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  • Modernised lounge opened at St.Gallen-Altenrhein Airport

    Modernised lounge opened at St.Gallen-Altenrhein Airport

    The People’s Passenger and Crew Lounge at St.Gallen-Altenrhein Airport has been extensively renovated, according to a statement from the operating company People’s Air Group. The focus was on giving the space a fresher and more modern look and substantially raising the quality standard, the statement continues. A new design concept was developed together with the interior design firm Jürgen Krämer from Lustenau in Vorarlberg, Austria. The work was completed in three weeks.

    According to the press release, the entire interior was redesigned, from the choice of colours to the furnishings and fittings through to the technology. There are armchairs and sofas for relaxing. A work area has also been set up with a high table, bar stools and plenty of power sockets. It should enable customers and guests to work productively during their stay at St.Gallen-Altenrhein Airport.

    Access to the People’s Lounge is included in the People’s and Full Flex fares or can be purchased directly at check-in. A large selection of hot and cold drinks is available free of charge, supplemented by various snacks, according to the press release.

    There is a direct connection from St.Gallen-Altenrhein to Vienna as well as flights to more than a dozen holiday destinations in the Mediterranean region.

  • Award for innovative security products in design

    Award for innovative security products in design

    Security specialist Securiton AG has received the prestigious Red Dot Design Award 2024 for two products, according to a press release. The Zollikofen-based company, which specialises in security solutions, presented the STC 701 control unit for the SecuriSafe Expert intruder alarm system and the APR 70x reader for the SecuriGate access control system. According to the press release, the jury was impressed by the coherent design reduced to the essentials and the intuitive operability with a high level of user-friendliness.

    Securiton is supported by the design specialists at creative matters, based at Technopark Winterthur. The collaboration between Securiton and Meyer-Hayoz Design Engineering goes back over two decades, according to the press release. creative matters emerged from Meyer-Hayoz. For health reasons, Wolfgang Meyer-Hayoz, founder, CEO and first tenant at Technopark Winterthur, handed over a number of current projects and the corresponding data material to two long-standing employees in 2023 after prior consultation with his customers. Julian Wilczek and Dominic Kernen have been working with creative matters GmbH since the beginning of 2023. According to the press release, they had already carried out design work for Securiton at Meyer-Hayoz Design Engineering in previous years.

    The Red Dot Design Award is probably the world’s most prestigious design award. The reach and recognition of the award have a demonstrably direct and lasting influence on the market success of the award-winning products.

  • Limmattal should actively shape its urbanisation

    Limmattal should actively shape its urbanisation

    Urbanist Thomas Sevcik assumes that the region between Schlieren and Turgi will increasingly become a city. In his publication “Limmattalstadt – Impulse für die Region entlang der Limmat” (Limmat Valley City – Impulses for the Region along the Limmat), he proposes to shape this urbanisation “actively and strategically”. “The Limmattal city will come anyway. But we should make it as good as we can,” he writes.

    Among other things, Sevcik proposes so-called neo-areas. These should close gaps between settlement areas. For example, a campus on part of the marshalling yard could offer space for a Hochschule Limmat, a computer centre, but also a congress and entertainment centre. A new residential quarter could be built between Neuenhof and Killwangen, and a future-oriented quarter for new forms of living and working in the Tägerhard to the east of Wettingen. In the Hard in Siggenthal, too, a new district could combine work, living and leisure.

    Sevcik points out that the Limmat has so far had little presence in the region. He suggests upgrading the river landscape in Dietikon to a riviera.

    Economically, the future Limmat Valley city should rely on its strengths in applied technology and design, logistics and trade, as well as medtech and biotech. Mobility in the region should be facilitated by the extension of the Limmattalbahn, the use of the railway line between Dättwil and Wettingen, cable cars and the bicycle network. Sevcik also proposes a take-off site for vertical take-off electric helicopters at the Würenlos motorway service station.

    Sevcik developed the strategy ideas on the initiative of the Limmatstadt Location Promotion Agency and presented them at the general meeting of Limmatstadt AG on 15 August. 20 companies, mainly from the region, supported the project. The publication can be ordered digitally.

  • Sensor gate from dormakaba receives iF Design Award

    Sensor gate from dormakaba receives iF Design Award

    The new Argus V60 sensor interlock from dormakaba has won an award in the building technology category at this year’s iF Design Awards, the globally active locking technology group from Rümlang informs in a press release. The Argus V60 is designed for foyers with lift systems or office buildings.

    The sensor barrier can also be used to separate floors or parts of the entrance area of buildings. Here, the airlock, which can be integrated “in the smallest of installation spaces”, “blends into the architecture like a piece of furniture”, writes dormakaba. As further advantages of the Argus V60, dormakaba lists “security, elegance and efficiency in the smallest of spaces”.

    With the iF Design Award, the iF International Forum Design GmbH annually honours outstanding achievement in the design of products in a variety of categories. For this year’s iF Design Award, almost 11,000 entries from 56 countries competed for the quality seal for excellent design.

