auditorium, education, laboratorium, library, university Christian Kerez kindergarten, primary school, sport

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1 zurich Projects 122 Created 25-Aug-14 By eliska kochova, praha, Czech Republic Parkhaus Opera Zurich, Zach + Zünd Architekten underground parking Fifty-One Zurich Airport Airside Centre Collective Housing at Zurich Tamedia Office Building Semi-detached House Bergstrasse Toni Areal Raiffeisen Kreuzplatz 13 Main Tower Leutschenbach School 19 Im Viadukt 20 Wohnsiedlung Werdwies Zurich, Adrian Streich Architekten AG commercial space, housing, kindergarten, mixed-use development, office, social housing MFO-Park Home for a Priest 23 Zurich, Frei + Saarinen Architekten apartment, religion 14 Aussersihl Community Centre 24 Zurich, EM2N community centre 15 Obsidian 25 Zurich, baumschlager & eberle office 16 Zurich, Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architekten GmbH office Zurich, baumschlager & eberle auditorium, education, laboratorium, library, university 18 Zurich, Raderschall AG canopy, park Zurich, EM2N car park, commercial space, office 12 Zurich, Max Dudler office 11 Zurich, Felix Oesch private house Eisgasse House Branco Weiss Information Science Laboratory Zurich, EM2N commercial space, market, mixed-use development Zurich, Shigeru Ban s office 10 Zurich, Evolution Design housing Zurich, Christian Kerez kindergarten, primary school, sport Zurich, Grimshaw airport 9 Zurich, Rast Architekten office 8 Heidi Weber Museum 26 Zurich, Le Corbusier museum 17 Zurich, Max Dudler office Bad Allenmoos 27 Zurich, M E Haefeli sport, swimming pool 1

2 Im Birch School Zurich, Peter Märkli education, primary school, secondary school Google EMEA Engineering Hub Stadion Letzigrund Tyre Shop Art Exchange Hohenbuhlstrasse House Park Hyatt Hotel Leutschen Tower Sihlhof College Daniel Swarovski Corporation 32 Lowenplatz Store Susenbergstrasse apartments 39 Refurbishment Diagonal 40 Residential building Hottingerplatz 41 Sihlcity 42 Zurich, Theo Hotz shopping centre 33 Schiffbau 43 Zurich, Ortner & Ortner auditorium, music theatre, restaurant 34 Puls5 44 Zurich, Kyncl Gasche Partner Architekten housing, office, restaurant 35 Housing Development Neumünsterallee 45 Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten housing 36 Männedorf, Ingenhoven Architekten office Zurich, Bob Gysin + Partner BGP private house Zurich, Giuliani Honger s education, university 31 Zurich, Bétrix & Consolascio housing, office 38 Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten gallery Zurich, Meili & Peter s hotel 30 Zurich, AGPS private house Lightcube Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten private house Zurich, Evolution Design exposition space, garage, shop 29 Zurich, Bétrix & Consolascio football stadium, sport Zurich, Fischer Architekten office Zurich, Evolution Design leisure, meeting room, office 28 International Ice Hockey Federation 46 Zurich, Tilla Theus office 37 Zurich, Theo Hotz shop Heerenschurli Sports Facilities 47 Zurich, Dürig AG Architekten football stadium, sport 2

3 KISS Apartment Zurich, Evolution Design apartment Mobimo Tower Wohnhaus Neptunstrasse Stadelhofen Station Glattalbahn Light Rail station 50 Bodmer-Areal apartment buildings 51 SIA Hochhaus Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten apartment, gallery, office Pedagogical High School 53 Zurich, Max Dudler university Cantonal administration 54 Connect Zurich Zurich, baumschlager & eberle apartment, office, retail The Museum Rietberg Zurich Meierwiesenstrasse Student Housing Zurich, Novaron student housing, youth house The Dolder Grand 63 Brunnenhof 64 Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten housing, kindergarten, nursery Zurich, David Chipperfield s office 60 Zurich, Foster & Partners hotel Zurich, Werner & Otto Pfister office Freischützgasse House 59 Zurich, Maier Hess Architekten GmbH housing Löwenbräu-Areal Residential and Office 52 Tower 58 Zurich, Kai Flender bus station, shelter, train station Zurich, Romero & Schaefle commercial space, government, office Backerstrasse apartments Zurich, Santiago Calatrava train station 49 Zurich, Maier Hess Architekten GmbH housing, office Zurich, Theo Hotz housing Zurich, Diener & Diener apartment, office 48 's and Artist's Apartment House Zurich, Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten housing Dynamo Metal Workshop Zurich, Phalt education, workshop, youth house 57 Zurich, Adolf Krischanitz museum Extension of Kino Xenix 67 Zurich, Frei + Saarinen Architekten bar, cinema 3

4 Lochergut Centre Zurich, pool Architekten commercial space Library of the Institute of Law Cocoon Single Wall House Siemens Restaurants Jelmoli Integra H1 Moussonstrasse apartments ETH Sport Center 72 Sihlpost Business Center Andreaspark 79 Sunrise Tower 80 Platform Office Building 81 Hardau 82 Zurich, Max Peter Kollbrunner housing 73 Centre for Hearing and Language 83 Zurich, e2a architects Zürich education 74 Riff Raff 84 Zurich, Meili & Peter s bar, cinema, housing 75 Blümlisalpstrasse House 85 Zurich, Guignard & Saner private house 76 Zurich, Dietrich Untertrifaller fitness club, sport Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten office Zurich, Peter Felix Partner housing 71 Zurich, AGPS office 78 Zurich, Max Dudler office Zurich, Tilla Theus shopping centre 70 Zurich, Evolution Design bar, garden, restaurant Feldpausch Bahnhofstrasse Zurich, Steiner AG office Zurich, Christian Kerez dwellings, private house 69 Zurich, Evolution Design office Zurich, Theo Hotz shopping centre Zurich, Santiago Calatrava archive, library, renovation, university 68 Housing Complex Diggelmannstrasse 86 Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten housing 77 Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten office FIFA headquarters 87 Zurich, Tilla Theus football stadium, office, sport 4

5 Extension Bullingerstrasse Vocational School Doldertal Apartment Houses La Galerie Du Vin Zölly Residential Tower Peterhof Europaallee 21 Extension Herdern Railway Service Facility The Mensa of the University of Zurich 99 Wolfswinkel apartments 100 Swarovski Headquarters 101 focusterra Research and Information Centre 102 Zurich, Holzer Kobler Architekturen exposition space, museum, university 93 Neue Monte Rosa Hutte 103 Zermatt, Bearth & Deplazes hotel, landmark, restaurant, tourism 94 St Josef Vicarage 104 Zurich, Frei + Saarinen Architekten religion 95 Prime Tower 105 Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten commercial space, office 96 Zurich, Max Dudler office 92 Zurich, Werner & Otto Pfister office, shop Männedorf, Ingenhoven Architekten office Zurich, Theo Hotz library, office 91 Zurich, Meili & Peter s apartment PBZ Sihlcity 98 Zurich, Egli Rohr Partner AG housing, social housing, underground parking Zurich, spillmannechsle architekten landmark, shop 90 Zurich, OOS commercial space, shop Freitag Flagship Store SVA Zurich Zurich, Werner Frey cafe Zurich, Studer Simeon Bettler secondary school 89 Zurich, Marcel Breuer private house Open School Zurich, Isa Stürm- Urs Wolf office Zurich, EM2N primary school, secondary school 88 Zurich Parcel Centre 106 Zurich, Theo Hotz industry 97 Zurich, EM2N workshop Careum Centre 107 Zurich, GWJ Architekten housing, library, university 5

6 Pavilion Zurich, Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten kiosk, pavilion, restaurant Theater 11 Albisriederhaus Conversion Railway Switching Box Forsterstrasse Apartments Loft Apartments Sempacher Limmatplatz tramway station B35 Rontgenstrasse apartments 112 Apartment Siewerdtstrasse Swiss National Bank 119 Andreaspark Detached House 121 Cubus Office Building 122 Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten car park, office 113 ShopVille Zurich 123 Zurich, Arnold Amsler shopping centre 114 Swisscom office tower 124 Zurich, Rolf Lauppi & Hans Zimmerman office 115 Kunsthalle Zurich 125 Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten museum 116 Zurich, AFGH apartment, housing Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten private house Zurich, AGPS private house 111 Zurich, Baumann Roserens Architekten bus station 118 Zurich, Fischer + Visini Architekten housing Zurich, Evolution Design housing 110 Zurich, Christian Kerez housing Max-Bill-Platz apartments Zurich, Werner & Otto Pfister office Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten industry, office, watch-tower 109 Zurich, huggen berger office Zurich, Eberhard Bau AG housing, shop Zurich, EM2N auditorium, theatre 108 KIKR creche 126 Zurich, Di Iorio & Boermann Architekten kindergarten 117 Zurich, EM2N housing Housing Pflegi-Areal 127 Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten housing 6

7 PricewaterhouseCoopers AG 128 Zurich, Kaufmann, van der Meer + Partner office Housing Neufrankengasse 129 Zurich, EM2N housing 7

8 Parkhaus Opera Schillerstrasse Zurich The parking garage Opéra has been opened as first partial project of an originally three-part plan The teams Zach + Zünd Architekten, Vetsch Nipkow Landschaftsarchitekten, Heyer Kaufmann Bauingenieure and Jurg Altherr Kunstler won the project competition successfully and built the base for the project In 2007, the Opernhaus rejected the other two parts of the project and therefore the parking is not connected to the Opernhaus and stands separately 2012 Zach + Zünd Architekten 8

9 Fifty-One Pfingstweidstrasse Zurich The office building, Fifty-One is part of the urban development area City West in Zurich Floor area/size m² Rast Architekten 9

10 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Zurich Airport Airside Centre Flughafenstrasse 8058 Zurich photo: David Baugh Grimshaw's airside centre sits at the heart of the airport, which saw major expansion at the end of the 20th Century At the time of writing, the airport serves 130 airlines, flying to 180 destinations in 80 countries The centre serves terminals 1 and 2, acting as the common departure lounge and linking the associated finger docks A segmented circle on plan, the building is 250m long and from the air bears a passing resemblance to a wing A number of heroically scaled steel "A" frames support the exposed roof structure On the upper level the centre of the plan is partially occupied by timber clad forms that house duty-free shops In between these units the upper floor is cut away to allow natural light down to the lower level The western wall is completely glazed affording splendid views of the arriving and departing aircraft 2003 Client Grimshaw Flughafen Zurich AG davidb Because of its air side status, the project can only really be experienced by departing passengers The building is also visible externally, but only from the secure airside 10

