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  • Phenomena presents the design of the main building

    Phenomena presents the design of the main building

    The design for the iconic buildings in the Phenomena exhibition was presented on July 6th in the new Limmattalbahn facility in Dietikon . According to a press release, the winning design for the main building, which is made entirely of wood, came from Professor Yves Weinand of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne ( EPFL ).

    After a word of welcome from the mayor of Dietic, Roger Bachmann, overall project manager Urs J. Müller presented the winning project of the architectural competition. “Phenomena provides the basis for a better understanding of central themes of the present and future. Therefore, it demands an architecture that corresponds to its objectives and promotes the improvement of our planet through the understanding and use of modern science,” Müller is quoted as saying.

    The main building on the Dietiker Niderfeld will be a structure made of regional logs. Intelligent robots process the natural trunks on site. You create a reusable plug-in system. After the phenomena, the wood can be used in other projects with almost no waste.

    “With the buildings of the phenomena I want to show how one of the oldest building materials – wood – in connection with modern digital tools promotes local use and circularity,” Weinand is quoted as saying. The architect and head of the IBOIS laboratory for wooden structures at EPFL and founder of the Bureau d’Études Weinand has designed and built numerous emblematic wooden buildings. For example, the Saint Loup chapel, the new Vaud Parliament or, more recently, the Vidy Theater pavilion in Lausanne.

  • Two women strengthen the board of the SVSM

    Two women strengthen the board of the SVSM

    At the General Assembly of the Swiss Association for Site Management ( SVSM ) in Baden on March 31, the members elected two new board members: Jasmina Ritz and Katharina Hopp. According to the announcement on the association’s website , the general assembly took place as part of the SVSM Dialogue Site Management 2022 in the garden hall of the Villa Boveri in Baden. During the dialogue, more than 30 people followed the practical presentations on site management in Baden, in the Wil region and in Upper Valais.

    With the election of Jasmina Ritz, Managing Director of the Limmatstadt AG location promotion, there are now three Limmattal residents on the seven-strong SVSM board. President Beny Ruhstaller is also head of the office of the Niderfeld landowners’ association, Albert Schweizer is a founding member of the SVSM and head of Schlieren location promotion.

    When asked, Ritz explains her motivation for the position on the board: “I would like to campaign for more visibility and awareness of our profession, to make our performance and impact more recognizable. Our work cannot be reduced to company settlements. We are designers, drive projects forward, bring people together, open doors and are ambassadors for our locations.”

    Katharina Hopp, who was also elected to the SVSM board, worked until 2021 as head of site development at the Baselland location promotion. From summer 2022 she will work at AXA Investment Managers as an ESG/Asset Management Analyst.

  • An elevated railway for Silbern and the Niderfeld

    An elevated railway for Silbern and the Niderfeld

    The innovative project of the interest group (IG) Hochbahn Silbern, founded in May 2018, is campaigning for a transport solution high above the tracks between the Silbern districts that are relevant for Dietikon and Niderfeld, which is still under development. Because the SBB shunting terminal forms a barrier between the two parts of the city. The elevated railway would secure the direct connection between the S-Bahn station in Silbern and a station of the Limmattalbahn in Niderfeld. This would give the Silbernquartier a connection to the Limmattalbahn, and the approximately 2000 future residents and workers of the Niderfeld-Quartier could easily reach the shopping infrastructure and a possible S-Bahn station in Silbern.
    Behind IG Hochbahn Silbern are representatives of the Silbern and Niderfeld areas as well as Limmatstadt AG and the city of Dietikon. The IG is chaired by Beny Ruhstaller, Association of Landowners Niderfeld Dietikon (VGND). The elevated railway is to be completed in the next 8 to 15 years. The project was classified as relevant for the Limmat Valley. That is why the Silbern elevated railway was included in the Limmattal Regional Project Show as a project worthy of funding. It is already clear what the automated cable-drawn elevated railway might look like. With its possible futuristic design, the elevated railway would not only be an attraction in the Limmat Valley, but would also offer the desired cross-connection. Cable cars have also proven themselves in other places in Switzerland. For example, the Polybahn in Zurich, the Rigiblick cable car or the Lugano light rail.

    The Hochbahn Silbern has meanwhile developed from a vision to a concrete project. The feasibility was checked and classified as feasible – the route and possible stops have already been narrowed down. The route should be between 607 and 637 meters long. With a travel time of around 2 minutes, the elevated train could transport 700 to 750 people per hour. The discussions that have taken place so far with the SBB and the Garaventa cable car company, who regularly take part in the IG Hochbahn Silbern meetings, have so far been very promising. The costs are estimated at around 20 million francs. Operation should be fully automated and not require any on-site personnel.