    The iF Design Award is not the first award for the Argus V60. In February, the sensor-equipped personal interlock from dormakaba had already convinced the jury at the German Design Award of the German Design Council.

  • Holcim completes first part of 3D-printed settlement

    Holcim completes first part of 3D-printed settlement

    Holcim has announced the successful completion of the largest 3D-printed affordable housing complex to date. For this, 14Trees, a joint venture between Holcim and British International Investment, has printed the first ten housing units in Kenya, according to a media release. A total of 52 affordable buildings are planned in the gated community called Mvule Gardens near the town of Kilifi. Each new phase of construction will test further innovations, according to Holcim. The project is part of the Green Heart of Kenya regenerative ecosystem, a model for inclusive and climate-resilient cities.

    Building on the world’s first 3D-printed school by 14Trees in Malawi, the Mvula Gardens complex will also help close the country’s infrastructure gap and create affordable, climate-friendly housing on a large scale. In addition, this new technology will create highly skilled jobs: local workers will be trained as 3D machine assistants and specialists.

    The 3D printing of these ten housing units was made possible with TectorPrint, Holcim’s innovative 3D printing ink, produced for the first time in Kenya. The sustainability profile of this project was recognised by the International Finance Corporation, the development bank of the World Bank Group, with the EDGE Advanced certificate for sustainable design.

    “I am very proud of 14Trees’ work in Africa, where our innovations in 3D printing technology are accelerating affordable and sustainable construction,” Miljan Gutovic, Holcim’s regional director for Europe, is quoted as saying in the statement. “I look forward to 14Trees replicating these successes in Europe and other parts of Africa in the near future.”

  • Reddot Winner 2022 Swiss Pavilions at World Expo 2020

    Reddot Winner 2022 Swiss Pavilions at World Expo 2020

    A sea of fog for Switzerland
    The completely mirrored Swiss Pavilion attracted over 1.7 million visitors over a period of six months and was one of the top 5 most popular and "most instagrammable" buildings at this world exhibition, where around 200 countries were represented. The central showpiece in the pavilion was a real sea of fog in an artistically abstract mountain panorama. These refreshing wafts of mist in the pavilion were a sensation in the Dubai desert. The effect changed continuously for the viewer: inside and ideally brought out the magical Swiss mountain panorama.

    Poland – Inspired by Nature
    The iconic architecture of the Polish Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai translates the motif of a flock of migratory birds into a fascinating kinetic sculpture that welcomes the flow of visitors from the outside and accompanies them inside as a "narrator". A poetic approach that, as an easy-to-understand metaphor, reflects the richness of Polish nature as the main habitat of migratory birds. At the same time, migratory birds stand metaphorically for relevant topics from Poland such as mobility, sustainability, migration and cosmopolitanism – which fits perfectly with the EXPO motto "Connecting Minds – Creating the Future".

    Another confirmation
    “We are very proud that we received two Red Dot Awards from the international jury for our two pavilion projects. This spurs us on to continue to develop innovative, bold and outstanding designs,” says Iwan Funk. As Managing Partner of Bellprat Partner, he and his 15-strong team worked on the development of the Swiss and Polish pavilions for more than five years and oversaw the entire implementation on site in Dubai.

    Red Dot Design Award
    The Red Dot Design Award is one of the largest design competitions in the world. Participants can register in three disciplines: products, brands and communication projects as well as prototypes and design concepts. A jury meets annually for each award, which assesses the submissions individually and then decides on the award of the prizes.

    The Red Dot Design Award looks back on more than 60 years of history: A jury met for the first time in 1955 to evaluate the best designs of the time. That has remained the case to this day – this year with around 20,000 submissions. The award ceremony will take place on October 28, 2022 in Berlin.

    More information on the Red Dot Award 2022: www.red-dot.org

  • Megura gives Birchmeier Group a new look

    Megura gives Birchmeier Group a new look

    The Baden-based communications and advertising agency Megura has revised the Birchmeier Group’s public presentation. According to a media release, the new appearance under the motto Birchmeier enthusiastic is intended to clearly show the company’s development from the small construction company founded in 1940 to today’s large group with over 600 employees. The current range of services includes more than pure construction work. Birchmeier has developed from a pure construction company to a broad-based specialist within the construction world.

    This development should also be made visible and noticeable in the appearance of the brand, according to the announcement. Logo, design, photo style, imagery, tonality as well as information architecture and user experience on the website were rather down-to-earth. Megura introduced an iconic B in the logo in the so-called refresh of the brand, which enthusiastically depicts Birchmeier’s positioning. The new page captivates with a light and reduced design, direct and simple tonality and an authentic world of images.

    The Birchmeier Group presents itself on the redesigned page as a general contractor who takes full responsibility for the turnkey implementation of a construction project. Architects and specialist planners are integrated in the service contract. The customer has only one contact person.