning project convinced the jury with its stringent ecological attitude, which reduces the excavation and thus the balance of greenhouse gas emissions of the new building to an exemplary minimum. To this end, the majority of the spatial program is accommodated above ground in a high timber construction with a small footprint, including the triple sports hall on the 2nd floor. As a result, the sports facility benefits from daylight on all sides and is accessible and visible. On the ground floor are the public sports cloakrooms for the runners, the public sports bar, which can also be used as a canteen, and the separate care facilities for the students of the Looren school complex. The two existing bridges over the Stöckentobelbach ensure short and clear connections between the school area and the new day care in the sports center. The cloakrooms for those using the outdoor sports fields are located on the first floor and can be reached directly via four outside stairs and a surrounding arcade. The space in the basement, which is kept to a minimum, is used for the building services and for a water cistern, which is used to irrigate the playing fields in a circular manner.
Attractive outdoor spaces for athletes and local residents On the south side of the new sports center, an entrance square with shady trees forms an attractive prelude to the new facility. The outdoor sports fields, which are slightly shifted and twisted in relation to one another, divide the area in such a way that a network-like system of paths is created that fits harmoniously into the landscape. The paved areas are limited to the absolute minimum. Furthermore, this sustainable project is characterized by large photovoltaic surfaces on the facade and on the roof and a clever summer heat protection through clever night-time cooling as well as a concept for the implementation of the sponge city principle.
competition exhibition Saturday, July 9th to Monday, July 18th, 2022 in the Werd exhibition space, Morgartenstrasse 40, 8004 Zurich. Opening times: Mon to Fri 4 to 8 p.m.; Sat and Sun 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
At the end of June 2022, Allreal signed two purchase contracts with a private seller for a three-parcel property with a total of 4,916 square meters in Sünikon-Steinmaur in the Zurich Unterland. Depending on contractual agreements, the transfer of ownership is expected to take place in September 2022.
The property is located on Hohlgasse/Regensberger- and Neubrunnenstrasse in the center of Sünikon and is characterized by an elevated and sunny location with a panoramic view.
Allreal plans to realize residential property; whether in the form of multi-family houses/condominiums or single-family houses is currently still open. A feasibility study is in preparation and will serve as the basis for further specification of the plans. The approximate investment volume is around CHF 35 million.
Minergie and LEED certification has been an integral part of planning and construction at the Circle for 12 years. In the presence of Christian Appert, CEO Amstein + Walthert AG, Martin Kull, CEO and owner HRS Real Estate AG, Daniel Scheifele, Chief Real Estate Officer, Flughafen Zürich AG, Giorgio Engeli, Head Real Estate Portfolio Management Switzerland, Swiss Life Asset Managers, and Stefan Feldmann, Head The Circle, Flughafen Zürich AG, the team around The Circle celebrated on Monday, June 27, 2022, the goal they have now achieved.
Beautiful, functional, climate-optimized With a good 200,000 m 2 energy reference area, the circle accounted for 6% of the certified Minergie area in the year of provisional certification, but was only one of around 1,900 buildings. This shows the size and importance of this extraordinary building in the Swiss context. The Circle is the largest Minergie-certified building in Switzerland. According to government councilor Marc Mächler, the Minergie certificate means that – in addition to all other requirements and uses – the building is also climate-optimized. Climate-optimized means «that this building does not accelerate climate change and that it uses resources carefully. It is efficient and works almost entirely with renewable energy instead of fossil energy.”
Thanks to intensive cooperation between the Minergie certification body and those responsible for the circle, the high requirements of the Minergie quality label for the building envelope and ventilation could also be met. Andreas Meyer Primavesi, Managing Director of Minergie, is pleased that the result ultimately benefits everyone: “Especially with today’s energy prices, every kilowatt hour of energy saved is worth it – not only for the climate, but also financially”.
Into the net-zero energy future With the leading Swiss building label Minergie, more than 12 million tons of CO 2 and 67 million megawatt hours of energy have been saved since 1998 thanks to over 53,000 Minergie buildings compared to the minimum legal requirements. Minergie certifies around 3 million m 2 of energy reference area per year. In close coordination with the cantons, Minergie always leads the way and is therefore a pioneer in cantonal energy laws. This interaction has worked since the beginning and continues successfully. Minergie is currently looking very closely at the energy used and the greenhouse gas emissions in the construction of a building. And secondly, Minergie is striving to improve the operating phase: Extensive, digitized building data is used to measure the energy flows during operation in order to then carry out operational optimization where necessary on the basis of the monitoring. For years, fossil-free operation – even with modernization – Minergie is moving more and more towards net zero. The Minergie-A-ECO standard comes closest to the Swiss net-zero building.
In spring 2021, the new imposing town house in Bülach could be occupied. Orientation was made easier for the population and customers with the outside and inside signage. The approximately 150 employees from all areas of administration now work in a central location and the internal administration processes have been optimized.
Function of good signage Whether it’s a new building or an existing building, whether for employees, visitors or suppliers, the signage always serves as a guide so that everyone can easily find their destination. Well thought-out signage also underlines the identity of the company and conveys the image. In order for this goal to be achieved, a needs analysis must be formulated with those responsible and those affected. A joint inspection of the object in question is helpful.
Different functions are aimed at with a uniform, clear lettering inside and outside. On the one hand, they provide an orientation that welcomes visitors, provides them with important information and guides them directly to their destination.
The art of signage lies in reduction, clarity and timelessness. The pictograms must also be understood in a few years and it is important for people with disabilities that they are visible and understandable.
Signage will become more and more digital in the future. The importance of finding something quickly, of getting your bearings, will increase. Ms. Brigitte Grüter from Frontwork says: «The signage as we perceive it today will always exist in this form. However, depending on the location, the signage is increasingly being implemented digitally and must be able to be updated quickly and easily by the on-site staff.»
Attention: In Niederweningen, 36 child-friendly terraced single-family houses with 4.5 and 5.5 rooms are being built on a plot of around 11,000 m². You have your own private garden, and the 21 spacious apartments in condominium ownership with 1.5, 3.5 and 4.5 rooms have a covered outdoor area or garden. The settlement is traffic-free and may only be entered in exceptional cases. An underground car park with direct access to the corresponding residential units and above-ground visitor parking spaces complete the unique living experience: “The sweet life moves into the Gupfengarten and a relaxing and carefree retreat is offered,” says Alexandra Schlegel, who is responsible for marketing this project at Steiner AG responsible for. “In terms of size and price, the project is perfectly tailored to young families and couples who want to fulfill their dream of owning their own home and prefer the charming village life to the big city.”