11 photo: Ferit Kuyas photo: Camenzind Evolution Collective Housing at Zurich Seefeldstrasse Zurich This project, also called Seewurfel, proposes a possible alternative to individual luxury homes, which traditionally take up large amounts of space with a very low population density In this case, the low population density, with a maximum of two housing units per building, is complemented by a programme of offices on the lower floors, which generates activity in the area during the day, in spite of they do not affect to the density parameter The private garden that characterises the nearby villas becomes a series of public plazas which help to create interaction between those who use them The other main aspect of luxury homes, individuality, is achieved by creating differences in the built volumes as well as in common areas using varied materials and finishes photo: Reinhard Zimmermann Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Client Evolution Design Swiss Life aplust 11

12 photo: Trevor Patt photo: Trevor Patt Tamedia Office Building Werdstrasse Zurich This new headquarter and radio studio for the Swiss media company Tamedia is situated in the heart of Zurich On a 1,000 m² site within a larger urban block where the main buildings of the group are currently located The site faces to the east part of the block and has the possibility of developing almost 50 meters of façade facing the Sihl canal From an architectural point of view one of the main features of the project is indeed the proposition of a main structural system entirely designed in timber where its innovative character from a technical and environmental standpoint, gives the building a unique appearance from the interior space as well as from the surrounding city In order to reinforce and express this idea the building skin is entirely glazed and special attention was given to achieve low energy transmission levels that respond to the latest and very strict Swiss regulations for energy consumption photo: Didier Boy de la Tour Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Shigeru Ban s KNTC_ 12

13 Semi-detached House Bergstrasse Bergstrasse Zurich Semi-detached house created from prefabricated concrete clam shell elements The building was made of 600 different elements joined together as a big 'puzzle' 1998 Felix Oesch 13

14 photo: Stefan Müller Eisgasse House Eisgasse 8004 Zurich Max Dudler's Eisgasse House, situated on the south-west corner of the ensemble, has been conceived as a stone building A cladding of massive cast stone sections conceals the window frames, thereby making only two materials visible in the façade: dark green cast stone and glass Through the addition of local alpine stone of variegated grain (white marble, black basalt, alpe verde), the dressed stone façade shows a diversity of detail and depth depending on the viewing distance This gives the impression that the regularly-spaced façade openings have been cut sharply from a monolithic mass, thereby lending the building an imposing gravitas photo: Stefan Müller Project is not public! Client Max Dudler UBS AG, Zurich KNTC_ 14

15 Toni Areal Förrlibuckstrasse Zurich On the Toni Site a former milk-processing factory is to be transformed into a platform for education, culture and living Within the urban development of the district and within the transition of 's university landscape the Toni Site represents a central building block The architect assumed that this is primarily an urban planning and a programmatic problem The design proposes tackling this sizable project - a built structure almost the size of an entire neighbourhood - with a kind of inner urbanism On the outside the existing system of ramps is read as a vertical boulevard and reinterpreted as the main circulation Inside, inner addresses are created that locate individual functions like buildings in the city To create an open framework EM2N worked with different degrees of precision, scales and tonalities and with a range extending from huge public spaces to intimate private ones The building as city, the city as building photo: Keystone Project is not public! Floor area/size m² EM2N KNTC_ Tram 4, 17 or Bahnhof Hardbrücke 15

16 photo: Jan Bitter Raiffeisen Kreuzplatz Zeltweg Zurich Raiffeisen's new branch on Zurich's reconfigured Kreuzplatz dissolves traditional barriers between customer and employee, casting the bank as a space of encounter Advanced technologies make banking infrastructure largely invisible Employees access terminals concealed in furniture elements, while a robotic retrieval system grants 24h access to safety deposit boxes This shifts the branch's role into becoming a light-filled, inviting environment where costumers can learn about new products and services Client and advisor can gather around an info table or in a meeting room for private discussions Guests are free to enjoy a coffee in the lounge, while exploring offers on an interactive touch screen Floor area/size m² Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architekten GmbH 16

17 Main Tower Thurgauerstrasse Zurich The newly emerging city-style Quadro district consists of a freestanding ensemble of multistorey buildings whose varied and impressive heights will make their mark in northern Zurich Within the overall development, the MainTower is situated in the most prominent position at the Thurgauerstrasse / Hagenholzstrasse crossroads The multistorey building thus forms the striking start to the new development The twin-tower multistorey «CS Towers» building has already been completed during a first phase in 2004 In a second building phase, the same architectural impression is now being continued in the three new buildings currently under construction The four buildings, designed by the Architekturgemeinschaft Atelier ww / Max Dudler, are grouped around the publicly accessible Quadroplatz with its various utilisation options for public use Floor area/size m² Max Dudler 17

18 photo: Maarten Thewissen photo: Eke Miedaner Branco Weiss Information Science Laboratory Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse Zurich Within ETH Zurich this new building is simply called the 'HIT', but its full name is the 'Branco Weiss Information Science Laboratory', named after ETH Zurich alumnus Branco Weiss who supported the building financially The building, with its panoramic view of the entire city, will certainly be filled with a lot of electronics by the users, and yet it is not a high-tech building, as a symbol of the information highway The façade is a contributor to the building's climatic properties; sensors respond to the weather and the height of the sun The depths of the balconies differ depending on their compass direction, so they also act as sunshades Openings of various sizes from the small spatial units, the entrance area and the two-story seminar rooms situated along the outer walls lend the façade its own rhythm //text from architects' website photo: Roderick Trompert Floor area/size m² Client baumschlager & eberle ETH Zürich Roderick mo to fr 8-22h From Zürich HB: tram 11 (direction Auzelg) to Bucheggplatz, change to bus 69 to terminal stop ETH Hönggerberg tram 14 (direction Seebach) to Milchbuck, change to bus 69 to terminal stop ETH Hönggerberg From Bahnhof Oerlikon Nord bus 80 (direction Triemlispital) to stop ETH Hönggerberg 18

19 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Leutschenbach School Saatlenfussweg Zurich The Leutschenbach School (Schulhaus Leutschenbach) is located in the north of Zurich Designed by architect Christian Kerez, aimed to offer a completely new dimension for learning, this building has brought all the function zones under one roof and one next to another: classrooms, meeting rooms, the cafeteria, the music room and even the gym hall To highlight the architectural creation, the gym hall is designed to be on the top floor instead of submerged under the earth The statics of the building is provided by a steel structure and an embedded slab which is supported on only six points These form the foundation for the large gym hall and ensure the building to be completely earthquakes resistant photo: Roderick Trompert Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Landscape designer Building physics consultant Project manager Roof & facade consultant General consultant Project manager Roof & facade consultant General consultant Services engineer Acoustics consultant Infrastructure consultant Infrastructure consultant Supplier Structural engineer Roof & facade consultant Building physics consultant Client Christian Kerez 4d AG Landschaftsarchitekten BSLA Bakus Bauphysik & Akustik GmbH BGS & Partner Architekten AG Dr Lüchinger + Meyer Bauing Dr Schwartz Consulting AG dsp Ingenieure & Planer AG SIA/USIC gkp Fassadentechnik AG Gysi Leoni Mader AG Hartmann Engineering GmbH Lienhard Martin MPA Engineering AG MTP Meili Tanner Partner AG Planbar AG SCE GmbH Sika Waldhauser Haustechnik AG Stadt Zürich Roderick From Oerlikon Bahnhof: Bus 63 / 94 to stop Saatlenstrasse or Bus 781 to stop Kehrichtverbrennung 19

20 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Im Viadukt Limmatstrasse Zurich Up until now it separated the old and the new District 5 Now the railway viaduct will be the element linking the two This monument to early industrial times is to become the site of an unusual shopping and commercial district with Zurich s first ever covered market Direct, simple, reduced to a minimum this was the EM2N architects motto The rough stonewalls can still be seen on the interior of the rooms, preserving the rugged charm of the construction and accentuating the uniqueness of the surroundings This fits in with the PWG Foundation s intention of charging low rents for the arches The foundation envisaged creating a hub of enjoyment, aesthetics and creativity from which both the city and the tenants could profit The area enjoys a broad, eclectic mix for different sections of the population IM VIADUKT is a melting pot of the individual strengths of extraordinary and creative businesses photo: Roderick Trompert Contractor Landscape designer Client EM2N b+p baurealisation ag Schweingruber Zulauf Landschaftarchitekten Stiftung PWG Roderick From Zurich Hauptbahnhof: Tram 4 (>Werdhölzli) or Tram 13 (>Frankental) to Station Dammweg S-Bahn S3, S5, S6, S7, S9, S11, S12, S15, S16 to Bahnhof Hardbrücke 20

21 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Wohnsiedlung Werdwies Grünauring Zurich Located in the neighbourhood of both the calm Limmat river and a busy elevated highway, the seven building volumes of the Werdwies project create an enclosed public space The seven free standing rectangular apartment blocks, each with their own distinguishable volume all have similar heights and have been placed on the edges of the building site In between differently sized open spaces are created, each with their own character Each 8-storey volume houses 8 apartments per floor with a rentable spaces on the ground floor These now offer a diverse set of facilities ranging from a supermarket and a bar to a hairdresser and kindergarten An internal courtyard with gallery walkways provides access to the apartments and two switchable rooms per floor The small apartments on the long sides of the building have additional windows onto the courtyard to compensate for their single-aspect orientation Project is not public! 2007 Project manager Landscape designer Client Adrian Streich Architekten AG Bosshard und Partner AG Schmid Landschaftsarchitekten GmbH Stadt Zürich Roderick photo: Roderick Trompert Tram 4 direction Werdhölzi to Grünaustrasse or S9,S15 to Bahnhof Altstetten 21

22 photo: bjunker photo: bjunker MFO-Park Sophie-Taeuber-Strasse Zurich The MFO-Park is a public square/public park located in the north of Zurich Its steel construction has exactly the same size as the former industrial building situated in the place The steel structure was meant to get overgrown by various plants In the past years, the initially clean steel structure became more and more covered by leaves Within the process of getting overgrown it became more and more popular to the inhabitants of the quarter The project is part of the transformation of Zurich-Nord, forming an industrial area into an urban quarter It shows one way of how industrial areas can be transformed without losing the characteristics totally photo: bjunker Floor area/size m² Main designer, Landscape architect Client Raderschall AG bjunker Burckhardt + Partner AG Stadt Zürich Leave Zürich Oerlikon Train Station towards north Follow the Therese-Giehse-Strasse for about 100m, turn left (Elias-Canetti-Strasse), go 150m and there you are 22

23 photo: Hannes Henz photo: Hannes Henz Home for a Priest Röntgenstrasse Zurich Frei + Saarinen refurbished a 100-years-old penthouse and extended it partly over a former terrace The mayor spatial effects happen in the "shifted" interior space between the old and new exterior wall A generous dormer window consisting of mirroring glued glass connects the main room to the wooden terrace and new rooflights open views to the sky Project is not public! , Interior architect Frei + Saarinen Architekten MS photo: Hannes Henz 23

