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  • Juch site to become a beacon of circular construction

    Juch site to become a beacon of circular construction

    Graber Pulver Architekten AG from Zurich has won the architectural competition of the City of Zurich for the planned new building of the recycling centre Juch-Areal of Entsorgung + Recycling Zürich(ERZ) in Zurich-Altstetten. With the new building, the Zurich Office for Structural Engineering and the ERZ want to create a pioneering project in the recycling of building components, according to a media release.

    According to the statement, they want to “explore to the maximum the possibilities of reusing building components and the potential of the circular construction industry in public buildings”. For this reason, the submitted competition projects should feature as high a proportion of reused components as possible.

    For example, most of the building material for the winning project came from the immediate vicinity of Zurich. Used reinforced concrete slabs are used in the operations building and the hall floor. The walls consist of wooden frame constructions insulated with old books, magazines and clothes. Discarded scaffolding will be repurposed as storage shelves. The existing hall structure is to be rebuilt only slightly adapted.

    The façades will be protected from the weather by panels of recycled glass and aluminium as well as old kitchen covers, doors and table tops. The greening of the façades will provide a habitat for plants and animals and ensure local heat reduction.

    By using old building components, the city of Zurich saves almost 600 tonnes of carbon dioxide compared to a conventional new building. This corresponds to a 40 per cent reduction in greenhouse gases.

    Second place went to Studio Hammer from Basel. Third place went to the Zurich-based consortium Studio Burkhardt and Lucas Michael Architektur.

  • New recycling center focuses on circular economy

    New recycling center focuses on circular economy

    The city of Zurich is planning to set up a sustainable, innovative recycling center on the Juch site in Zurich-Altstetten. It is intended to replace the Hagenholz recycling center. The city council has now approved an additional loan of 4.24 million francs for the implementation of the project, the civil engineering and waste disposal department of the city of Zurich informed in a statement .

    The construction of the new recycling center is intended to serve as a pilot project for circular construction. On the one hand, the reuse of as many elements as possible from the Hagenholz recycling hall and other components owned by the city is planned. On the other hand, value is placed on a simple and independent renewal of components in the new recycling center.

    The operating concept of the center is also based on the principles of the circular economy. It is planned to repair disposal goods as far as possible and to recycle them.

    The new recycling center on the Juch site is scheduled to go into operation at the end of 2026. At a later date, the city of Zurich also wants to replace the Werdholzli recycling center with an equivalent recycling center in Zurich-North, explains the Civil Engineering and Waste Management Department.