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  • Life Sciences Campus Allschwil continues to grow

    Life Sciences Campus Allschwil continues to grow

    With the official laying of the foundation stone for the ALL laboratory building in Allschwil, the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area marks a new stage in the development of a world-leading life sciences location. Domenico Scala, President of the Innovation Park, Stephen Wilson, CEO of BIIE, and Johannes Eisenhut, Managing Director of Senn Development AG, celebrated the start of construction with a time capsule in which representatives of the regional economy, politics and schoolchildren from the Swiss International School recorded their wishes for the future.

    Research building with a focus on sustainability
    The new ALL building is scheduled for completion in 2027 and will offer around 21,500 square metres of state-of-the-art laboratory and office space in accordance with the SNBS Platinum sustainability standard. This third collaboration between Senn and the architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron on the Innovation Park’s Main Campus strengthens the long-term orientation of the site. The investor Senn is aiming to intensively promote collaboration across the entire campus in order to maximise the innovative strength of researchers and companies.

    Research for tomorrow’s health
    With the BIIE, the ALL building will be home to one of the most significant investments in the life sciences sector. The BIIE, supported by 15 years of funding totalling USD 1 billion from the Basel Botnar Foundation, is dedicated to researching the immune system in order to develop new solutions for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases in children and adolescents worldwide. “The choice of location was crucial for our institute. The Main Campus offers exactly the right environment to meet our high standards,” explains Stephen Wilson.

    A strong life sciences cluster in Europe
    As part of the national innovation park Switzerland Innovation, the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area is an important hub for research and development in Switzerland. With sites in Allschwil, Jura and the Novartis Campus in Basel, the park focuses on the key areas of biotechnology, medical technology, digital health and industrial transformation. Around 1,200 specialists from 92 companies and 12 research groups work at the Basel site, making it the largest area for life sciences in a Swiss innovation park.

    Future prospects for Allschwil and Switzerland
    The construction of the laboratory building symbolises the sustainable development of Basel as a life sciences location and the innovative strength of the region. “We are using the knowledge gained from previous projects such as the HQ main building and HORTUS and are continuing to focus on sustainable infrastructure and the promotion of synergies,” emphasises Johannes Eisenhut. The development of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area shows how Basel is becoming an international centre for life science research and technology – a win-win situation for science, business and society.

  • Construction work on the extension of the ZHAW has begun

    Construction work on the extension of the ZHAW has begun

    Building Director Martin Neukom, Education Director Silvia Steiner and ZHAW Rector Jean-Marc Piveteau gave the go-ahead for the construction work to expand and modernise the School of Engineering at the ZHAW on 13 September. The ZHAW is one of the leading universities in Switzerland with over 14,000 students, according to a press release. However, some of the existing buildings on the site of the former technical centre in Winterthur no longer meet today’s requirements. In addition, the number of students continues to grow. Campus T will therefore be modernised and expanded in several stages over the next few years.

    In the first construction phase, two new five-storey laboratory buildings will be built behind the historic technical centre. They will provide urgently needed space for teaching, research and development. Various test rooms as well as a publicly accessible canteen and cafeteria will be created there. The new buildings will be connected to the district heating network of the city of Winterthur and equipped with photovoltaic systems.

    As part of the first construction phase, the Eulach will also be ecologically upgraded with a public, near-natural park and flood protection will be expanded, according to the press release. Two new bridges will connect the old town and Campus T with the Büelrain cantonal school and the surrounding residential neighbourhood.

    The existing TB building will be dismantled by November. At the same time, the excavation pit for the smaller TT laboratory building will be dug. Work will then begin on the shell of the first new building, which is scheduled for completion in 2027. The second new building should be ready for occupancy in 2029.

  • New GLC research building, ETH Zurich: Today's facade technology for tomorrow's health sciences

    New GLC research building, ETH Zurich: Today's facade technology for tomorrow's health sciences

    With the new building in Gloriarank (GLC), ETH Zurich is creating a modern development and laboratory building at the interface between health sciences and technology in the university district of Zurich Zentrum. Together with partners, ETH Zurich would like to set a milestone in medical technology research and application. Research groups will meet in the new building and work more closely together on research projects with industry, the University of Zurich, the University Hospital Zurich and other university hospitals. ETH Zurich is also making an architectural statement with the new building. The attractive connection of the structure to the existing ETZ building creates a central courtyard, the heart of which is the listed Scherrer lecture hall. The inner courtyard created in this way becomes the center around which the main entrances and public facilities are grouped.

    When it comes to architecture, “Everything is Roger” here.
    He speaks of "Maison de Verre", but in this case he does not mean the famous 1930s glass house in Paris – the Zurich architect Roger Boltshauser. Rather, with the GLC research building, he created a sensational building that, with its glass facade made of glass block elements assembled in a cassette-like manner and the ventilation wings staggered in depth, creates a sublime heaviness that does justice to its representative character. Since the use of glass blocks as a façade material in contemporary industrial and university buildings has a long tradition, the architect redesigned the material for this project in terms of design, technology and energy. It not only meets today's enormously high demands on energy and sustainability. Rather, through the combination of reduction and robustness of the elements used, the design corresponds to the basic urban planning attitude of the quarter.

    Thinking together means thinking ahead.
    3,866 m² of steel facade, 22,550 m² of floor space, 1,875 mm high casement windows with a projection of 2,800 mm, the strictest environmental and fire protection standards and much more: the new GLC building was a challenge in every respect, which was mastered thanks to the open and constructive exchange of ideas between the companies involved was mastered. A good example of this are the particularly heavy cleaning blades. Due to its complex geometry, Aepli Metallbau – in cooperation with Jansen AG – subjected it to an endurance test beforehand. A prototype was specially built for this purpose. Exactly 1250 problem-free openings and closings later, it was clear: everything works perfectly!

    Contact:
    Matthew Elmer
    Aepli Metallbau AG
    Direct phone +41 71 388 82 38
    matthias.elmer@aepli.ch
    www.aepli.ch