The Gupfengarten is located in a quiet residential area on a slight slope in the southern part of Niederweningen. The colorful and local architecture characterizes the likeable character of this project and radiates a relaxed homeliness: “The project impresses with its individuality and personality, because here you can help determine the expansion and interior with the online configurator. From our carefully coordinated and harmonious range of materials and colors you can put together your very own combination according to your individual wishes. We have already selected four well-balanced and characterful designs for you as a suggestion – let yourself be inspired and simply use the configurator on our website www.gupfengarten.ch.»
Sustainability is a top priority in the Gupfengarten: the heat generation is almost entirely covered by renewable energy using a heat pump and geothermal probes as well as a photovoltaic system. In addition, an integral energy management system ensures an efficient and intelligent energy solution. The building shell is made of wood and achieves optimal thermal insulation values. The idea of sustainability is further implemented through the use of wood as a CO2-neutral and naturally renewable raw material. Living with a feel-good factor of 100, so to speak.
Three high-performance data centers and modern office buildings are being built on an area of 46,000 m2 on the Zurich Metro campus. The campus is embedded in a natural green area and should offer all the services that characterize a leading data hub: A modern, certified data location, comprehensive networking and access to a complete cloud ecosystem. The Metro Campus wants to network IT infrastructures in the shortest possible way and ensure that companies, cloud providers and IT companies come together with their solutions. The data centers are designed for national and international companies from all sectors as well as for cloud providers and technology companies.
All buildings are planned with four floors. The building shell of the data center is to be implemented as a sandwich panel system with expanded metal cladding as the outermost layer. The material of the buildings should reflect their technical content and enable an optimal interaction with the building technology. Glass facades are planned for the office buildings in the area. The roofs and parts of the glass facade are equipped with photovoltaic systems.
Architecture, room design, technologies and systems are precisely coordinated and designed for maximum energy efficiency. Free cooling with cold ambient air minimizes the need for cooling and the use of waste heat via the initiated thermal network and contributes to sustainability. In the future, apartments and industrial companies in the region, as well as the office buildings on campus, can be heated with the waste heat from the data center.
The Zurich Metro Campus is being built in several stages. The first of three data centers is currently being fitted out. The first major customers are expected to move in in the third quarter of 2022. Further buildings are to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2022 and from 2024 onwards.
ETH Zurich comprises two main locations. One of them is the “Campus Hönggerberg”, which was originally created as an outdoor location in the local recreation area of the Käferberg. Today, almost half of all ETH members study and work here. ETH Zurich expects further growth in student numbers over the next few years. The main location “Campus Zentrum” in the city of Zurich can only be expanded to a limited extent due to the historical district and city structures. For this reason, ETH Zurich is concentrating on the “Hoenggerberg campus” when planning the space it will need in the future. In the coming decades, this is to be further developed extensively.
Together with the city and canton of Zurich, ETH Zurich developed the master plan Campus Hönggerberg 2040. This builds on the master plan of 2005 called Science City. The idea of a ring road around the campus as well as the development into a city district with offers for ETH members and visitors is being pursued further. An urban appearance with varying heights as well as gardens and squares is planned. In order to protect the environment, the campus will not be expanded in the direction of the surrounding quarters or the recreation zone, but will be compressed inwards and upwards.
ETH Zurich attaches great importance to sustainability: In the future, the energy supply should be without fossil fuels. The energy network is being expanded for this purpose. On the side of the adjoining quarters Affoltern and Höngg, a portal building with public-oriented offers is to be built at both campus entrances. Along the central Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse, two more high-rise buildings are planned, which will offer space for teaching and research. In addition, this street is to be developed into a lively, green promenade with a range of ground floor uses. According to the study contract, this redesign allows the needs such as urban planning, traffic, open space, lighting as well as retention and drainage to be taken into account.
The existing open and green spaces will be upgraded and expanded. A new garden is planned for the central square. The development of sustainable means of transport and the expansion of bicycle connections are also planned. The credo is: We only build if there is a need for it on the part of teaching and research.
A total of 16 apartments, 2 offices and an underground car park with 19 parking spaces will be built in a very good location by the end of the 2nd quarter of 2023 – you can be at Bellevue in a good 20 minutes by public transport – at Witikonerstrasse 400 in Stadtzürcher Kreis 7. For the 1341 square meters A multi-family house with four floors is planned for the comprehensive plot area. Seven 2.5 and nine 3.5 room apartments with areas of 66 to 130 square meters are planned. In addition, two offices of 45.8 square meters each will be built. The energy is supplied by geothermal energy.
With its “dancing windows”, the woman from Graubünden will create a landmark for District 7. The architect was already able to impress with these windows with the “Solitaire” high-rise building in Horw, Lucerne. They are characterized by their irregular arrangement – yet they create harmony and offer the residents a view of the outside from every position. Theus has already completed many prestigious construction projects, including Bank Leu on Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse, the headquarters of World Football Association “Home of FIFA” on the Zürichberg and the five-star hotel “Widder” in Zurich.
The Quartier Witikon – which is often called the “Quartier on the horizon” – forms district 7 together with Fluntern, Hottingen and Hirslanden. The house with the “dancing windows” is not far from the “Berghaldenstrasse” bus stop – in the immediate vicinity of the local recreation area of the Elefantenbach. The “Looren” sports facility with tennis and football pitches and the center of Witikon with service providers and shops are also within walking distance.
The residents of Witikon benefit from the south-facing altitude on the slopes of the Adlisberg and Oetlisberg. This brings the quarter little fog and lots of sun as well as a great view. When the weather is nice, the Glarner, Urner and Berner Alps with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau can be seen.
The LIKA Group AG as total contractor implements the projects with well thought-out processes and thus ensures the high quality standards. Working with qualified architects is essential for the broad portfolio. (see likagroup.ch).
In 2013, the city of Zurich bought the Koch site at the intersection of Albisrieden and Altstetten, which had been occupied since March of the same year. In 2017, the city, together with the Zurich section of the Swiss Association of Housing Cooperatives and the consulting firm Wüst Partner, launched a concept call for tenders for the planned district. The team application of the Allgemeine Baugenossenschaft Zürich (ABZ) and Kraftwerk1 cooperatives together with the real estate developer SENN were awarded the contract.