24 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Aussersihl Community Centre Hohlstrasse Zurich This project was won in competition in 1999 The site is a historic memorial park, on the western side of the city centre - a sensitive location The architects decided to break with convention for a community centre, and build vertically, rather than horizontally The initial proposal was for a six-storey, angular tower nestling by some trees on the eastern side of the site After completing the design, the budget was slashed, and the design team were sent back to the drawing board The revised scheme is still in the form of a tower, but only four storeys, including a basement and kidney-shaped in plan The structure is formed of lime brick walls and concrete floor slabs It is clad in timber boards, stained dark green, to help the building blend in with its surroundings By contrast, the interiors are painted in many different and bright colours The ground floor contains a café, which is popular with the locals out enjoying the park 2000 Services engineer Structural engineer Client EM2N Amstein+Walthert Tragwerk Bauingenieure GmbH City of Zurich Department of Social Welfare davidb photo: David Baugh The project is located in Backeranlage Park The number 8 tram stops here 24

25 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Obsidian Hohlstrasse Zurich This project sits on a small plot, sandwiched between a main rail route and the residential area south of Hohlstrasse It is one of numerous new commercial developments recently built on this thin sliver of land For an office building, it is a new take on the classic slab and podium model Here, B&E spring the tower slab from one side of the podium rather than striking it from out of the top The three visible corners of the tower are marked where they reach the ground by double-height entrance features The slick, tinted glass envelope features a double façade which acts as a thermal and acoustic buffer On the inner façade, openable windows are located at 1200mm centres Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Services engineer Landscape designer Structural engineer Client baumschlager & eberle Helbling Ingenieurunternehmung Vogt Landschaftarchitekten Wismer + Partner Senn BPM AG davidb photo: David Baugh Take a number 2 tram in the direction of Farbhof, and alight at the end of the line The Farbhof terminus is on a traffic island at the junction of Badenerstrasse and Hohlstrasse The project is approximately 300m walk along Hohlstrasse 25

26 photo: Leonardo Noguez photo: Leonardo Noguez Heidi Weber Museum Höschgasse Zurich The Heidi Weber Museum reflects the harmonic unity of Le Corbusier's architecture, sculptures, paintings, furniture designs and his writings which is unique and possibly the only one such existing structure in the world: a total work of art Located on the wooded shores of Lake Zurich, the last building designed by Le Corbusier, synthesizes Corbusier's genius Yet it marks a radical change of his achievement of using concrete and stone so poetically He to put in practice the construction system based on cubic units of 226 meters each side, created according to the Modulor measures He framed his final masterpiece in steel and glass and thus created a signpost for the future Le Corbusier made great use of prefabricated steel elements together with multi-coloured enamelled plates fitted to the central core, and above the complex he designed a 'free-floating' roof to keep the house protected from both the rain and the sun (text by Arch Leonardo Noguez) photo: Liesa Siegelmann Client Le Corbusier Mrs Heidi Weber JMMM From July to September on Saturdays and Sundays from 2pm to 5 pm for updates take Tram 2 along Seefeld Strasse to Hoeschgasse Walk along Hoeschgasse towards the lake (that's to the right if you're coming from the town center) The pavilion is at the end of the road on the left, within the Zürichhorn park 26

27 photo: Samuel Hasler photo: Bad Allenmoos Ringstrasse Zurich The Bad Allenmoos is in the inventory of local art and historic-cultural objects included, and internationally well known under architects It was built in 1939 by architects ME Haefeli and Werner M Moser together with the landscape architect Gustav Amman They made one of the most beautiful works, a combination of park and swimming pool: A public parkbad The fine and slender architecture, combined with the nearby waterworks make a unprecedented picture In the 1990 s the whole complex was renovated by architect Ueli Zbinden and Kienast Vogt, landscape architect photo: Samuel Hasler Main designer, Landscape architect Client M E Haefeli Ueli Zbinden Vogt Landschaftarchitekten Werner M Moser City of Zürich Samuel_Hasler Open from the beginning of May, until September Take tram 11 to Bad Allenmoos, and walk another 300 m along the road 27

28 photo: Georg Gisel photo: Georg Gisel Im Birch School Margrit-Rainer-Strasse Zurich Peter Märkli demonstrates that 'big' does not necessarily mean 'anonymous' but can also stand for 'dense' With a length of 250 metres, this school in Zurich is quite a hunk Even so, it fits into the scale of the former industrial district and can be taken in at a glance Two four-storey volumes, slightly staggered, face each other The third volume contains the gym, one of the biggest in town Despite the stateliness and severity, there is never a feeling of monumentality This comes from the scale of the building's volumes, for Märkli is a master of proportion; the vertical texture of the concrete articulates all of the façades, and the uppermost strip, forming the edge of the roof, recedes slightly This prevents the corners of the building from appearing apart from the top Märkli applies this knowledge completely naturally, even though it is no longer familiar today The slight shifts that distinguish his work therefore keep being seen as a lack of precision photo: Georg Gisel Public access unknown! 2004 Project manager Associate architect Artist Project manager Landscape designer Client Peter Märkli Christof Ansorge Gody Kühnis Hans Josephsohn Jakob Frischknecht Zulauf Seippel Schweingruber City of Zurich Axel_Simon 28

29 photo: Peter Würmli photo: Peter Würmli Google EMEA Engineering Hub Brandschenkestrasse Zurich The recently opened Google office in Zurich, which is the largest Google Engineering Centre outside the US Headquarters, represents a new generation of office-work environment A profound research was initiated to learn about the functional as well as the emotional needs of the `Googlers` The resulting design is about functionality and flexibility in the personal workspace and choice and diversity in the community areas, creating an environment that holistically supports the `Googlers` in their work and well being photo: Peter Würmli Project is not public! Floor area/size m², Interior architect Client Evolution Design EvolutionDesign Google Inc 29

30 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Stadion Letzigrund Badenerstrasse Zurich photo: David Baugh This stadium is home to FC Zurich and was used for three matches in the Euro 2008 tournament To avoid dwarfing its surroundings, this massive structure was sunk into the ground The excavated material was sifted on site to extract the local gravel, which was then used in the concrete The most remarkable feature of the stadium is the sweeping roof It is held aloft by 31 pairs of raked columns (formed with Corten or rusting steel) such that it almost seems to float The soffit of the roof is clad with timber slats Sheets of Corten are also used to form the perimeter fence The capacity is for football matches, for athletics and for concerts Main designer, Services engineer Services engineer Contractor Structural engineer Bétrix & Consolascio Frei & Ehrensperger HeftiHessMartignoniAarau AG Hobler Engineering GmbH Implenia Walt & Galarini davidb Apart from match days, the stadium is often left open for the public to wander in and out From the city centre, take a number 2 tram in the direction of Farbhof, and alight at the stop called Letzigrund This is immediately outside the stadium 30

31 photo: Martina Issler photo: Martina Issler Tyre Shop Art Exchange Mythen-Quai Zurich This tyre fitting shop / art exchange is situated on a brown field site adjacent to the lake of Zurich, between a railway station and the main access road into the centre of the city In this stark environment one finds petrol stations, 24-hour shops, night clubs and start-up companies of every kind which are served by a never ending stream of people moving in and out of town The client was looking for a highly efficient tyre-fitting shop with a strong visual identity The entire façade of tyre shop's first floor was therefore conceived as a 4-sided, interactive communication surface This created a building which acts as a drive-by gallery for passing traffic and engages even more powerfully with pedestrians waiting for buses or trains photo: Martina Issler Project is not public! Floor area/size m², Interior architect Client Evolution Design EvolutionDesign Schaller 31

32 Hohenbuhlstrasse House Hohenbühlstrasse Zurich Within the historic park of an 19th century villa above the Stadelhofen Train Station, two new residential buildings have been inserted, forming an ensemble with the existing villa Both are apartment blocks with each unit occupying an entire floor, designed with 'empty nesters' as the primary users The buildings are offset from one another for viewing privacy between units The entry courtyard is paved with native granite sheets inserted into sand, leading both to the garage and stair entry halls The apartments are organized as flexible spaces with views in all directions The living room can encompass one or two rooms; alternately a single room can be rented separately and used for guests or a nurse The continuous glazed facade offers an impressive view to the park landscape Residents can vary their degree of privacy with moveable internal wall panels and external metal shade curtains An exterior patio can be opened to the landscape or glass enclosed for use as a winter garden photo: AGPS 2004 AGPS 32

33 Park Hyatt Hotel Beethovenstrasse Zurich 5 star luxury hotel in the heart of Zurich's commercial and financial district Park Hyatt Zurich hotel is one of the city's premier luxury addresses Encircled by the prestigious financial institutions of Paradeplatz Square, our Park Hyatt hotel also affords effortless access to the fashionable boutiques on Bahnhofstrasse, the scenic beauty of Lake Zurich and the captivating attractions in Altstadt (Old Town), Niederdorf, the Congress Hall and Opera House 2004 Meili & Peter s 33

34 Leutschen Tower Leutschenbachstrasse Zurich The LeutschenTower stands as a new landmark in the middle of Leutschenbach The LeutschenTower is both: an exclusive residential tower and representative offices With shops, bistro or café on the ground floor and versatile service companies to 4th Floor of the commercial building 2011 Bétrix & Consolascio 34

35 Sihlhof College Lagerstrasse Zurich The building is a massive concrete structure s used projections and recessions of a rectangular nature The building has two load bearing cares Ceiling slabs support the loads of transposed levels The wall system includes windows with two layers of sealed glass The wallas are wrapped in two layers of concrete with a layer of insulation in between Pins placed horizontally span the three layers to provide lateral bracing The roof includes a concrete slab with a stainless steel grate system to drain water In some portions of the roof there is a space for planting The upmost part of the roof is supported by steel beams and includes a skylight system 2005 Giuliani Honger s 35

36 photo: Ingenhoven s photo: Ingenhoven s Daniel Swarovski Corporation Alte Landstrasse Männedorf The transparent office building for 500 employees of the Swarovski Corporation is situated in the East side of Lake Zurich, 19 kilometres away from the city of Zurich, in the village of Männedorf The main focus of the design is the view of the lake, the transparency of the façade as well as the arrangement of the work places The ground floor contains a lobby with a lounge, a restaurant, conferences rooms and workshops The upper floors contain mostly open office space for maximum flexibility There are 170 parking spaces at the basement level The design and the sustainability concept follow the Swiss Minergie eco standard Water from the lake is used both for heating and cooling photo: Ingenhoven s Floor area/size m² Ingenhoven Architekten By train from Zurich 36

37 Lowenplatz Store Usteristrasse Zurich Löwenplatz Store designed by Theo Hotz in Theo Hotz 37

38 photo: Fischer Architekten Lightcube Thurgauerstrasse Zurich Glattpark-Opfikon is one of the last new development areas of Zurich Lightcube has 7 storeys and an attic floor 2006 Fischer Architekten 38

