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  • Fortimo realises real estate project in Dubai

    Fortimo realises real estate project in Dubai

    Fortimo Group is unveiling a new real estate project in Dubai. According to a media release on zawya.com, the St.Gallen-based company is realising a new development in the Dubai Hills residential area. It is working with local partners Eaglewing Projects and OCTA Develop.

    The new residential complex, called The Golf Residence, will reportedly include 200 residential units with views of the nearby golf course and green parks. They will be equipped with high-end kitchen facilities from Europe. Several pools, communal areas and sports facilities are also planned. With a co-working space for residents, Fortimo also aims to cater to the trend of more remote working.

    “We are excited to take the next step in our expansion into Dubai with The Golf Residence, our first build-to-buy project in the United Arab Emirates,” Remo Bienz, co-owner of Fortimo, is quoted as saying. Fortimo is impressed by the development of Dubai into an “internationally recognised, vibrant destination”. The company wants to be part of this development, Bienz said.

  • Nüssli expo pavilions have received numerous awards

    Nüssli expo pavilions have received numerous awards

    Despite the pandemic, the Nüssli project teams built ten country pavilions for the Expo in Dubai on time. As the company has now announced , they have received numerous nominations and a total of 23 awards.

    Five pavilions have been nominated for one of the Expo’s governing body’s prestigious BIE (Bureau International des Expositions) awards . The German and Kazakh received gold and silver in the Theme Interpretation category. The Japanese Expo building also won gold in the Exhibition Design category. Silver and bronze in the architecture category went to Austria and China. The pavilions of Belarus, Germany, Kazakhstan and Luxembourg received one, and the Japanese pavilion even two Honorable Mentions in the various categories.

    With its unusual and sustainable architecture, the Austrian Pavilion attracted a lot of attention. It also won the renowned Global Architecture & Design Award 2021 , the BLT Built Design Award 2021 , the Austrian Green Planet Building Award and the German Design Award 2022 .

    According to the information provided, the Austrian pavilion consumed 70 percent less energy than comparable buildings. The structure and facade of the Kazakh building can be largely recycled. And when the Baden-Württemberg house was built from wood, 200 tons of CO2 could be saved compared to conventional steel structures. According to Nüssli, these three examples are “exemplary for the innovation and sustainability of Nüssli’s pavilion range.

  • Presence Switzerland is satisfied with the presentation at the Expo

    Presence Switzerland is satisfied with the presentation at the Expo

    At the end of March, the world exhibition in Dubai came to an end after six months. According to a press release , Presence Switzerland is satisfied with Switzerland’s performance. As a unit of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Presence Switzerland was responsible for running the Swiss pavilion during the Expo.

    According to Presence Switzerland, the Swiss Pavilion received a total of 1.7 million visitors. Among them were people from around 100 different nationalities. This made the Swiss Pavilion one of the most popular and most visited pavilions at the Expo.

    The Swiss Pavilion also served as a platform for exchange with trading partners. More than 50 companies and 20 institutional partners and universities have used it for this purpose. In addition, 987 official delegations visited the pavilion, including 90 prime ministers, ministers and governors from different countries.

    A survey showed that the majority had a good or very good impression of the Swiss presence. The pavilion has also had a positive impact on how Switzerland is perceived in areas such as innovation, tourism, sustainability and Swiss products.

    The Swiss pavilion also received three prizes: the World Expo Award from Exhibitor magazine as the best medium-sized pavilion, the 2A Certificate & Veneration and Innovative Achievement Memorial Icon from 2A magazine and an award for architecture and landscape from the Committee of Experts of the Bureau International des Expositions ( BIE ).

  • Switzerland and UAE discuss city of the future

    Switzerland and UAE discuss city of the future

    On March 21 at the Expo in Dubai , the Swiss pavilion brought together experts from universities in Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates, private companies and public actors under the motto “Smart Connected Cities”. It is about intelligent solutions for the management of water, mobility and other challenges in cities that are becoming increasingly dense. Some of these projects have already been implemented in Switzerland and could be imitated in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region.

    The event was organized by the University of Applied Sciences in Western Switzerland ( HES-SO ). It is the Leading House MENA officially commissioned by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation . Its goal is to promote scientific cooperation between Switzerland and the countries of the MENA region.

    During implementation, the HES-SO worked together with Swissnex , the Swiss Embassy in the UAE and the Swiss Business Hub Middle East . “International cross-technology cooperation that offers networked solutions for the exponentially growing demand of a growing population and the associated densification of living spaces are the only way to master the challenges,” says Dante Larini, project manager of Swissnex in the Swiss pavilion, in a press release quoted. “The event showed us how much and how seamlessly technology can transform the way cities are managed and the daily lives of their residents.”

    Josef Spillner from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences ( ZHAW ) gave a keynote speech on the opportunities and risks of cyber-physical spaces. The cooperation between the ZHAW and the private university of the Emirate of Sharjah ( Sharjah University ) was also presented at the event.

  • Tisca and Serge Ferrari equip the Swiss pavilion

    Tisca and Serge Ferrari equip the Swiss pavilion

    Visitors to the Swiss pavilion at Expo 2020 will be led into the building via an opulent red carpet. This is a custom-made product from the manufacturer Tisca based in the St.GallenBodenseeArea. The guests are thus welcomed by Switzerland on “Appenzeller lawn”, the company informs in a message . Tisca specializes in carpets, lawn carpets and sports turf. The red carpet, which stretches across the entire forecourt of the Swiss Pavilion, is a special version that was designed for high levels of use at the Expo. The red not only reflects the Swiss flag, it also serves as a visual attraction.

    Serge Ferrari AG from Eglisau, on the other hand, specializes in composite materials and develops products for textile architecture, among other things. The company contributed a facade membrane for the Swiss pavilion, which is based on temporary tent structures by Bedouins. According to the press release, this “gigantic curtain made of textile material” extends over the north and south facades of the pavilion. With its silver shimmer and ruffling, it is not only an eye-catcher. It also shows “what technical textiles from Switzerland can do for contemporary architecture today,” says the company.

    Because the Starnisol Safe One membrane used was launched by Serge Ferrari in 2019 “as the world’s first non-flammable, vapor-permeable facade membrane”. According to CEO Niklaus Zemp, tragic fire incidents have shown how vulnerable high-rise buildings can be. The company took this as an opportunity to “use a large part of our resources for R&D in order to develop a facade membrane that not only carries the high weather protection functions of Stamisol membranes”. In addition, it would also protect against a further spread of the fire. “The result was a specially developed glass fiber fabric with a special elastomer coating that is also open to diffusion,” says Zemp.