From 2025 at the earliest, around 330 non-profit apartments for around 900 residents will be built here. In addition, generous commercial areas and a neighborhood park are planned. Grün Stadt Zürich is responsible for the park, while the two Zurich cooperatives ABZ and Kraftwerk1 and the real estate developer SENN take over the land in building rights. In the Koch district, new visions of living and working together are to be implemented and a significant contribution to the 2000-watt society is to be made.
The family company Senn is planning the commercial building called MACH, which is characterized by oversized rooms, high payloads and plenty of design freedom. The installation of gallery floors can be freely selected and ensures a high degree of flexibility. In the MACH, not only commercial and production companies are planned on 10,000 m2 of mostly double-height rental space, but also trading and service companies as well as educational and leisure facilities. Particular attention is paid to sustainability through the high adaptability, the wooden element facade, PV system, rainwater use and the vertical greening.
The Allgemeine Baugenossenschaft Zurich is building a three-part building complex with 204 apartments. This consists of an approximately 85-meter-high high-rise on Flurstrasse and an eight-story row of buildings in the Quartierpark. A mix of 2 to 5.5 room apartments is being built here. A garden of 1830 m2 and a community pavilion are planned on the 1st floor. Photovoltaic systems are installed on the roofs. The ground floor is used for various commercial and community rooms as well as a supermarket.
Living, business and culture are combined in the compact building of the building and housing cooperative Kraftwerk1. In addition to apartments, gastronomy, kindergarten and after-school care as well as the circus district with the circus Chnopf should invite the neighborhood to linger. A staircase leads from the park to the 1650 m2 terrace on the first floor. 125 apartments are planned, one third of the living space will be rented in subsidized housing. The intensively green roof serves as a place of retreat for the residents. The settlement is planned car-free and will be particularly sustainable thanks to a wood-concrete hybrid construction, photovoltaic systems and rainwater retention.
The 12,000 m2 district park will be the green heart of the new Koch district. Grün Stadt Zürich is implementing the wishes of the population with the park: many trees, biodiverse, playful – and for everyone. Planned are an open, spacious meadow and a “jardin sauvage” designed to be close to nature. Thanks to the former 2700 m2 coal storage hall, there is also an area that allows people to stay even in bad weather. Wherever possible, the material already available on site is reused: old paving slabs, for example, are turned into a dry biotope for lizards or a place to sit for guests.
A wide range of cultural offers and forms of living, trade and services will find a new home in the compact building of Kraftwerk1.
In order to construct a new replacement building of convincing architectural quality in a transforming quarter, the building department of the canton of Zurich, represented by the building department, organized a one-stage project competition in an open procedure on behalf of the canton’s real estate department. Gunz & Künzle Architects from Zurich convinced the jury with their contribution and were commissioned with the project planning.
The slender building is located directly on Limmatstrasse between Klingenpark and a new, spacious courtyard towards the quarter. The high, covered outdoor spaces lead from the opposite corners of the building to the center of the building, where the entrance to the vocational school is located in a wide passage. Various paths around and through the building connect the vocational training mile with the main train station and the district. Spatial relationships are created between the blade park and the new schoolyard. The building is organized simply and efficiently. From the entrance at street level, the path leads down to the sports facilities. On the 1st floor are the school’s public uses such as the multi-purpose room, the lounge, the media center, the administration and the workshop, a room for exhibitions and events that can be used flexibly. On the three floors above, a contemporary learning environment is being created on the basis of a classroom.
The new BBZ replacement building is sustainable and meets the Minergie-P-ECO standard. In addition, it is the first educational building in Switzerland with the 2.1 building construction certification of the Swiss Sustainable Building Standard (SNBS). Large windows with parapets in the classrooms ensure good natural lighting. Together with the external sun protection, it ensures a pleasant indoor climate all year round. Controlled ventilation reduces heat loss. The economically and ecologically sensible separation of the systems and components is consistently implemented. The simple expandability and retrofitting of the structure meets the requirements of the Minergie-P-ECO label. Likewise, the careful selection of building materials from the point of view of low environmental impact and sustainable use of raw materials. In the outdoor area, native plant species promote biodiversity. Seen in this way, the BBZ future can begin.
The Guldisloo area is easily accessible between the two centers of Unterwetzikon and Oberwetzikon. The closeness to nature, in particular the farsightedness at this slightly elevated and central location, characterizes the location in particular. The planned residential development with 22 owner-occupied units is attached to the small-grained single-family house district along the ring road and forms the southern end of the Ringetshalden free zone.
The basic idea of the design includes an optimal embedding of the buildings in the existing neighborhood structure and the green environment. The available building mass is distributed over four similarly sized, free-standing main buildings. As a result, the new buildings appear compact and, with short facades, can react optimally to their small-scale counterparts. The setting of the volumes takes into account the existing visual relationships of the quarter and allows maximum views towards the free zone and a distant view of the Alps. All squares and meeting zones are open to the Quartierstrasse and invite instead of being closed off. The new housing estate is given a uniform expression by plastered surfaces in a warm beige tone, which avoids a striking contrast to the built environment and instead blends gently into the existing structure.
According to the energy plan of the city of Wetzikon, the project area belongs to the area that is developed with gas. However, the project area is also referred to as a zone with low building density, and a withdrawal of the gas network from these areas is conceivable in the future. No heating network is planned on the project area, and the heating network of the ARA Flos is not to be extended to include the project site. On the other hand, the project area is very well suited for geothermal probes. There is no gravel groundwater to be expected, the rock of the upper freshwater molasse is already expected at less than 25 m and extends to a depth of approx. 350 m Geothermal probe heat pumps can be realized.
The town of Illnau-Effretikon, which is located on the Zurich-Winterthur transport axis and has around 17,500 inhabitants, has big plans: after a planning phase lasting several years, the groundbreaking ceremony for the development of the center in Effretikon took place in 2022.
The basis for this is formed by the master plans “Central development of the West Station” and “Area development of the East Station”. These provide for a densification through the mixed use of apartments and commercial space and are intended to strengthen Effretikon’s function as a regional center.
With around 750 new residential units and 20,000 square meters for offices and public-facing businesses, living space and work space are being created in the immediate vicinity of the easily accessible and highly frequented train station. Among other things, this is intended to achieve the goals set out in the urban development model for increasing the number of jobs and the population. The private development projects are supplemented with public buildings such as the new city garden and smaller squares and contribute to increasing the quality of life in the center. In addition, local public transport will be optimized with the relocation and new construction of the bus station.