39 photo: Gigon Guyer Architekten Susenbergstrasse apartments Susenbergstrasse Zurich The building structure is determined by the space-forming, load-bearing cores of the service rooms A double-layered façade complements the support structure The exterior layer, which likewise forms the cantilevered structures of the loggias and the perforated balustrades of the penthouses, is made of poured-in-place concrete Mineral-based pigments, applied to the concrete with water glass silicate mass, enable a highly matt, pollen-like "powdering" of the building to be achieved An additional intention is to attain an individualization of the three buildings by varying the coloration, while simultaneously emphasizing their compositional kinship photo: Gigon Guyer Architekten 2000 Gigon Guyer Architekten 39

40 photo: Gigon Guyer Architekten Refurbishment Diagonal Zahnradstrasse Zurich Diagonal is a typical industrial building protected as a historical-listed landmark, which has retained its special charm following extensive restoration The Asian restaurant LYS ASIA located on the ground and first floor of this former shipping-company building serves Prime Tower and the entire district The second to fourth floors feature two international galleries 'Galerie Eva Presenhuber and Galerie Peter Kilchmann where prestigious works of art are on display 2011 Gigon Guyer Architekten 40

41 Residential building Hottingerplatz Hottingerstrasse Zurich The massing of the new Minergy-standard building on Hottingerplatz in Zürich is a precise response to the existing situation The envelope follows the existing building line while adopting the orientation of the neighbouring building at roof parapet level The ground floor is differentiated from the standard upper floors through the choice of materials and the uses it accommodates Generous glazing announces the presence of studio spaces inside The upper floors are more restrained in their relationship to the street, with each of the two-storey maisonettes marked by a single supersized window onto the square The red-stained, exposed concrete core provides visual continuity from floor to floor The levels are interlinked by dynamic, double-height spaces The bush-hammered concrete of the facade provides a lively surface, similar to cement rendering, and enters into a dialogue with other buildings in the neighbourhood 2007 Bob Gysin + Partner BGP 41

42 Sihlcity Büttenweg Zurich Sihlcity is a shopping mall located in Zurich which was built on the ground of a former paper mill near the Sihl river in the Wiedikon district and opened on March 22 in 2007 This shopping and entertainment center is the first of its kind in It comprises some 100,000 sq metres of rental space with a diverse range of facilities, such as restaurants, a shopping center, a multiplex cinema, entertainment, health and fitness/wellness area, nightclub, a Four Points hotel and even a chapel 2003 Theo Hotz 42

43 photo: Ortner & Ortner photo: Ortner & Ortner Schiffbau Schiffbaustrasse Zurich Workshops, studio, rehearsal stages and other facilities of the Zurich Schauspielhaus (theatre) previously scattered across different sites are gathered together here to form a centre on the former Sulzer-Escher-Wyss industrial site (shipyard) The Schiffbauhalle (shipbuilding shed), which is under a preservation order, was adapted to serve as foyer and hall theatre A jazz forum and restaurant are also located here Directly connected with it is the new building organised around a courtyard, which houses all the workshops and offices of the Schauspielhaus and, at the top, a ring of two-storey privately owned apartments arranged around an internal courtyard that can also used be used as an open-air theatre 2001 Ortner & Ortner 43

44 Puls5 Giessereistrasse Zurich Old factory building refurbished and placed inside of a new building made up of over one hundred appartments and three floors of offices, restaurants and shops In the central hall events such as television shows and exhibitions take place regularly 2007 Kyncl Gasche Partner Architekten 44

45 Housing Development Neumünsterallee Signaustrasse Zurich Housing Complex as angled building volume with atriums framed by bridge-like balconies; 15 apartments, 2 studios, and underground parking 2007 Gigon Guyer Architekten 45

46 photo: Tilla Theus photo: Tilla Theus International Ice Hockey Federation Brandschenkestrasse Zurich The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey It is based in Zurich,, and has 70 members It is responsible for the management of international ice hockey tournaments, and maintains the IIHF World Ranking photo: Tilla Theus 2007 Tilla Theus 46

47 photo: Hanns Joosten Heerenschurli Sports Facilities Helen-Keller-Strasse Zurich With its 102 ha total surface, the 'Heerenschurli' in Schwamendingen is one of the three biggest sports grounds of Zurich The increasing demand for sports facilities lead to a competition program for the reorganization and extension to twelve soccer fields, the creation of a baseball field, a substantially sized locker room building and a smaller housing for the maintenance facilities photo: Hanns Joosten 2010 Dürig AG Architekten 47

48 KISS Apartment Badenerstrasse Zurich The architecture practice Camenzind Evolution, in close collaboration with the client Swiss Life, have created 46 individual room maisonettes and flats with a unique concept The aim was to develop flats which would go beyond the functionality and offer an ideal added value as well as have their own identity This approach responds to the increasing need of individuality and plurality in our current society Therefore the development of KISS?s design put the future tenant and his personal lifestyle at the centre of its thinking However, the prerequisite for this was an intensive market research study of the area, its infrastructure, its typical employers and their income class This knowledge, together with the Sinus-Milieu Model, helped gathering potential customers of similar lifestyles and perceptions into three specific target groups Evolution Design 48

49 photo: Christian Richters Mobimo Tower Turbinenstrasse Zurich Spectacular from the outside, breathtaking from the inside Premium architecture at the heart of Zurich's most vibrant quarter The polyhedral structure of roman travertine and banks of windows in varying sizes give the Mobimo Tower its character on the outside On the inside, the rooms offer apartment owners a stage on which to celebrate their own story of luxury 2011 Diener & Diener 49

50 photo: Beat Bühler photo: Beat Bühler Wohnhaus Neptunstrasse Neptunstrasse Zurich An apartment building made of structured, monolithic insulating concrete The organic texture of the material contrasts with the sharp edged geometry of the subtle shaped windows Floor area/size m² Maier Hess Architekten GmbH schpadolin photo: Beat Bühler The court is open to the public 5 minutes walk from Bahnhof Stadelhofen 50

51 photo: Maarten Helle photo: Maarten Helle Stadelhofen Station Stadelhoferstrasse 8001 Zurich Stadelhofen Train Station, built in the early 1980s, is a major transportation junction for the Zurich area The original design consisted of a 300 metres long terminal building, running along a curved railway line, which itself runs along a hillside in the town's centre In 1990, Santiago Calatrava received the assignment to add a new third track to the existing train station In order to accomplish this, his design envolved excavating part of the hillside to add the track, only to restore the hillside in part on top of the new structure This way the new track has an open, naturally lit platform, while above ground space was created for walkways photo: Maarten Helle 1984 Santiago Calatrava HelleBeelden Depending on departure times Swiss Railways operates regional train services through Stadelhofen However, the station is only for regional lines, and is not the main station in Zurich You can reach it from the main station in about minutes by tram (No 11, going south) 51

52 Löwenbräu-Areal Residential and Office Tower Limmatstrasse Zurich An exciting mix of new and old has been created in Zurich West on the Löwenbräu-Areal premises Two new high-rises stretch above the old brewery and further emphasize the architectural shape provided by the silos A black, elegant building, 230 feet high and with an overhang giving it the appearance of a cobra looms up behind the old brewery The industrial past is still very visible, and the characteristic historic building from 1897, the chimney and the steel silo all nicely preserved A unique mix of international artists, trades people and people who call this place home make best use of the premises photo: Gerry Nitsch 2012 Client Gigon Guyer Architekten PSP Properties KNTC_ Tuesday - Sunday 52

53 Pedagogical High School Lagerstrasse Zurich Europaallee (Europaallee Zurich) - is one of the urban developments on the southwest side of the Zurich Central Station, known as Zurich Hauptbahnhof, or Zurich HB For decades, various commercial uses were discussed for above and next to this central-zurich site owned by the Swiss Federal Railways 2012 Max Dudler 53

54 Cantonal administration Walcheplatz Zurich Cantonal administration Walche designed by Wener and Otto Pfister 1935 Werner & Otto Pfister 54

55 photo: Stefan Müller Freischützgasse House Freischützgasse Zurich Freischützgasse House, the new eight-storey building designed by David Chipperfield s, occupies the north-east corner of the site The narrow front end opens onto the new Europaallee, while its long side extends along Freischützgasse The strict rationality of its floor plan, also reflected in its façade, is softened by the floor-height facade bands which meander in opposing directions The resulting bas-relief effect is further enhanced by printed synthetic mesh with different levels of perforation in the external glass panels The appearance of the building changes depending on the prevailing light and viewing angle In its perception it oscillates between heaviness and lightness, austerity and playfulness, enclosure and openness and in doing so enters into a lively dialogue with its surroundings Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Client David Chipperfield s UBS AG, Zurich KNTC_ photo: Stefan Müller 55

56 photo: Roland Halbe Connect Zurich Hohlstrasse Zurich The project extends over two adjoining plots, AL8523 and AL8522, which have different owners: Credit Suisse Anlagestiftung, Zurich and Migros Pensionskasse MPK For town planning and practical reasons the two clients have decided in favour of a complex covering both plots A paper mill built in 1928 used to stand on the site An expert report that was commissioned established that, for reasons of static equilibrium, any heightening of the building would have to be kept to a minimum As a result, the actual spatial exploitation would remain far below its theoretical potential The clients therefore opted in favour of a new development rather than converting the existing building The proximity to the city centre and its increasing densification provide an opportunity to emphasise the urban character This densification process, which is an important feature of urban space development, is to be continued on the property photo: Roland Halbe Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Contractor Client baumschlager & eberle Senn BPM AG Credit Suisse Anlagestiftung Real Estate / Migros Pensionskasse Zurich, CH KNTC_ 56

57 photo: Stadt Zuerich Hochbaudepartement The Museum Rietberg Zurich Gablerstrasse Zurich The Museum Rietberg Zurich is the only art museum for non-european cultures in exhibiting an internationally renowned collection of art from Asia, Africa and Ancient America New annex is a joint proposal "Canopies of Emerald" from the architects Alfred Grazioli (Berlin) and Adolf Krischanitz (Vienna and Berlin) 2007 Adolf Krischanitz photo: Stadt Zuerich Hochbaudepartement 57

58 Backerstrasse apartments Backerstrasse Zurich Backerstrasse apartments designed by Theo and Jacob Hotz 1997 Theo Hotz 58