    According to IG Hochseilbahn Silbern, support from the city authorities is now required to advance the project. In addition, the elevated railway must be integrated into the Niderfeld district plan – with a possible land separation for the stations and the tracks on both sides. In the near future, the project is to be further concretized with a potential analysis and the cost planning and technical feasibility checked. This is followed by the submission to the Federal Office of Transport. ■

  • Mammoth project in Niderfeld

    Mammoth project in Niderfeld

    The Niderfeld is located in the northeast of the Dietikon municipality and partly borders on Spreitenbach. With around 40 hectares, Niderfeld is Dietikon's last large reserve of building land. And good things take time: The planning of what the area used for agriculture up to 1890 will look like in the future has been going on for around ten years. Around 3000 people will one day live here and another 4000 people will work. The association “Landowner Niderfeld Dietikon” (VGND), founded at the end of 2012, is behind the project. This accompanies the development in the Niderfeld, promotes the interests and concerns of the landowners and represents them to the authorities. The three largest owners are Planzer Transport AG, the city of Dietikon and Josef Wiederkehr AG from Dietikon.

    In the course of time, applications have been made twice to convert all or part of the Niderfeld into an industrial zone. Both times the applications were rejected: first by the municipal council and then at the ballot box. In 1995, in the cantonal structure plan, Niderfeld was assigned cantonal importance as a central area. Settlement parts with a high structural density as well as recreation areas are prescribed in a central area. The aim is to create an attractive economic location with good access to public transport. At the beginning of 2002 the city of Dietikon turned to the regional planning of Zurich and the surrounding area (RZU) with the aim of finding a politically viable zoning. This should allow an orderly structural development based on an overall concept. In addition to representatives of the city and municipal council, landowners, business organizations, representatives of the canton of Aargau, ideational organizations and residents of Dietikon also took part in the Niderfeld open planning process. This ensured that all interest groups were represented and could contribute accordingly.

    This resulted in two rough concepts: One provided for an access network that was largely adapted to the existing parcelling. The second sketched the creation of a park along the Teischlibach, which divides the Niderfeld into a work area in the west, a park in the middle and a residential / mixed area in the east. In 2010 the zoning draft finally became legally binding: the core elements of the new zones are the mandatory design plan and the requirement for an eight-hectare city park. The urban planning concept developed in 2013 formed the basis for the subsequent design and district plans. The master plan was finally approved by the city and municipal council in 2015 and submitted to the landowners and the public for consultation. The Dietikon City Council initiated the district plan procedure at the end of August 2017. After that, the landowners had to agree on various parameters and the redistribution of the land. The design and neighborhood plan, the revision of the building and zoning regulations plus the Teischlibach hydraulic engineering project were submitted to the canton for review in mid-2020. The answer is still pending.

    This is what the new quarter should look like
    The large, central park forms the heart of the Niderfeld district. Quiet park islands, play areas, residential gardens and spacious lawns are planned and are intended to attract people from the surrounding area. Around the park there is a mixed area along the route of the Limmattalbahn, a residential area on the northern edge of the park and a work area in the west towards Mutschellenstrasse. For reasons of noise protection, the mixed area towards the Ueberlandstrasse forms a largely closed development. The residential part should consist of smaller building units, the height of which is graded towards the park.

    The entrance to the new city quarter is marked by the Torplatz at Dreispitz, where a stop for the Limmattalbahn is planned. The residents of Niderfeld should find restaurants and various shops at Torplatz. To the east is the neighborhood square, which is intended to serve as a play and meeting point for the residents. Another space will be created at the second tram stop at the intersection of the workplace and mixed area. The Limmattalbahn runs along the boulevard on its own route. In addition, a dense network of paths for bicycle and pedestrian traffic is to be created. The depot for the Limmattalbahn is planned to the west of Mutschellenstrasse. The residential and mixed zones of the Niderfeld will be designed as a 30 km / h zone. The road network is designed in such a way that there is no crawl traffic from the workplace area in the west to the mixed and residential area in the east.

    So far, the city has received financing loans of over CHF 1 million – the planning effort turned out to be greater than expected and due to the high density of regulations there are still many hurdles to be overcome. The desired elevated railway from Niderfeld to Silbern is also still in progress. Construction is scheduled to start in 2028 at the earliest. ■