In a first stage, the concretely planned or already approved construction projects Rütlihof, Rütlistrasse, Rosenhof, Rosenweg including bus station, station square and city garden will be realized by 2027. In a second stage, the conversion of the Effimärt shopping center and the development of the Hinterbüel area are to take place. Most of the center development is expected to be completed by 2030.
The builders include the Bereuter Group, Mettler2Invest, R. Fuchs Partner AG / Trade Tool AG, the OASE Group, the Zurich Investment Foundation, Habitat 8000 AG and the city of Illnau-Effretikon. Siska Immobilien AG is responsible for the Effimärt shopping center.
Parallel to the structural development, the city intends to revitalize the center in Effretikon with various measures. An attractive offer of the public-oriented trade should, in connection with the above-mentioned public lounge areas, also encourage more people from outside to spend their time in Effretikon. Together with the new residential and commercial areas, the shops are likely to benefit from higher consumer potential in the future.
This is what the center of Effretikon could look like in a few years: after several years of planning, the first construction work has begun.
In cooperation with the canton of Zurich’s structural engineering department , fine arts students from the Zurich University of the Arts ( ZHdK ) have designed works of art on sports halls and a drainage aqueduct. The ZHdK announced in a press release that the results will be on display until February 27, 2023 under the title Aqueous Transmissions in the industrial district around the Klingenpark in Zurich. The vernissage will take place there on July 12th.
The building department specifically addressed its tender for art in the building near the sports halls to ZHdK fine arts students at Master’s level. The three provisional sports halls of the canton schools Freudenberg/Enge, Uetikon am See and the Irchel campus of the University of Zurich were available. “The aim was to develop a work of art at, in and around the building at each location, which underlines the young, fresh and sporty character of the place.”
The result was a total of 17 projects, from which a jury selected three. These include the works Higher Goals by Gregor Vogel for the Irchel campus, Community Show by Julia Nusser and Tereza Glazova for the Uetikon am See canton school and Bouncing Balls by Otto Szabo and Cristian Zabalaga for the Freudenberg and Enge canton schools. They deal with themes such as minority, identity, sexuality and vulnerability as well as the moment when a sports ball hits a wall.
Another eight works of art by bachelor students were created in connection with a temporary drainage aqueduct that was built for the replacement building of the construction trades school on Limmatstrasse. They can all be seen during the installation period until February 27, 2023 as an urban art parcours through the district around the Klingenpark.
The airfield area in Dübendorf is to be developed further. Among other things, a new platform for research, development and innovation is being created here with the Zurich Innovation Park. It is intended to promote cooperation and exchange between science and business – and thus support the implementation of research results in marketable products and services. According to the BAK study, the Zurich Innovation Park should create around 10,000 jobs and an annual added value of around CHF 1.9 billion.
The Zurich Innovation Park Foundation is responsible for setting up and running it. It was founded in September 2015 by the Canton of Zurich, ETH Zurich and ZKB. The canton of Zurich, the three local communities of Dübendorf, Volketswil and Wangen-Brüttisellen and the federal government are developing the area together.
The jointly developed synthesis report of the project partners forms the basis for the development of the area. This also shows how the Dübendorf airfield area should be presented overall in the future, which uses are planned and how these are spatially distributed. The area will be divided into four sub-areas:
A first area is reserved for the Zurich Innovation Park, in which research is to be carried out in particular in the areas of mobility, robotics, aviation, space travel and advanced manufacturing & materials. In the second sub-area, the innovation park and a research, test and works airfield overlap to form an aviation cluster. In the third sub-area, the uses with high security requirements – the federal base of the Air Force and the Skyguide air traffic control center – can be further developed independently. In the fourth sub-area there are further aviation infrastructures. Nature conservation also plays a central role there. A continuous circular route around the airfield will also be created for the general public.
The government council submitted three proposals to the cantonal council for further planning and implementation work. The cantonal government is requesting 97.45 million francs for the gradual development of the innovation park and 8.2 million francs for the planning of a research, test and works airfield.
The cantonal council could decide on these templates by 2023. Renovation of the existing buildings is planned from 2023. Then the first building applications should be submitted. The implementation of the first buildings could therefore start from around 2024/2025.
The Zurich Innovation Park aims to promote cooperation and exchange between science and business.
The new NEST unit Sprint offers 200 square meters of office space made mostly from reused materials and components. Partitions made of different materials that can be flexibly removed divide the office unit into twelve individual offices. The unit was built on the lowest platform of the NEST building, the research and innovation platform of Empa and Eawag. It took only ten months from the ground-breaking ceremony to the opening.
The entire sprint unit follows the “Design for Disassembly” approach. Their design already takes dismantling into account, and their construction facilitates future modifications and dismantling to recover components and materials. In this way, the premises can be efficiently transferred to another cycle at the end of their service life.
The sprint unit wants to find solutions that are as universal as possible and thus simplify the reuse of building materials. The project is a collaboration between various actors from research, business and the public sector. During the construction and subsequent use of Sprint, the opportunities and challenges of the reuse process are continuously documented and compiled – with the aim of making the construction more marketable. The sprint unit shows that building with reused materials and components is a viable alternative to building with new material that meets the market requirements for flexible and fast building.
Building with reused materials is a step-by-step approach – the issue of available materials runs through the whole process. This requires, among other things, a rethinking of planning and execution, a flexible schedule and flexibility in design. For example, the material found also determines the final design. Sprint shows “that reused material is by no means a hurdle for the design, but that creativity can be used to achieve design elements that you would not have originally thought of,” says Oliver Seidel, architect and member of the management board at baubüro in situ AG. An example are the different partition walls. Some are built from scrap bricks, some from old books, and still others from old carpet.
The reuse of materials is not necessarily cheaper in today’s market situation. However, Seidel is convinced: “As soon as a competitive market with reused materials and components has been established, there will also be cost advantages with reuse.” In addition, certain reused materials such as natural stone or automatically closing fire protection doors would suddenly become affordable, in contrast to the same components made of new material.
One of the office partitions in the sprint unit is made of bricks that would actually have ended up as waste in the landfill. The sprint unit was completed in just ten months – re-use does not necessarily have to have an impact on the construction time.