59 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Glattalbahn Light Rail station Bäulerstrasse Zurich w&id=210&itemid=142 The Glattalbahn is a new rail service linking downtown Zurich with the airport via the Glattal communities The Glattalbahn project consists of 127 km of new double track light rail track and 20 stations The city of Zurich's public transport company (VBZ) operates this service under contract to the VBG It operates as an extension of Zurich's tram #10 under the new name 'Glattalbahn tram #10' for the whole line The striking architecture of the lightrail stops is a part of the overall plan with regard to urban development The railway stops designed by the architect Kai Flender follow a modular construction system with installation kits for technical equipment The standard materials are special powder-coated steel (anti-graffiti), aluminium as well as ESG/VSG glass with special silk-screen The railway stops are multi-functionally fitted with integrated loudspeakers, light boxes, information boxes, special lights, waste bins and ticket machines (text from vbgch and burriagch) photo: Roderick Trompert 2007 Cooperating designer Developer Developer Client Kai Flender Burri AG VBZ Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich ZVV Zürcher Verkehrsverbund VBG Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal AG Roderick From Zürich HB: Tram 10 direction Zürich Flughafen (Fracht), stop Bäuler (all stops in the area have same design, also along Tram line 11) 59

60 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Bodmer-Areal apartment buildings Michael-Maggi-Strasse Zurich Four separate building volumes are connected by a 60-90cm raised base that functions as a semi-private space Two striking pedestrian passages, cross the open space from North to South and link the edges of the buildings to each other The apartments are intended to have a strong / solid, yet elegant expression Large balconies outfitted with dark glass, alternated with thick concrete layers help to achieve this image in the façade Due to the nearby highway the apartment floor plans have a strong orientation; living areas towards the West, bedrooms towards the East (away from the highway) and service elements (bathrooms, stairs etc) are located in-between Project is not public! 2005 Main designer, Maier Hess Architekten GmbH Cerv + Wachtl Dipl Architekten Roderick photo: Roderick Trompert Bus 62 towards Mühlacker, stop Aspholz 60

61 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert SIA Hochhaus Selnaustrasse Zurich The in 1970 completed high-rise building by Hans von Meyenburg for the Swiss Engineers and s Association (Schweizerischen Ingenieur- und Architektenvereins, in short: SIA) has recently been renovated The new design by Romero and Schaefle for the SIA-Hochhauses consists of two connected volumes: A tower that orients to both the road on the front, and the Limmat river on the back and an annex which forms a floating body that lets the landscape flow through the building The façade of the tower consists of highly reflective glass panels Due to their angled placement they alternate reflecting either the surrounding landscape or the sky above Even though in floorplan the annex flows seamlessly into the tower, it is covered with trapezium-shaped sun shading, which clearly gives it a separate identity from the tower photo: Roderick Trompert Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Main designer, Client Romero & Schaefle Hans von Meyenburg SIA Roderick Tram 8 to Bahnhof Selnau 61

62 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Meierwiesenstrasse Student Housing Meierwiesenstrasse Zurich The newly-built StudentHostel is located near the Zürich-Altstetten train station and the Limmat river The hostel is U-shaped and blends in well with the urban surroundings of Altstetten Its inner courtyard is a blend of housing and nature, and is to become a peaceful oasis for the students The general contractor donated three oak trees for the opening, which one day will provide shade Thanks to an air-to-water heat pump and a sophisticated ventilation system, the building meets the 2008 'Minergie' standard The hostel has 169 rooms with shared bathrooms and toilets Rooms are furnished with bed, mattress, table, chair and built-in cupboard All students share a large and fully equipped kitchen and a large dining room A spacious lounge, a laundry room, a bicycle lot and a garden sitting area are used jointly by all tenants photo: Roderick Trompert Project is not public! Developer Landscape designer Client Novaron Halter Unternehmungen VIVO architecture & landscape Stiftung für Studentisches Wohnen ETH Zurich Roderick Tram 4 to stop Grünaustrasse or S9,S15 to Bahnhof Altstetten 62

63 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert The Dolder Grand Kurhausstrasse Zurich Towering above Lake Zurich, the historic The Dolder Grand has been reinvented to form a luxury-class city resort The scheme integrates a substantial new extension, more than doubling the hotel accommodation and reconnecting it to the surrounding forest and resort The scheme restores the logic of the original hotel, designed in 1899 by Jacques Gros, and the external fabric has been restored and rendered in the original red and ochre palette Internally, the planning has been transformed The most significant moves have been to create a linked suite of grand public rooms, including a new ballroom, and to reinstate the grand southern entrance so that arriving guests now enjoy breathtaking views across Zurich and the Alps Two new wings frame the historic Dolder, complementing the addition of a spa and a new ballroom photo: Roderick Trompert 2008 Associate architect Foster & Partners Itten + Brechbuehl AG Architekten Roderick The Dolder Grand can be reached easily using public transport Take one of the trams numbered 3, 8 or 15 to Römerhof and then take the rack-and-pinion railway to Dolderbahn Bergstation The final station is right next to the Hotel A Hotel shuttle bus service runs regularly during the day, taking guests to the city centre free of charge Or visit the hotel in style by having them arrange for a personal limousine service along with your booking 63

64 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Brunnenhof Brunnenhofstrasse Zurich Two lightly bent, elongated volumes of different heights restructure Buchegg Park The six-storey building on Hofwiesenstrasse is oriented towards the park as well as to the street It borders off the park from the street and protects it from the street noise The facades are formed by the protracting balconies and the concrete bands that wrap horizontally around the building Between them storey-height windows and alternately coloured glass panels form together with sliding anti-sun and screening glass panels an interplay of reflecting and matt, translucent and transparent coloured surfaces The colour concept was developed together with the artist Adrian Schiess Facing the street the glazing is dark blue and violet while facing the park the colour tones progress over large spaces from blue tones to green and then red The impression of the fluent, changing play of colours is enhanced by the varying positions of the sliding elements photo: Roderick Trompert Project is not public! 2007 Artist Project manager Structural engineer Landscape designer Client Gigon Guyer Architekten Adrian Schiess b+p baurealisation ag Dr Lüchinger + Meyer Bauing Hager Landschaftsarchitektur AG Stiftung Wohnungen für kinderreiche Familien Roderick From Zurich HB take tram 11 direction Auzelg to stop 'Radiostudio' 64

65 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh 's and Artist's Apartment House Sädlenweg Zurich This contemporary block of four apartments sits on a north-facing hillside in the western suburbs of Zurich It is spread over four levels, with two duplex apartments and two smaller roof top units - all of which wrap around each other At first glance (and in most photographs) it looks as if it is clad in concrete, when in fact the skin is made of 3mm-thick galvanised sheet steel The armature of the house, that is to say the foundation slab and the main internal stair cores, are indeed formed from in-situ concrete However the remainder of the walls, both internal and external, are formed using timber studs Internally, the materials and surfaces are undecorated, giving the interior a neutral appearance In total contrast are the bathrooms and kitchens which are lined with some very vivid colours, coated onto the backs of glass sheets photo: David Baugh Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten davidb Take a number 9 or 14 tram in the direction of Tremi The last part of the route runs along Birmensdorfer Strasse to a traffic island containing the tram terminus Alight from the tram, continue west along Birmensdorfer Strasse, up the hill for approximately 600m, then take the second left into Sädlenweg The project is about half-way along the street on the right-hand side 65

66 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Dynamo Metal Workshop Wasserwerkstrasse Zurich Dynamo is a cultural organisation, based in Zurich and aimed at young people It offers classes and workshops in a diverse range of subjects such as music, dance, theatre, graphics, photography, sculpture and textiles It now boasts this metal workshop designed by Phalt In spite of the address on Wasserwerkestrasse, the building sits down from the road on the Limmat waterfront, where the Drahtschmidlisteg bridge meets Neumuhle-Quai Thanks to Dynamo this area serves as a popular meeting place for young people The building is very simple A distorted rectactangle in plan contains a small office/workshop and a secure store The roof cantilevers out several metres all around to provide additional covered work space The entire building (apart from the roof) is clad in galvanised steel flooring plate This has been punched with numerous little circular cut-outs reminiscent of moon craters This gives the building a very utilitarian air, with a highly textured yet transparent surface photo: David Baugh 2008 Client Phalt City of Zurich davidb The project can be reached on foot: travel north from the Schweiz Museum (on the north side of the Hauptbahnhof) At the end of the park, cross the footbridge over the river Alternatively take a number 14 tram (direction Seebach) or a number 11 tram (direction Auzeig) Alight two stops after the Hauptbahnhof at Beckenhof and make your way on foot to the riverside 66

67 photo: Hannes Henz photo: Hannes Henz Extension of Kino Xenix Kanzleistrasse Zurich In 1904, several temporary wooden pavilions were erected in Zurich in order to respond to the rising demand for classrooms In 1984, one of these 'temporary' structures was conquered by a group of young film enthusiasts who wanted to set-up an alternative cinema The schoolrooms became the auditorium and the corridor served as a bar In order to achieve a more efficient, more flexible, and more user-friendly building, we were asked to redesign every single corner inside the existing structure and to project an extension The result is a seamless new whole of old and newthe bar, for example, is one continuous space consisting of two halves from 1904 and 2007 This effect is achieved by a continuation of the existing ceiling, including replicas of the old beams, as well as the mimetic materialization of the extension The strategy of unification is used on the exterior as well: The roof of the extension is stretched over parts of the existing building in order to fuse old and new photo: Hannes Henz Floor area/size m² Client Frei + Saarinen Architekten City of Zuerich MS Daily open except 31Dec Mon-Thu , Fri , Sat , Sun Zurich "Langstasse"-District, Tram Nr 8, Bus Nr 32, Helvetiaplatz 67

68 photo: Theodor Stalder photo: Theodor Stalder Lochergut Centre Badenerstrasse Zurich This 'urban mountain range', right in the middle of Zurich, consists of six high-rise apartment buildings plus a few lower buildings Unlike the apartments, which were modernized in phases, the rest of the ensemble was much less well maintained The dark shopping passageway ran parallel to two lively streets rather than connecting them, making passers-by avoid it A programmatic switch was made The supermarket, with its inhospitably closed façades, has changed places with the lightand visibility-starved shops along the internal passageway The rooftop terrace, partially cut off in the old situation, has acquired concrete paving and three islands of birch trees enclosed by white wooden benches The emphatically horizontal building mass contrasts with the verticality of the towers and is topped by a striking roof Its freely organized street-level façade appears to be shaped by pedestrian routes, which reduces its bulk and links it spatially with the street 2006 Artist Client pool Architekten Olaf Nicolai (light installation) City of Zurich Axel_Simon photo: Theodor Stalder Bus- and tramlines 2, 3, N12 and N14 all stop right in front of the Lochergut Centre Get off at the 'Lochergut' stop 68

