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  • The Dübendorf Innovation Park should focus on mobility

    The Dübendorf Innovation Park should focus on mobility

    A project group set up by the government council of the canton of Zurich has been creating an overview of the Dübendorf airfield area since September 2020. The state chancellery of the Canton of Zurich informs in a statement that the members of the delegation of authorities have now signed the synthesis report. The airfield area is to be used as an innovation park, airfield and for military purposes.

    “For reasons of economy and sustainability” and “with consideration for the population”, “only what is needed will be built in stages,” explains the State Chancellery. According to her, the project should become “a beacon for innovative urban development, especially in the areas of environmental compatibility, sustainability and careful use of resources”.

    Specifically, the overall view provides for the area to be subdivided into four sub-areas. The innovation park with a focus on mobility, robotics, aviation, space travel as well as modern production technology and materials research is to be built in sub-area A. In sub-area B, the innovation park and a research and works airfield will combine to form an aviation cluster. Area C is reserved for uses with high security requirements. The aviation infrastructures are located in sub-area D, in which nature conservation will play a central role. A circular airfield path is intended to make the area usable for recreation and leisure for the population.

    In the next step, planning rights are to be created for all sub-areas, according to the communication. Specifically, a cantonal and a regional structure plan as well as the communal structure and land use planning are named there. The cantonal structure plan will be made public from September 6th to November 5th.

    The Zurich Chamber of Commerce ( ZHK ) welcomes the commitment to triple use as an innovation park, civil and military airfield. The vision of an internationally leading location for research and development on mobility solutions is worth supporting, she writes in a press release . However, she regrets the renunciation of business aviation. This is important for the attractiveness of the economic area. Therefore, the doors should not be permanently closed for them.

  • Free capacities become coworking spaces

    Free capacities become coworking spaces

    From Zurich, innovative ideas for flexible working are rolled out in Switzerland. One example is the Zurich start-up open2work , which was presented by the Zurich Chamber of Commerce (ZHK) in the fourth edition of the digital event series “Making Zurich Economy Visible”. As a speaker, open2work CEO Lionel Ebener outlined future scenarios for flexible work and your own platform solution. After discussions with many companies, he sees great interest in two parallel strategies: work in the employer's office and remote work at home or at coworking locations. Offices are increasingly becoming places of interaction and innovation.

    With open2work, Ebener and his co-founder Alexandre Roque have created a platform that provides workplaces quickly and easily without having to set up their own office infrastructure. Coworkers can use this to rent a workplace or a conference room at companies with space at short notice. Since it was founded in early 2020, more than 25 companies throughout Switzerland have been won as partners who offer space on the platform. Ebener emphasizes: "The companies only have to grant access – the entire booking and payment process runs via open2work." That is why Ebener also compares its platform with that of Airbnb . One of the major advantages is that new room capacities can be gained quickly if there is a need. A framework agreement has already been signed with the travel company Kuoni. Open2work is in talks with other large companies such as the insurance group Swiss Life , which have many locations in Switzerland.

    Ebener sees target groups not only as individuals and the self-employed, but also as entire companies. “Some start-ups have given up a fixed location entirely, work remotely and meet regularly in shared offices,” says Ebener. In addition, large companies were interested in package solutions, for example, to give employees flexibility. And in many cases, according to Ebener, partnerships also arise in the new office community, and relationships develop. To date, 80 percent of users have reverted to open2work after a test.

    The digital event series "Making Zurich Economy Visible" was launched by the Zurich Chamber of Commerce ( ZHK ). Entrepreneurs have the opportunity to present their company for 45 minutes. The news agency Café Europe is the media partner of the series. Café Europe also publishes the news platform punkt4 , on which the digital voice of business is based.