With Westgate, a representative business center is being built in the immediate vicinity of Zurich Airport – and thus to the whole world: “The unique mix of state-of-the-art office space, optimal accessibility and first-class infrastructure makes Westgate the perfect company headquarters,” says Patrick Angioy from Seitzmeir Immobilien AG. “The Westgate combines everything that makes a successful business location: outstanding architecture, over 16,000 m² of flexibly scalable office space, excellent gastronomy and a well-developed conference center.”
But not only the infrastructure is excellent, the location is also hard to beat: The Westgate is being built in the economically successful Zurich airport region – only 600 meters from Zurich Airport and a few steps away from the new Glattalbahn. The building elements Dock A, B and C together with the cube form the architectural work of art. The constitutive element of the building is the interior atrium with a spacious lobby, lounge area and bar. The light-flooded architecture meets the highest aesthetic standards. “The interplay of warm bronze and gray tones as well as the combination of metal, textile and wood has a timelessly modern effect and is at the same time a symbiosis of home and far away,” says Angioy.
The Westgate Business Center meets all the requirements of “Green Building Switzerland”, is CO2-neutral and is certified according to Minergie P and Leed Gold Standard. Natural building materials such as wood and stone ensure a pleasant, healthy indoor climate. Thanks to intelligent building technology, the networked systems of heating, cooling, ventilation, sun protection, photovoltaics, etc. are ideally coordinated with each other and enable maximum efficiency. Heating and cooling (free cooling) are provided by groundwater pumps, and optimized heat recovery supports the sustainable energy cycle. The high insulation quality of the building envelope prevents energy losses and at the same time reduces unwanted heat input through high-quality glazing.
The municipal properties on Rütistrasse in Schlieren will be equipped with a photovoltaic system and e-charging stations by decision of the city council. In its most recent meeting, the city council for installation and operation signed the electricity works of the canton of Zurich ( EKZ ), according to the latest edition of the city council news. The IJZ innovation and start-up center Schlieren is housed in the building complex on Rütistrasse.
The photovoltaic system will be installed on the roof of the commercial building. According to the city council news, EKZ will install 1080 panels on an area of 4200 square meters. They should produce an output of 355,000 kilowatt hours per year.
Six charging stations for electric vehicles will also be set up. They are not only available to employees and visitors of the IJZ Schlieren. Outside business hours, they can also be used by the general public.
For the project, it is envisaged that the electricity works of the Canton of Zurich will finance and install the systems on the two main roofs at Rütistrasse 12/14 and 16/18 as well as an additional six e-charging stations along the Rütistrasse 12/14 facade and for 20 years with one Operate full guarantee. After the end of the contract period, the installations become the property of the property owner.
Good things take time – there is no better way to describe the development of the Oberhauserriet in Opfikon. As early as 1952, the city separated the 67.4 hectare Oberhauserriet as an industrial zone. A district plan procedure was initiated five years later, but this was only approved in 1979. The first district plan provided for 30,000 jobs. But the project dragged on due to numerous appeals and requests for revision. In 1986, the city council of Opfikon stopped the enforcement request. Because: The planned jobs would also have meant 30,000 parking spaces. Traffic problems and environmental pollution threatened.
Interest in the planned industrial area increased sharply with the construction of the north ring road in the 1980s. In 1987, Planpartner AG was commissioned to review the planning. The planning office proposed a renewed revision of the building and zoning regulations with a significantly reduced use. New only 9700 jobs were planned. In addition, living space for 3000 people was considered for the first time, as well as a park that should cover around a third of the country in the direction of Glatt. Access to public transport rounded off the project in terms of environmental compatibility.
These adjustments found favor with the electorate in 1990. The city council of Opfikon, the city of Zurich and the interest group of landowners that had been created in the meantime also approved of the new overall plan. The then 25 landowners were closely involved in the planning by the city council. It is probably thanks to this circumstance that they were willing to make a significant financial contribution: in terms of green space or the planned “monorail” – a kind of elevated railway that should have opened up the new district.
It was spring 1996 before the first draft for the new district plan was available. Due to numerous requests, this was revised twice before the city council was finally able to set the district plan in 1999. The Government Council of the Canton of Zurich passed it on October 11, 2000, paving the way for implementation – after almost 50 years of planning.
First area marketing organization in Swiss real estate history They had agreed on living space for 6,600 people and 7,300 jobs. A 12.4-hectare green area with an artificial lake was planned for the park. A project competition was announced in 2001 for the design of the park, which the Kiefer landscape architecture office in Berlin won. Central was the elongated rectangular lake, which later received the name “Glattpark-See”.
In 2000, the city of Opfikon, the city of Zurich and the company Allreal tendered a contract for the development of a comprehensive platform for the development area. Halter Immobilien + Treuhand with the then managing director Bernhard “Beny” Ruhstaller was awarded the contract. Ruhstaller’s communication strategy envisaged making a brand out of the Oberhauserriet in order to simplify the search for investors and key tenants as well as communication with the population and image cultivation. Ruhstaller proposed area marketing empowered by all landowners.
The mission was clear: from the mass of planned individual projects, a vision of a completely new district should find its way into people’s minds. Ruhstaller already brought experience from the Limmatwest, Zurich-West and Zurich-North development areas. «It was precisely these experiences and insights that helped me with the Oberhauserriet development area. The Glattpark was of course one size bigger. On the other hand, it was almost easier to create a new identity here, since there was no inhabited area,” Ruhstaller sums up. He also remembers the founding of the new area marketing well: “The first difficulty was convincing the then many private landowners to pay money into a marketing pot, although a possible start of construction could not even be estimated.”
The real estate professional was successful together with the city of Opfikon: In December 2001, 63.64 percent of all property owners recognized the added value of joint marketing. On May 13, 2002, for the first time in Swiss real estate history, 14 of the 21 landowners founded an area marketing organization. This merger quickly bore fruit: Thanks to marketing and communication measures such as a showroom, website, trade fair appearances and intensive networking, the organization quickly became the central information and contact point for the new district, which the city of Opfikon had given the name “Glattpark” in 2001. With the increasing success of the marketing efforts, more landowners could be brought on board: in 2017, the area marketing organization had a maximum of 35 members.