69 photo: Michael Buschor photo: Michael Buschor Library of the Institute of Law Rämistrasse 76 CH-8001 Zurich Library for the law faculty of the university of Zurich (Rechtswissenschaftliches Institut RWI) The old building from Hermann Fietz was built 1909 Calatrava received the assignment already in 1989 but it took another ten years until the construction started The exterior stayed pretty much untouched The whole intervention is more of a giant piece of wooden furniture placed in the atrium of the existing building The library has 5000 meters space for books and 500 working places The oval skylight has an integrated mechanical sun shade Client Santiago Calatrava University of Zurich Buschi photo: Michael Buschor Library: Mo - Fr: 8:00-21:00 Sa: 8:00-17:00 Info desk: Mo - Fr: 10:00-12:00 and 13:00-17:00 train station 'Zurich Stadelhofen' (by Calatrava as well), tram 11 (to Auzelg) or tram 15 (Bucheggplatz) or 3 minutes walk to 'Bellevue' Take tram 9 (to Hirzenbach) or tram 5 (to Kirche Fluntern) to 'Kantonsschule', then 100m walk in the direction of the tram Classizistic building on the right with a bronze sculpture Entrance on the back 69

70 photo: Gregor Kämpfer photo: Camenzind Evolution Cocoon Seefeldstrasse Zurich This exclusive office building is situated within a beautiful cluster of mature trees and generates its geometry directly from its surroundings The building forms an opening spiral and creates a new concept for office buildings All office spaces are openly arranged along the internal circulation ramp, which leads around a stunning internal atrium photo: Camenzind Evolution Public access unknown! Floor area/size m², Interior architect Lighting designer Client Evolution Design EvolutionDesign Modular Lighting Swiss Life 70

71 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Single Wall House Burenweg Zurich Outwardly simple, this project is, in fact, rather sophisticated, both structurally and spatially On a small and narrow plot, overlooking the heart of Zurich, the architect has built a structure containing two houses Instead of sitting them one above the other, or in tandem, the volume has been split vertically and longitudinally, so that each dwelling can take equal advantage of the views The parting wall zig-zags and follows a different line on each of the three floors This stabilizes it transversely and maximises the variety of spaces, which flow from floor to floor via open stair flights The wall is formed in reinforced concrete as is each floor plate, which is cantilevered from it, so that there are no perimeter columns to obstruct the views The above ground external walls are completely glazed; some sections can be slid open for ventilation External roller blinds located along the edge of the floor slabs can be lowered to control solar gain and help with privacy photo: David Baugh Project is not public! 2007 Project manager Structural engineer Christian Kerez BGS & Partner Architekten AG Dr Schwartz Consulting AG davidb Take the number 11 tram to Burgweiss and the Tram Museum From here turn east into Wasserstrasse (this road is very steep) At the first crossroads, turn right into Eierbrechtstrasse Follow this road until it turns left and becomes Burenweg The project is at the end of the turn at the junction with Hirtenweg 71

72 photo: Peter Würmli photo: Peter Würmli Siemens Restaurants Albisriedenstrasse Zurich This restaurant complex is located at the Swiss Headquarters of Siemens in Zurich and although open to the public, it mainly provides catering facilities for their 1500 personnel The building contains three restaurants called «Move», «Relax», and «First» as well as a cafeteria named «Point» It offers seating for 700 people at any given time The building concept reaches beyond just providing subsidised food, to reflect an all-encompassing understanding for people's needs during their work day The building concept acknowledges people's desire to relax and mentally recharge in their lunch hour photo: Peter Würmli Floor area/size m², Interior architect, Landscape architect Client Evolution Design EvolutionDesign Siemens Schweiz AG 72

73 Jelmoli Seidengasse Zurich Jelmoli is a department store in Zurich It is one of the oldest and best known in the world It introduced features such as no-haggle pricing and a mail order catalog It is located along the famous Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich 2004 Tilla Theus 73

74 photo: AGPS Integra H1 Grindelstrasse Zurich From the mid-nineteenth century through the 1960's, a factory zone for machine fabrication evolved in an industrial area on the edge of Zürich The current condition is an assemblage of buildings, an urban bricolage of construction types With a recent change in zoning codes, increased density and new building uses are now allowed in a measure to reactivate the area The project is a large scale, multi-use proposal for housing, offices, and light industry in a phased planned development The urban strategy is to maintain the existing industrial building fabric and add to it, continuing the bricolage history of the area As few as possible old buildings will be removed, which is the first step in the sustainable development strategy The existing factory buildings are to be renovated with a series of public spaces, opening the industrial enclave to the city Courtyard housing is the next phase of design photo: AGPS Floor area/size m² AGPS 74

75 Moussonstrasse apartments Moussonstrasse Zurich The apartment building is located at the transition between the large-scale university district, a context of urban villas from residential area at Zurich The elevated hillside location with views over Zurich gave the idea for special outdoor spaces, which assume different shapes and positions and thus determine the image of the striking building with its concrete facade The facade is heavy and solid, but at the same time open and permeable 2009 Peter Felix Partner 75

76 photo: Dietrich Untertrifaller Architekten photo: Dietrich Untertrifaller Architekten ETH Sport Center Schafmattstrasse Zurich The campus of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Hönggerberg/Zurich is currently undergoing energetic expansion New additions will be a sport facility on the east side of the property, adjacent to the recreational area of Käferberg The structure interprets the landscape and has been inserted into a sloping site with a hayfield; only its west façade becomes visible The outdoor space appears to flow through the generous foyer along a green ramp back into the open Appealing interiors create an inviting atmosphere for sport training, leisure activities, recreation and even large festive events photo: Dietrich Untertrifaller Architekten Dietrich Untertrifaller 76

77 Sihlpost Europa-Allee Zurich Office Building 'Sihlpost' with office space for around 1000 staff near the Main Station Zurich The building is one of four volumes of a perimeter block development; the other buildingsare designed by Max Dudler s and David Chipperfield s 2013 Gigon Guyer Architekten 77

78 Feldpausch Bahnhofstrasse Bahnhofstrasse Zurich Fashion house Feldpausch is located at Bahnhofstrasse, main downtown street and one of the world's most expensive and exclusive shopping avenues In 2011, a study has named the Bahnhofstrasse the most expensive street for retail property in Europe, and the third most expensive worldwide 1995 Theo Hotz 78

79 Business Center Andreaspark Hagenholzstrasse Zurich The Business Center Andreaspark is a major milestone in the regeneration of the northern part of the City of Zurich The 50 meters high, glass fronted building is representative yet of unpretentious elegance The transparent glass façade contributes to the building's grace and seeming weightlessness 2011 Steiner AG 79

80 Sunrise Tower Hagenholzstrasse Zurich The skyscraper consists of two tower, the lower part is 70m tall 2011 Max Dudler 80

81 photo: Gigon Guyer Architekten Platform Office Building Maagplatz Zurich Office building with seven storeys, completes the ensemble of the high-rise building 'Prime Tower' with its annex buildings 'Cubus' and 'Diagonal' ; internal courtyard as central entrance hall; restaurants, shops and auditorium on ground floor; the levels above provide office space for around 1000 staff 2011 Gigon Guyer Architekten 81

82 Hardau Bullingerstrasse Zurich When you arrive to Zurich by train from Bern or Basel you will see these 4 dominant brown highrise buildings, They were built between 1976 and 1978 by the architect Max Peter Kollbrunner The towers are between 72 and 92 meters high Families with children were only allowed to live there up to the 6th floor 1978 Max Peter Kollbrunner 82

83 photo: Dominique Marc Wehrli Centre for Hearing and Language Frohalpstrasse Zurich The park-like site is dominated by a bulky, authoritative old school building from the early twentieth century that has had many extensions added The most recent extension concentrates on a precisely set single building, which enhances the different areas of the park, without affecting its space continuum The new building is four floors in height and provides, at an appropriate distance, a new, confident opponent towards the 19th Century main building 2009 e2a architects Zürich photo: Dominique Marc Wehrli 83

84 photo: Margherita Spiluttini Riff Raff Neugasse Zurich Riff Raff theater/cinema, bar and housing 2002 Meili & Peter s 84

85 photo: Guignard & Saner photo: Guignard & Saner Blümlisalpstrasse House Blümlisalpstrasse Zurich The design of the building is based on an S-shaped figure, which is made from four shifted wall panels 2003 Guignard & Saner 85

86 Housing Complex Diggelmannstrasse Diggelmannstrasse Zurich Housing Project with 18 apartments and underground parking 2007 Gigon Guyer Architekten photo: Gigon Guyer Architekten 86

87 FIFA headquarters FIFA Strasse Zurich The headquarters of FIFA is a distinctive complex in Zurich The complex has served as the official headquarters of FIFA since its completion in 2006 It is located on the Zürichberg, a wooded hill in District 7 The complex includes a fitness centre, a meditation room, geographically themed parks and a full-size international football pitch photo: David Perez Tilla Theus 87

88 Extension Bullingerstrasse Vocational School Bullingerstrasse Zurich Two neighbouring schools designed by Otto Glaus (and partners), Bullinger Vocational School from the 1960s and Hardau Primary School from the 1980s were to be extended The co-existence and interpenetration of essentially very different urban fragments makes the perimeter into an exciting but difficult part of the city that is characterised by strong contrasts The existing building fragments were augmented by employing specific tailor-made measures, their spatial presence is strengthened and they are connected to the new outdoor space The Vocational School, a listed building, is an exposed concrete ensemble somewhat like a monastery It is augmented with building volumes developed out of the logic of the existing fabric and is given a second entrance 2005 EM2N 88

89 Doldertal Apartment Houses Doldertal Zurich Sigfried Giedion, architectural historian and secretary general of CIAM, planned to build a group of modern apartment buildings in Doldertal, a suburb of Zurich He first offered the commission to the cousins, Alfred and Emil Roth, but later asked Breuer to review the designs In 1933, a collaborative agreement was arranged among the three architects Breuer and the Roths proposed two-story buildings raised on pilotis with a small penthouse structure The houses contained apartments of various sizes, almost all of which had access to an outdoor terrace The ground floor housed a glass entrance lobby, a covered carport and communal laundry and store rooms The steel-skeleton building had reinforced concrete floors and stucco-covered brick exterior walls, while the walls of the penthouse were wood frame covered in plywood and panels of asbestos cement 1936 Main designer, Marcel Breuer Alfred Roth Emil Roth 89

90 Open School Norastrasse Zurich The school is a skeleton of columns and plates that fill the 13 school classes 2009 Studer Simeon Bettler 90

91 photo: Christine Mueller photo: Christine Mueller La Galerie Du Vin Feldstrasse Zurich "La Galerie Du Vin" is both a sales as well as a wine tasting and seminar venue and aims to appeal to regular customers and passers-by alike The spatial layout and staging by OOS reflect the store's values and traditions and let the wine bottles speak for themselves The intent of the interior design is to present an image of a landscape consisting of wine cases in which the high-quality wines are presented together with their cases as in a museum gallery Some 1,500 unbranded wine cases from the Bordeaux region cover the entire room up to the ceiling, creating a cave-like environment The wooden cases are simultaneously an architectural element and a part of the furniture Arranged in a grid pattern they serve as a platform for about 570 wines, books, seating areas and illuminated table display cabinets The mostly French wines are spatially divided into various geographical regions and groupings, which conceal specific histories, cultures and landscapes photo: Christine Mueller Floor area/size m², Interior architect, Urban planner Client OOS cmcm Albert reichmuth AG Tu - Fr: h Sat: h Tram 8/ Bus 31 to Bäckeranlage or Bus 33 to Helvetiaplatz 91

