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  • Umwelt Arena shows lighthouse project Building 2050 Urdorf

    Umwelt Arena shows lighthouse project Building 2050 Urdorf

    The latest flagship project of the Building 2050 concept of the Swiss Environment Arena Foundation isa CO2-neutral housing development in Urdorf. It is now being made accessible to interested parties as part of guided tours. According to a LinkedIn post by the foundation, the programme is also suitable as a company outing. In the first module, participants are given a guided tour of the housing complex itself. They are also shown a model flat. The second module takes place in the Umwelt Arena in Spreitenbach, where further background information on the Building 2050 concept is presented. The Environment Area itself will also be in focus. Among other things, participants could travel between the two locations on the Limmattalbahn.

    The CO2-neutral residential development in Urdorf features several sustainable building concepts. For example, recycled concrete and brick were used, which allow solar thermal energy to be stored with as little loss as possible. In addition, showers with heat recovery, geothermal probes and triple-glazed windows, for example, contribute to high energy efficiency. Thanks to such measures, electricity and heat are free of charge for tenants within a defined budget. The development was built by W. Schmid + Co. Glattbrugg and Umwelt Arena’s exhibition and specialist partners.

  • 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.

  • A lighthouse project for Wil

    A lighthouse project for Wil

    The development on Untere Bahnhofstrasse 1-11 is the result of a study commission to meet the high architectural and site planning requirements at this location, which is important in terms of traffic engineering and construction. The location between the railway tracks and Unterer Bahnhofstrasse placed high demands on the organization and floor plans in terms of emissions, living hygiene and quality of living: "In Eastern Switzerland, the first development of this size is being built here, which will be certified for a 2000 watt area," says the project manager Stefan Schreiber from real estate developer Mettler2Invest AG. "The new building eliminates a problem at the train station that has been referred to as a 'scand stain' in the local press for years."

    A new, covered two-wheeler parking facility for over 600 bicycles is being built in the basement. This is operated by the city of Wil and is directly connected to the SBB pedestrian underpass. With 100 units from 1½ to 5½ rooms, the complex offers a wide range of living space, suitable for single households, couples, families and senior citizens. 4100 m2 of space is available for office, service and retail use. The central location directly on the station square and on platform 1 of the SBB offers tenants and customers very good public access. The building is architecturally and economically a lighthouse project for Wil.

  • Lighthouse project in the canton of Aargau

    Lighthouse project in the canton of Aargau

    Switzerland is at the forefront of the most innovative countries in the world: "We are building a high-tech ecosystem here, based on the research focus of the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)," Benno Rechsteiner, CEO of Innovaare AG told Immo! Nvest. “With its top-class large research facilities, PSI is the largest research institute in Switzerland. In order to promote exchange with industry, several departments are moving into the innovation campus, which is connected to the PSI site by an underpass. This gives you direct access to the particle accelerator opposite. " Park Innovaare already houses 17 high-tech companies in existing buildings. These companies originate from research at the Paul Scherrer Institute, ETH, EPFL and CERN. "For us, a mix of research departments, large industrial companies, development-oriented SMEs and high-tech start-ups is ideal."

    Greatest possible flexibility
    In order to meet the demands of a modern innovation campus in the long term, the property must be built as flexibly as possible so that later adjustments are possible: to enter into settling companies ». says Rechsteiner, who sees the Innovaare Park as a lighthouse project in the canton of Aargau.

    Renewable energy sources
    Around 95 percent of the heat requirements of Park Innovaare are covered by waste heat from cooling and around five percent by PSI's district heating network. Highly efficient HFO machines, which draw their energy from the Aare, are used to efficiently generate the cooling energy. From this point of view, the energy requirements of the 38,000 m2 innovation campus for heating and cooling are largely met from renewable sources.