↑ The aerial photo – taken from a helicopter at the time – shows the Oberhauserriet in 2001. The city of Opfikon commissioned the company Comet Photoshopping GmbH, which specializes in aerial photos, to document the construction progress. And this is how the Glattpark looks from the air 20 years later. ↓
Thanks to the Glattpark, Opfikon is now one of the 50 largest cities in Switzerland Again and again, there were discrepancies between area marketing and the city of Opfikon: “The planning authorities involved in the Oberhauserriet district plan were not used to the fact that market and marketing issues suddenly played a role,” explains Ruhstaller and adds: “The private organization of the In the beginning, landowners might also have been perceived as a danger.” Today, cooperation between the city authorities and area marketing has normalized and can be described as mutually beneficial.
The transition from the development to the operational phase in 2016 brought with it changed tasks for area marketing. A simplification of the landowner’s contributions and the renaming to IGG Glattpark were decided. Today, the organization takes care of overarching issues. “It’s about processes that go beyond the parcel boundary of an individual property owner – such as the boulevard, parking or media work,” says Ruhstaller, who has been working as managing director of the area marketing organization for around 20 years and meanwhile from his Daughter Janina is supported. The IGG Glattpark is intended to protect and further develop the identity of the still young district. “In cooperation with the city of Opfikon, we are currently conducting a needs survey among the more than 70 businesses in the Glattpark,” Ruhstaller gives an example.
The former vision of Glattpark has become reality: the first residents moved in as early as 2006. The Monorail, which was originally planned, became the Glattalbahn, the last stage of which was inaugurated in 2010. In 2019, the majority of the second construction phase was completed. By the end of 2019, 3100 jobs were created and 5781 residents were counted. And that’s not the end of the development of the young part of the city: the hard-fought school building should be ready for occupancy in 2023/24. The often neglected 3rd stage of the Glattpark could also be in motion in the near future: “The city of Zurich, as the largest property owner, is facing an early solution together with the city of Opfikon and other private property owners,” says Ruhstaller.
The development of the Oberhauserriet – which was often referred to in the media as “the most expensive meadow in Europe” – into the Glattpark district has definitely been a success: in the past 16 years, Opfikon has grown from 13,000 to 21,000 inhabitants thanks to the Glattpark. This means that Opfikon is now one of the 50 largest cities in Switzerland.
The Swiss environmental arena has presented its latest future energy policy project, “ Building 2050 ”. According to the press release , the pioneering project in Urdorf shows how, thanks to the use of the latest building technology, residential developments can already become a CO2-neutral power plant in which tenants can live within their own energy budgets without electricity and heating costs.
The Umwelt Arena is presenting all of these innovations in the new exhibition “Bauen 2050” in Spreitbach from mid-July 2022 with a construction documentary and interactive elements relating to modern construction.
The pilot project in Urdorf is referred to as a “power house”. The building by René Schmid Architekten AG Zurich shows that surplus solar energy from the summer can be used to produce renewable, non-fossil gas for the winter using photovoltaic systems on the roof and facade. There is also a wind-solar small power station. The facade and roof insulation protects the house against cold and heat. In midsummer, excess heat can be withdrawn from the apartments and used to heat the water. The rest is stored in the ground via the geothermal probes.
The excess electricity from the summer is used to produce hydrogen in a power-to-gas plant. It is temporarily stored in the existing gas network for the winter.
The house in Urdorf shows the residents their daily current consumption level in order to control their personal energy budget. There are sun blinds that can be controlled depending on the weather, energy-efficient, networked household appliances of the highest efficiency class and showers with heat recovery as well as CO2-controlled comfort ventilation. Even when using the lift, the braking energy produces electricity.
According to a media release , Eberhard Bau AG has opened the first interactive educational trail for the circular economy in the Park of Circularity in Oberglatt. The park was developed in cooperation with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich ( ETH ), which is researching forward-looking building methods as part of the project. The recycling course is intended to convey responsible use of limited resources “physically with real materials you can touch”.
The information, which can be called up easily with a smartphone, is aimed at the general public, schools, families with children, young people and, in more detail, at specialist audiences. A sensation is a robot that park guests can use to sort construction waste. An autonomously working robot has already been used to build a 65 meter long and 6 meter high dry stone wall and the park terraces.
A tour on site is barrier-free 365 days a year and makes it possible to experience “what circular economy means in general, what challenges and solutions exist and that the construction industry plays a central role towards a functioning circular economy”. According to Eberhard Bau, it has been implementing the principle of the circular economy for more than 30 years. Circular economic and construction methods help to minimize the ecological footprint, which was symbolically addressed at the opening of the park by fifth-graders from Oberglatt by immortalizing their footprints in concrete.
The park of circularity developed by the ETH Zurich, in which the latest research on promising construction methods, autonomous construction, robotics and architecture are combined, had its premiere together with the circular educational trail.
Ende 2021 zählten die 14 Städte und Gemeinden 189’000 Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner, das sind 8454 oder 4,7 Prozent mehr als Ende 2018. Dabei handelt es sich um das Kerngebiet der Flughafenregion. Die entsprechenden 14 Städte und Gemeinden sind Teil der FRZ Flughafenregion Zürich, Wirtschaftsnetzwerk & Standortentwicklung. Auch die Zahl der Beschäftigten hat sich erhöht: Sie wuchs seit 2018 um 5258 oder 3,6 Prozent, verglichen mit der letzten Erhebung Ende 2020. In der gleichen Zeitspanne stieg die Zahl der Wohneinheiten um 3,2 Prozent auf 88’541. Das bedeutet, dass die Flughafenregion auch als Wohnstandort attraktiv ist. In den vergangenen zehn Jahren ist die Zahl der Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner stärker gestiegen als die Zahl der Arbeitsplätze.
Derzeit werden in der näheren Flughafenregion Zürich viele Bauprojekte von überregionaler Bedeutung realisiert, andere sind in Planung. In Dübendorf wurde Mitte 2019 das höchste Hochhaus für Mietwohnungen in der Schweiz bezogen (JaBee Tower). In den Jahren 2020 und 2021 entstand beim Flughafen Zürich eine moderne Destination mit über 6000 Arbeitsplätzen (The Circle). Zu den Mietern gehören unter anderem: Abraxas, Dufry, Edelweiss, Flughafen Zürich, Horváth, Hyatt, Inventx, Isolutions, Jelmoli, Kieser Training, Microsoft, MSD, Neuroth, Novo Nordisk, NTT Data, Omega, Raiffeisen Schweiz, Oracle, Raiffeisen, Sablier, SAP, Singapore Airlines, Totemo, Universitätsspital Zürich und Vebego.