92 photo: Roland Tännler photo: Roland Tännler Freitag Flagship Store Geroldstrasse 17 CH-8005 Zurich Freitag started to make tarp-bags in 1993, inspired from a view onto the transit-bridge In 2006 they decided to sell bags-made-from-tarps in a shop-made-from-containers Completely built from 17 rusty, recycled freight-containers, selected in person in Hamburg and brought to Zurich by rail Stacked low enough not to violate the city s restriction on high-rise, high enough to send shivers down anyone s spine The way the elements are stacked is authentic, and only connecting elements from the shipping industry are used This also means that dismantling the tower and leaving the site in its original state will be a straightforward process Freitag s decision to locate its flagship store here enriches the area, adding a new, high profile building which is used by members of the public during the day The view from the roof of the Freitag shop onto the transit-bridge is the same view that started the whole shebang in 1993 For some it s just noisy For others it s a source of inspiration photo: Roland Tännler 2006 Landscape designer Structural engineer Client spillmannechsle architekten bbz Landschaftsarchitekten Henauer Gugler Daniel und Markus Freitag MI_MOA Monday to Friday: 11:00-19:30 Saturday: 11:00-18:00 Sunday: closed 92

93 Zölly Residential Tower Pfingstweidstrasse Zurich The Zölly high-rise evolves, the same as the other two high-rise buildings, the Prime Tower and the Mobimo Tower, from the geometry of a polygon The obtuse angles defy any generation of corners and boundary definitions, while their free position defines a polyphonic triad within the silhouette of City West The vertical prisms of the towers are in a balanced relationship with the horizontal ends of the buildings on the site, with the elevated figure of the Maaghof as its centre The Zölly building, which is almost as high as the Mobimo Tower but with a smaller floor area, is the keystone of the new residential area and simultaneously provides a link to the free grounds of Pfingstweidpark photo: Goran Basic / NZZ Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Client Meili & Peter s Losinger Marazzi KNTC_ 93

94 PBZ Sihlcity Kalanderplatz Zurich The Pestalozzi Library Zurich (PBZ) is the public library of the city Zurich Library is located next to Sihlcity 2007 Theo Hotz 94

95 Peterhof Bahnhofstrasse Zurich Peterhof, a daughter company of Credit Suisse Model for facade design was probably the Hanseatic Renaissance 1913 Werner & Otto Pfister 95

96 photo: Stefan Müller Europaallee 21 Europaallee Zurich Designed by Max Dudler, Europaallee House occupies the north-west corner of the building ensemble Due to its prominent position on Europaallee, it has been chosen to house the main foyer of UBS Bank and its subsidiaries Despite (or perhaps because of) this, the building remains true to the original urban planning concept, its design being in keeping with the other three buildings in the ensemble Only its entrance hall, clad in white Carrara marble, is more voluminous and prestigious in appearance than those of the other buildings The first floor corridor connecting all four buildings is also visible from the entrance hall The impact of the building's façade is due to its sequence of flat, reflective window elements set into a graceful relief of deep shadow recesses In technical terms, the elemental façade consists of double-glazed, floor-to-ceiling, box-type windows photo: Stefan Müller Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Client Max Dudler UBS AG, Zürich KNTC_ 96

97 photo: Roger Frei Extension Herdern Railway Service Facility Industriequartier Hard Zurich The new maintenance facility being built at Zurich-Herdern will allow SBB (Swiss Federal Railways) to handle future trains of up to 400 metres in length with ease SBB will be able to clean and repair entire intercity train compositions without disassembling them, since the entire train can enter the facility Through its central position next to the rapidly developing new neighborhood of Zurich- West and by virtue of its sheer size, the new building aquires great urbanistic significance It shapes the edge of the city towards the great emptiness of the railway tracks and greets visitors entering the city by train, signaling that they have arrived close to the city center photo: Roger Frei Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Client EM2N Swiss Federal Railways KNTC_ 97

98 photo: Isa Stürm- Urs Wolf SVA Zurich Röntgenstrasse Zurich SVA Zurich office building designed by Isa Stürm and Urs Wolf 1990 Isa Stürm- Urs Wolf photo: Isa Stürm- Urs Wolf 98

99 The Mensa of the University of Zurich Künstlergasse Zurich The Mensa and Cafeterias of the University of Zurich designed by Werner Frey in Werner Frey 99

100 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Wolfswinkel apartments Wolfswinkel Zurich Seven building volumes are lined up along the Wolfswinkel road, placed perpendicular to the road to allow visibility into the open countryside The single, three-storey buildings form generous inner courtyards by a kink in the facades The construction in the buildings create two key points, where the spacious entrance halls, lit from above, are located The apartments complex counts a total of 189 apartments with a wide diversity of sizes; ranging from small, single room studios to large 5,5-room family apartments This diversity can be read in the facades of the buildings, by the placement of brightly colored storage boxes on the balconies The buildings are awarded a Minergie label for sustainability due to use of heat-pumps and geothermal probes photo: Roderick Trompert Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Landscape designer Client Egli Rohr Partner AG Hager Landschaftsarchitektur AG ABZ, Allgemeine Baugenossenschaft Zürich Roderick Bus 62 to Unteraffoltern (end station) Bus 37 to Waidorf (from ETH Hönggerberg), stop Unteraffoltern 100

101 photo: Roderick Trompert photo: Roderick Trompert Swarovski Headquarters Alte Landstrasse Männedorf On the west side of Lake Zurich, 195 km away from the city of Zurich, in the small village of Männedorf a transparent office building for nearly 500 people is being built for Swarovski Main focus of the design is the view on the lake: for the transparency of the façade as well as the arrangement of the working places There are 170 parking spaces on the basement level Underneath the raised First Floor the Ground floor houses the entrance lobby with a lounge, a restaurant and rooms for conferences and workshops The upper floors are offices with 70% open space areas The design and the sustainable concept follow the Minergiestandard of For the heating as well as the cooling the water of the lake is used [text from architects' website] photo: Roderick Trompert Public access unknown! Floor area/size m² Landscape designer Ingenhoven Architekten BPK Brandschutz Planung Klingsch GmbH Services engineer Bühler + Scherler Services engineer Gruenberg & Partner AG Building physics consultant Mühlebach Akustik Security consultant PKE Electronics AG Building physics consultant Th Baumgartner & Partner Roof & facade consultant Werner Sobek Ingenieure Client Swarovsky Immobilien AG Roderick From Zurich HB, take the S7 train in the direction of Rapperswil From there it is 15 minutes walking: follow the Bahnhofstrasse in South-East direction along the lake, which will change into the Asylstrasse and finally it will change again into the Alte Landstrasse (it's more or less a straight line from the station) 101

102 photo: Radek Brunecky photo: Radek Brunecky focusterra Research and Information Centre Sonneggstrasse Zurich The centerpiece of the "focusterra" exhibition is a tower located in the covered courtyard at the newly renovated Natural Sciences Institute building on the campus of the ETH Zurich The free-standing spiral form of the exhibition tower sets itself confidently apart from the existing building Analogous to the forces at work below the earth's surface, the tower spirals up three levels reaching just below the skylight of the inner courtyard A staircase and a continuous ribbon of showcases connect different levels of the exhibition in a seamless continuum, and guide visitors through the fascinating layers of the earth The concept and design connect the existing historical-mineralogical-geological collection with contemporary research done at the institute photo: Radek Brunecky Floor area/size m² Associate architect Client Holzer Kobler Architekturen ANS Architekten und Planer SIA AG ETH Zürich Roderick Monday to Friday: 9h-17h; Sundays: 10h-16h; closed on Saturdays Tram 6, 9 or 10 to ETH / Universitätsspital 102

103 photo: Tonatiuh Ambrosetti photo: Tonatiuh Ambrosetti Neue Monte Rosa Hutte Gornergrat Zermatt 2,883m above sea level, inaccessible by car or ski lift and a three-hour hike from the base of the mountain, the Neue Monte Rosa-Hütte is a destination for only the most dedicated architecture fans The lodge and restaurant for Swiss hikers, on the icy slopes of the Monte Rosa mountain in the Swiss Alps, was a collaborative project to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the ETH university of science and technology in Zurich The university worked with Swiss practice Bearth and Deplazes and the Swiss Alpine Club, a mountaineering club looking for a contemporary replacement for its existing 19th-century hut "The idea was to build a sustainable building as an exemplar building project," says project architect Marcel Baumgartner "The conditions were so extreme up there, with no electricity, no water supply, no roads, no streets It had to be self-sufficient and provide energy on site In a way it was the perfect test for the university" Floor area/size m² Developer Associate architect Associate architect Services engineer General consultant General consultant Client Bearth & Deplazes architektur + bauprozess Architektur& Design GmbH ETH Zürich Lauber IWISA AG Matterhorn Engineering AG WGG Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure AG ETH Zurich Roderick photo: Tonatiuh Ambrosetti 5h hike from Zermatt across the Gornergletscher, or take a helicopter! 103

104 photo: Stefan Wülser & Nicolaj Bechtel photo: Stefan Wülser & Nicolaj Bechtel St Josef Vicarage Röntgenstrasse Zurich Frei + Saarinen implanted a new wooden Lobby into a 100-years-old building The faceted geometry results from the given bearing structure that had to be respected The old fashioned treatment of materials "works against" the trendy shape The resulting "timeshift" between shape and detailing leads to a unique atmosphere Floor area/size m², Interior architect Client Frei + Saarinen Architekten MS Catholic Church Zurich photo: Stefan Wülser & Nicolaj Bechtel Mon-Fri, 09AM-17PM 104

105 photo: Philipp Haefeli photo: Sandro Gaemperle Prime Tower Hardstrasse Zurich Prime Tower Zurich is situated in the heart of the city on the site of the former Maag cogwheel factory, where Zurich has been undergoing a transformation process for several years The octagon-shaped Prime Tower is the project unanimously chosen as the winner of an international competition involving top-ranking architects The decision that came out in favour of the Zurich architect team was influenced among other things by the crystalline exterior that stands apart from its neighbours, the fine movements and projections, the many uses of the large ground plan and the static design with the pre-stressed ceiling Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Client Gigon Guyer Architekten Swiss Prime Site Roderick photo: Sandro Gaemperle From Zurich HB take S5, S6, S9 or S15 to Zurich Hardbrücke 105

