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  • New experience space in Bern combines culture, business and everyday life

    New experience space in Bern combines culture, business and everyday life

    After six years of renovation, the Kaiserhaus in Bern’s Marktgasse is now ready for the public. According to a press release, the building is set to become a place of encounter and learning as well as a meeting place for fashion and local trade. The opening is planned for 10 April 2026.

    The Kaiserhaus combines catering, retail and a place of learning in one. The gastronomic highlights include the Brasserie Kaiser, the Kaiser Deli and the Hof Bar. The retail spaces also serve to try out new economic, ecological and social models. In the Atelier & Manufaktur area, products are repaired or manufactured for spectators, for example. The Kiosk & Shop area is intended to provide space for pioneering brands as well as start-ups. Circular economy products will also be found here. And the Events & Pop-ups area will constantly have new offers for customers with exhibitions, workshops or a market.

    In the Moneyverse, you can learn all about the history of money and the work of the Swiss National Bank(SNB). Lectures on science, culture and business complete the educational programme. Moneyverse is an initiative of the SNB in collaboration with the Bernisches Historisches Museum. It is intended to enrich the Kaiserhaus experience.

  • Winterthur’s Grüze innovation lab opens in May

    Winterthur’s Grüze innovation lab opens in May

    In May 2024, the Grüze Innovation Lab will open on St.Gallerstrasse in Winterthur. According to a press release, it is planned as a versatile meeting place where visitors can find out about the large-scale Grüze crossing construction site. In addition, the filigree building, which is open on all sides, will be a place for discussions on urban development issues, possible conflicting goals and the effects of climate change on the urban population.

    The approximately 120 square metre pavilion with exhibition space, stage and café has a modular design and can be extended in modules. The statics were designed for a two-storey, closed building. This takes into account the possibility that the innovation lab could grow into a neighbourhood centre with increased space requirements in the medium term. For the time being, it is planned for a useful life of ten years.

    The innovation lab was developed by the Winterthur Civil Engineering Office in collaboration with the Department of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and Holcim Switzerland. The extra-thin and recyclable concrete slabs made of carbon fibre-reinforced concrete (CPC) from CPC AG reportedly save up to 75 percent material compared to conventional concrete construction methods. CO2 emissions are to be reduced by a factor of two to four.

    The CPC concrete elements, which emerged from a long-term research project at the ZHAW, can be dismantled into their component parts with little effort and rebuilt elsewhere or reused for another structure. Holcim produces them and makes them available on loan. The prefabricated elements are assembled within a few days in the spring.