Der Bau von Rechenzentren beschleunigt sich. Zwischen 2019 und 2022 werden in der Flughafenregion Zürich Rechenzentren im Wert von über einer Milliarde Franken gebaut. Zu den Investoren gehören Green Datacenter AG, Interxion, NTT Data und Equinix. Ihre grössten Kunden sind Google, Microsoft und Amazon Web Services. Der Grossraum Zürich gehört mittlerweile europaweit zu den wichtigsten Datacenter-Hubs nach London, Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam, Dublin und Berlin. Die Forschung und Entwicklung soll mit dem geplanten Innovationsparks Zürich am Standort Dübendorf – Teil des Schweizerischen Innovationspark – vorangetrieben werden. Die Themenschwerpunkte für den Innovationspark Zürich sind wie folgt definiert: Life Science und Lebensqualität, Engineering und Umwelt, Digitale Technologien und Kommunikation. Der Park soll die Zusammenführung des Wissens der Zürcher Hoch- und Fachhochschulen mit der Praxis- und Markterfahrung führender Unternehmen fördern.
USP Die Flughafenregion Zürich gehört zu den schnellstwachsenden Regionen der Schweiz. Die hervorragende verkehrstechnische Lage ist ein wichtiger Wettbewerbsvorteil. Hier haben viele internationale Konzerne ihren Sitz. Die Hochschulen und ihre Forschungseinrichtungen sind in unmittelbarer Nähe. Das gilt ebenso für Naherholungsgebiete und Shopping Centers. Seit einigen Jahren entwickelt sich erfolgreich ein ICT-Cluster – von Datacenter-Anbietern bis Kreativwirtschaft.
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Remo Weibel Global Sana
Der Richtsatz für 10-jährige Festhypotheken ist seit Anfang Jahr stark gestiegen. Grund dafür ist die Zinserhöhung der US-Notenbank. Wir gehen davon aus, dass die SARON-Hypothek nach wie vor attraktiv bleibt, da noch einige Zinsschritte der SNB nötig sind, bis die Zinssätze für SARON-Hypotheken steigen.
Gregor Meili Kenny’s Auto-Center AG
Die Flughafenregion zeichnet sich durch eine hohe Dynamik aus. Das ist der Verkehrsknotenpunkt der Schweiz und in der Mobilität spielt Kenny’s Auto-Center eine wichtige Rolle. Deshalb investieren wir hier und an weiteren Standorten. Wir bauen aus, um für die Herausforderungen der Zukunft vorbereitet zu sein.
Patrick Angioy Seitzmeir Immobilien AG
«Die Flughafenregion erweist sich als leistungsfähiger Wirtschaftsstandort mit maximaler Verkehrsinfrastruktur und bietet Unternehmen jeglicher Grösse hervorragende Voraussetzungen für ein erfolgreiches Business – regional, national wie auch international. Dank eines attraktiven Steuerfusses, einer unkomplizierten Ansiedlungspraxis und innovativen Neubauprojekten wie z. B. dem WestGate (www.westgate-zurich.ch), gehört Kloten meines Erachtens bei jedem erfolgsorientierten Unternehmen auf die Watchlist bei der Suche nach einem neuen Standort.»
Since the summer of 2020, the civil engineering office in Zurich has been running a pilot project to reduce heat. According to a press release from the city of Zurich , differently colored road surfaces were applied to Roggenstrasse in Zurich-West in order to measure the effect on the temperature. The results show that the light-colored coverings – in contrast to shadows from trees and houses – only have a minor influence on the temperature.
For these measurements, new surfaces were installed on Roggenstrasse and the road was divided into three areas: a reference area made of conventional, street-gray asphalt and two areas with a beige and a reddish surface, according to the city’s statement. Cameras and embedded probes recorded the surface temperature and heat storage of the pads.
The results now available show a minor effect of the light-colored deposits on the surface temperature. The reference surface in conventional gray was even about 2 degrees cooler on average than the two bright surfaces. This result can be explained by the shadow that trees and a high building temporarily cast on the reference area, it is said. It therefore heated up less.
The differences between the two light surfaces were small. The beige covering stayed a little cooler than the reddish one. Calculations showed that if all surfaces had been exposed to the same amount of sunlight, the light surfaces would have been 2 degrees cooler than the reference area.
The results of the pilot project clearly show how important shade and trees are for reducing heat in cities, according to the civil engineering office.
The event was moderated by Monika Schärer, who confidently guided the guests through the afternoon. After a brief welcome, Arun Banovi, owner of immo!nvest/immoTable, and Christoph Lang, managing director of FRZ Flughafenregion Zürich, were briefly asked about the economic region and the connection with immo!nvest.
In addition, Fabian Streiff from the Zurich Business Development Agency gave the first presentation and presented the region in more detail. From this it emerged that the canton of Zurich is a globally significant hub for artificial intelligence (AI). He also introduced us to the innovation hubs in the Zurich airport region, including the Digital Health Center (Bülach), The Circle (Kloten) and the Zurich Innovation Park (Dübenorf).
As the second speaker, Hans Egloff, President of HEV Switzerland, brought us closer to the topic of digitization in the real estate industry. Using various examples, he explained the opportunities and risks of digitization. For example, the AHV number serves as a personal identifier in the electronic land register and this entails a large group of authorized users and thus a large potential for misuse.
Before the break, Tindaro Milone, Head of Large Plants, presented the EKZ and explained what is currently happening in the energy sector. For example, the scarcity of resources, climate change, politics and customer needs. He then presented the future of energy, it is mainly about decarbonization, digitization and decentralization. Of course, sustainability is also a topic that is very topical and will continue to occupy you in the future. He completed his presentation on the subject of electricity storage.
After the first part of the program there was a break that was used for the first talks. There were also cool drinks, refreshing fruits and delicious cakes.
This was followed by Dadvan Yousuf, who introduced us to his platform “Dohrnii”, where everyone can easily learn about cryptocurrencies in a playful way. The presentation also included the Dohrnii Markplace, the DHN Token and the Dohrnii DAO. Finally, he made the connection and opportunities between cryptocurrencies and the real estate industry.