106 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Zurich Parcel Centre Zürcherstrasse Zurich Theo Hotz was an ardent admirer of British High-Tech from the 1970s and 1980s This influence is evident in this project for the Zurich Parcel Centre The project was won in a competition in 1970 and took 6 years to design due to its size and complexity It is 300m long and 170m wide, and was intended to handle parcels a day, accompanied by the movements of over 200 railway wagons and 300 vehicles in the same 24-hour period Regrettably for Hotz, he was unable to work with the foreign engineers and consultants he admired, so his work lacks some of the flamboyance of Foster, Rogers and their ilk Eschewing externally expressed structure and the like, he concentrated on the envelope, producing - in collaboration with local manufacturers - the thoroughly accomplished insulated skin we see here photo: David Baugh Public access unknown! 1985 Client Theo Hotz Swiss Post Office davidb Take a number 2 tram in the direction of Farbhof From the end of the line the project is about 800m west along Badenerstrasse 106

107 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Careum Centre Gloriastrasse Zurich The Careum Centre is operated by the Careum Foundation, which was established in 1880 as an organization for promoting healthcare training In 2005, the Canton of Zurich granted the Foundation permission to build the new centre in the heart of the university and hospital district As part of the agreement, a number of dwellings had to be included The new centre consists of five buildings - three of which are residential - grouped around a series of courts All five are treated in a similar fashion architecturally A brindled red brick, laid conventionally, has been used in horizontal bands at each floor slab level In between these bands are horizontal ribbon windows In places the windows are concealed behind perforated screens of rusticated brickwork Where there are no windows, the same screening brickwork has been used, but without any kind of transparency The whole effect is simple, refined and understated photo: David Baugh Public access unknown! 2007 GWJ Architekten davidb The Careum Centre is next to the Platte tram stop on lines 5 &

108 photo: afgh Pavilion Seefeldquai Zurich This take on the classic glass pavilion is no demonstration model for a transparent utopia, nor is it an attempt to 'frame' the natural surroundings It is a less formal design for a kiosk in the park beside Riesbach Harbour in Zürich The take-away restaurant, with seating for 35, is contained within a glass object that is in keeping with a series of sculptures in the park The polygonal shape, the transparency and lightness of the material, and the various tints of the colored films on the glass, ensure that, depending on the time of day, this object stands out from or merges with its surroundings On a less prosaic note, another reason for choosing glass was the fact that graffiti and dirt can be easily removed photo: afgh Floor area/size m² Supplier Supplier Client Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten Glas Trösch AG MTV Villmergen City of Zürich Kirsten_Hannema 108

109 photo: Hannes Henz photo: Hannes Henz Theater 11 Thurgauerstrasse Zurich 'A case of cannibalism in architecture' is what EM2N architect Daniel Niggli calls his conversion of the Stadthof 11 in Zurich-Oerlikon into a theatre for musicals The new building incorporated everything of the old theatre it could use, though that was little more than the stage house and the cellar, and gave it state-of-the-art technology Faced with the large buildings of its surroundings and the open space in between, the theatre responds without copying their scale Its highest corner juts forward, opening up at the base like a shark's jaws From this corner, the dark casing of perforated sheet metal enveloping both the outer walls and the roof, angles downward until, by the time it gets to the back wall, it is down to the level of the single-family homes there Piercing the perforated sheet-metal shell, a few large windows frame particular views into the building In the evening, light shines through the many small openings in between, which are visible only in outline by day photo: Hannes Henz 2006 Client EM2N MCH Messe Zuerich Axel_Simon Depend on the agenda Check the website for information on current events Located in Oerlikon, an industrial district in Zurich's north, across the street from the Velodrome and indoor Stadium Public transport: S-Bahn Lines S2, S5, S6, S7, S8, S14, S16 until Bahnhof Oerlikon then take Bus lines 63/94 or Tram line 11 until Messe/Hallenstadion 109

110 photo: Beat Bühler photo: Beat Bühler Albisriederhaus Conversion Albisrieder-Strasse Zurich en/sozialzentrum_albisriederhaushtml After winning the design competition, huggen_berger converted the Albisriederhaus, which had been a community centre since 1934, into a regional social welfare centre with offices and consulting rooms The refurbished façades do not immediately reveal the fundamental changes that have taken place behind them The glass façade was reopened and the articulation of the main part of the building, with its striking concrete buttresses, was emphasized with colour The main problem was the transformation of the large hall into two low-ceilinged office floors The architects' solution was to site an access corridor along one side, emulating the height of the former hall - the false ceiling ending here in the form of a gallery What distinguishes this conversion is the undogmatic ease with which the architects have assimilated the old building and transformed it into something new - obscuring the chronology and abandoning the prevailing diktat of contrast between the old and the new photo: Beat Bühler 2004 Client huggen berger City Council of Zurich Axel_Simon Monday - Friday , tel:

111 Railway Switching Box Duttweilerbrücke Zurich This project was designed by Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer, a Zurich based architecture office Their plan won the design competition in 1996 Construction took place from 1998 to 1999 photo: Project is not public! Gigon Guyer Architekten y_kanezuka This building is located at the the crosspoint of Duttweilerbrücke and Hohlstrasse 111

112 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Forsterstrasse Apartments Forsterstrasse Zurich This project is spread over five levels The lowest is a column-free, underground car park, accessed directly off the street Above this is a partially buried entrance and service floor Finally there are three levels of apartments The lower two levels - 3 & 4 - are handed versions of each other and have two units each, whilst the smaller top floor has only one Internally, the planning is reminiscent of Mies' brick wall houses, with a series of orthogonal perpendicular walls defining individual spaces which flow from one to the next The perimeter of the building is column-free and totally glazed to maximise light and views The floor slabs cantilever out on the Forsterstrasse elevation to help combat solar gain Walls and floors are exposed reinforced concrete, and disguise very clever and subtle methods of load transference As with the Single Wall House, this initially simple building rewards study, and reveals itself to be both spatially and structurally sophisticated photo: David Baugh Project is not public! 2003 Project manager Landscape designer Structural engineer Christian Kerez Archobau Catherine Dumont d'ayot, Lucas Schweingruber, Christian Kerez Oberageri - Joseph Schwartz davidb Take the number 6 tram to Toblerplatz From here walk up the hill (north) and turn left into Freudenbergasse and then turn immediately right into Mittelbergsteig This is impassible to cars and motocycles At the top of Mittelbergsteig turn right onto Forsterstrasse and the project is approximately 40m along on the opposite side of the road 112

113 photo: Martina Issler photo: Martina Issler Loft Apartments Sempacher Sempacher Strasse Zurich Situated in a sought-after residential area close to the centre of Zurich, the Sempacher Loft Apartments are an excellent example of modern and sustainable town renewal The façade build-up with coloured insulation and translucent cladding was developed on the basis of a harmonious integration with the surrounding apartment blocks, which are rendered in warm colours and textures Seasonal and diurnal light changes are resonated in subtle transformations in the appearance of the façade, allowing a harmonious integration of the building within its surroundings Project is not public! Floor area/size m², Interior architect Client Evolution Design EvolutionDesign photo: Martina Issler Mobimo 113

114 Limmatplatz tramway station Limmatplatz Zurich Tramway station and Kiosk 2007 Baumann Roserens Architekten photo: Baumann Roserens Architekten 114

115 B35 Bolleystrasse Zurich Multifamily house designed by AGPS s Located in central part of Zurich 2011 AGPS 115

116 Rontgenstrasse apartments Röntgenstrasse Zurich Röntgenstrasse Apartment, is the five-story building located in central part of Zurich 2010 AFGH 116

117 Apartment Siewerdtstrasse Siewerdtstrasse Zurich To react on the spatial situation of the Siewerdtstrasse a design strategy was developed that adapts the building mass and the apartment types to the different spatial conditions In contrast to the northern side of the building, which represents a classical frontage, the southern façade is stepped and modulated, structuring the courtyard 2006 EM2N 117

118 Max-Bill-Platz apartments Max-Bill-Platz Zurich The compact, perforated with large windows volume hides two extensive courtyards: one is above the shops on the first floor and is the semi-private outdoor space surrounding the 48 apartments The other farm is open to the public 2006 Eberhard Bau AG 118

119 Swiss National Bank Börsenstrasse Zurich The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is the central bank of It is responsible for Swiss monetary policy and for issuing Swiss franc banknotes 1922 Werner & Otto Pfister 119

120 Andreaspark 3 Hagenholzstrasse Zurich The building is located in the G3 Leutschenbach in Zurich-Oerlikon and is part of Andrew Parks 2012 Fischer + Visini Architekten 120

121 Detached House Hauserstrasse Zurich Detached House next to the Dolderbahn line 2003 Gigon Guyer Architekten photo: Gigon Guyer Architekten 121

122 Cubus Office Building Hardstrasse Zurich Cubus Office Building is located next to the Prime Tower 2011 Gigon Guyer Architekten 122

123 photo: Arnold Amsler photo: Arnold Amsler ShopVille Zurich Bahnhofsplatz Zurich ShopVille-RailCity Zürich is known as 'the only shopping center with its own train station' and offers an extensive range of services and shopping opportunities with more than 135 businesses You will find them on the lower level of Zürich's Main Railway Station They are open 365 days a year 2003 Arnold Amsler 123

124 Swisscom office tower Hardstrasse Zurich Swisscom AG is a major telecommunications provider in Along with Swiss Post, it is a successor company to the former state-owned PTT 1999 Rolf Lauppi & Hans Zimmerman photo: Ikiwaner 124

125 Kunsthalle Zurich Limmatstrasse Zurich A white concrete extension flows over the top of a former brewery in Zurich to give Swiss arts organisation the Kunsthalle Zürich its first permanent home Swiss studios Gigon/Guyer s and Atelier WW jointly refurbished the yellow and red brick building in the Löwenbräu arts district, where the Kunsthalle has been located on a temporary basis for the last 16 years alongside the Migros Museum of Contemporary Art and a few other galleries A large new entrance hall connects the existing building with the concrete extension, which contains three gallery floors and a first floor events space with a rooftop terrace 2012 Gigon Guyer Architekten 125

126 photo: Di Iorio & Boermann Architekten KIKR creche Clausiusstrasse Zurich The special feature of the building project was to design a nursery for 40 children The building could be tailored exclusively to these terms 2011 Di Iorio & Boermann Architekten 126

127 Housing Pflegi-Areal Carmenstrasse Zurich New construction with 48 apartments, 11 studios, 1 doctors surgery; underground parking with 112 parking spaces; remodelling of the existing building (former hospital) into office spaces 2003 Gigon Guyer Architekten 127

128 PricewaterhouseCoopers AG Birchstrasse Zurich PwC is one of the largest auditing companies in 2006 Kaufmann, van der Meer + Partner 128