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  • Art students cooperate with the building department

    Art students cooperate with the building department

    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.

  • Genome researchers at the Irchel campus get a new laboratory

    Genome researchers at the Irchel campus get a new laboratory

    The Functional Genomics Center Zurich (FGCZ) of the University of Zurich (UZH) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) is getting a new building on the Irchel campus. The groundbreaking is in May. As general contractor, Implenia AG Switzerland and SAM Architects AG Zurich are responsible for the planning and implementation. With their project, they won a selection procedure from the cantonal building construction office in Zurich in March, according to a media release .

    Accordingly, a new laboratory building of 1300 square meters is planned. This offers space for 20 different room types. This should accommodate high-tech devices that have different requirements in terms of room climate, temperature, power consumption and availability.

    In addition to the laboratories, a new type of office concept is also being created, which offers different opportunities for community and privacy. This new working environment is intended to make work easier for genome researchers and external users, according to the press release. If everything goes according to plan, the 80 employees at the Functional Genomics Center Zurich could move in summer 2022.

    The old building of the genome researchers on the Irchel campus is meanwhile being cleared for temporary use. From 2023, three secondary schools in the canton of Zurich are to move in there. After about ten years, the buildings are to be renovated and handed over again for university purposes.

    Accordingly, the new laboratory building is a temporary solution. It consists of modules that can easily be dismantled and recycled. Because: After 15 years, the scientists should move back into their traditional building.