Then Christoph Axmann, Chartered Surveyor MRICS at Wüest Partner, came on stage. With overviews of the population and employment development, he showed the demand in the Glattal-Furttal region. Then he showed which offer can be used to cover inquiries. Below that are investments, quantities, supply in relation to inventory and prices. Finally, he showed the development potential in the airport region.
The last speaker was René Götz from the business development department of the city of Bülach. He introduced the business location Bülach, showed the positioning, spoke about the goals and available development areas. The key sectors of the region, the space requirements of companies and the Digital Health Center Bülach were also included in the presentation.
The crowning glory was the exciting panel discussion with Doris Meier (Mayor of Bassersdorf), Christoph Lang (Managing Director of the FRZ Zurich Airport Region), Fabian Streiff (Local Promotion Canton of Zurich) and Heinz Eberhard (Eberhard companies).
During the aperitif with delicious appetizers and ice cream, there was a lot of networking. The atmosphere was very good and relaxed. Especially when the draw for the competition was due. You could win a trip to the Top of Europe – Jungfrau Joch with overnight stay and dinner for 2 people. This great prize was sponsored by eSMart, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last year. Monika Schärer made it exciting and presented the award to the delighted winner Markus Nussbaum.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all guests and speakers for the exciting afternoon. A big thank you also goes to the Eventalm for the great and flexible organization, the friendly service and the delicious treats. But we don’t want to forget our partners either, without you such an event would not have been possible! Thanks to EKZ, eternit, eSMART, Seitzmeir, Sunrise, SVIT Zurich, Rigips, PropTechMarket, Woonig and FRZ.
We hope to see some of you in Lausanne on October 6th and in Basel on November 24th. Until then, we wish you a nice summer!
During a tour of the Glattpark development area in Opfikon on June 15, the board of directors of the Swiss Association for Site Management ( SVSM ) and leading members and consultants inspected the development . The meeting organized by Schlierem location promoter Albert Schweizer was part of the site development initiative – the supreme discipline of location promotion. It is about the interaction between the public sector, investors, architects, area management, users and associations of different interests in the development of a common vision and strategy.
The two-hour tour was led by Beny Ruhstaller, Glattpark Area Manager and SVSM President. He edited the publication ” Glattpark – a city is created “. The participants visited the different neighborhoods, looked at the inner courtyards, appraised the architecture and visited the lake and park.
Arun Banovi, publisher of Immoinvest and media partner of the SVSM, also took part in the visit. Likewise the former SVSM board member Beat Ritschard and Alexandra Vogel, the managing director of the SVSM in Winterthur, as well as Jasmina Ritz, managing director of the Limmatstadt AG location promotion.
For the purpose of the event, the initiators said that the SVSM board actively cultivates relationships with its senior members and experienced experts. It is about preserving the great wealth of knowledge and network of these personalities. And with such invitations, it is also about the appreciation of their merits for the benefit of the association and the entire industry. The SVSM sponsors are also invited to events such as those in the Glattpark.
After the visit in the afternoon, an aperitif and dinner was scheduled for 5 p.m. in the Casa Cosi restaurant.
The dynamic startup HEGIAS offers the world’s first automated and browser-based solution for visualization and communication with Virtual Reality (VR) for the planning, construction and real estate industries. The rapidly growing company was founded in 2017 and currently employs around 20 people at the two locations in Zurich and Lugano. “With Steiner AG, we have a strong partner at our side who supports us in realizing our growth ambitions,” says Patrik Marty, CEO of HEGIAS. Giuseppe Giglio, Chief Digital Officer at Steiner AG, adds: “The new virtual collaboration environment will enable everyone involved in the project to work on the same model at the same time and from any location.” This simplifies and accelerates previous processes and contributes to a significant reduction in errors.
Ajay Sirohi, CEO of the Steiner Group, is convinced that the cooperation will contribute to the long-term success of both companies: “The combination of HEGIAS’ digital expertise and our proven experience in the BIM and construction sectors enables us to jointly create tailor-made innovations for the market develop. With the first strategic partnership in the digital sector, we can expand our expertise in this area and actively help shape the future of the real estate industry. In the future, we are planning further collaborations with innovative start-ups in order to continue the digital transformation of our company and to grow sustainably in the field of future technologies.»
Zurich Airport has chosen the Raumfachwerk project as the winner of its competition for the construction of the new airport terminal Dock A with tower and dock root. It prevailed against ten competitors and is intended to replace the existing and aging Dock A.
From 2030, according to a statement from Zurich Airport, “probably the largest airport dock to date made primarily of wood” will be built next to the existing Dock A while operations continue. The investments are estimated at around CHF 700 million.
The planning team for this project is led by the renowned architect Bjarke Ingels. In addition to his Copenhagen and New York-based architects’ office BIG , the largest architecture and engineering company in the USA, HOK , is also involved, as is the Zurich architects’ office 10:8 . For example, it was responsible for the conversion of Zurich Oerlikon station. The London engineering and consulting company Buro Happold , which is experienced in airport construction, is also part of this team, as is the engineering office Pirmin Jung from Rain, which specializes in timber construction.
According to Bjarke Ingels, the team tried to meet the complex global challenge of CO2 reduction with the simplest possible solution, a space structure made of solid wood: “A simple but expressive design that is rooted in tradition and committed to innovation and the cultural and natural elements of Swiss architecture.”
Zurich gained two places in the European Thematic Cities Index (TCI) compared to the previous year and is now in second place. London is in first place and Stockholm is in third place. According to a press release , this index from Swiss Life Asset Managers measures 135 European cities in 28 countries. He evaluates them on five core themes that shape a city’s real estate market: Change and Disruption, Climate and Environment, Communities and Clusters, Consumers and Lifestyle, and Connectivity. He wants to offer a comparability for real estate investments.
The six Swiss cities in the ranking are all in the top 50 of the TCI. Among them, Zurich remains “the most dynamic and healthy city with the best networks”. Despite the lack of an international airport, Bern’s 9th place is now “the third most accessible city in the entire ranking”. Basel gains one place compared to the previous year and is in 7th place, Lausanne in 15th place. Geneva has gained the most with 16 places and is listed in 31st place. Due to its “less environmentally friendly mix of sectors and above-average car use”, Lucerne lost nine places and ended up in 41st place.
According to the TCI, all six Swiss cities promise little growth potential despite their stability and attractiveness. According to this analysis, they are all among the eleven worst European cities in terms of this criterion. And as in the TCI 2021, this year’s analysis rates health as the weakest issue in Swiss cities.
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