ZURICH.Projects 40. Stadelhofen Station. 13 Zurich, Switzerland. Theater 11 Zurich, Switzerland. Lochergut Centre. Collective Housing at Zurich

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1 ZURICH Projects 40 Created 20-Feb-11 By CLAUDIA TIEZZI MONTOIA, SAO PAULO, Brazil Theater 11 Zurich, EM2N auditorium, theatre Lochergut Centre Bad Allenmoos Pavilion Extension of Kino Xenix Albisriederhaus Conversion Library of the Institute of Law Im Birch School 7 Freitag Flagship Store Zurich, spillmannechsle architekten landmark, shop Collective Housing at Zurich 14 Railway Switching Box 15 Cocoon 16 Loft Apartments Sempacher 17 Zurich, Evolution Design housing 8 Siemens Restaurants 18 Zurich, Evolution Design bar, garden, restaurant 9 Google EMEA Engineering Hub 19 Zurich, Evolution Design leisure, meeting room, office 10 Tyre Shop Art Exchange 20 Zurich, Evolution Design exposition space, garage, shop 11 Zurich, Peter Märkli education, primary school, secondary school Zurich, Evolution Design office Zurich, Santiago Calatrava archive, library, renovation, university 6 Zurich, huggen berger office 13 Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten industry, office, watch-tower Zurich, Le Corbusier museum 5 Zurich, Frei + Saarinen Architekten bar, cinema Heidi Weber Museum Stadelhofen Station Zurich, Evolution Design housing Zurich, Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten kiosk, pavilion, restaurant 4 Zurich, M E Haefeli sport, swimming pool Zurich, Santiago Calatrava train station Zurich, pool Architekten commercial space 3 Forsterstrasse Apartments 21 Zurich, Christian Kerez housing 12 Single Wall House 22 Zurich, Christian Kerez dwellings, private house 1

2 Careum Centre Zurich, GWJ Architekten housing, library, university Stadion Letzigrund Dynamo Metal Workshop Obsidian Zurich Parcel Centre 's and Artist's Apartment House Zurich, Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten housing Aussersihl Community Centre 26 Bodmer-Areal apartment buildings Zurich, Egli Rohr Partner AG housing, social housing, underground parking Branco Weiss Information Science Laboratory Zurich, baumschlager & eberle auditorium, education, laboratorium, library, university focusterra Research and Information Centre SIA Hochhaus 36 Im Viadukt 37 Meierwiesenstrasse Student Housing 38 Zurich, Novaron student housing, youth house Wohnsiedlung Werdwies Zurich, Adrian Streich Architekten AG commercial space, housing, kindergarten, mixed-use development, office, social housing Brunnenhof Zurich, Gigon Guyer Architekten housing, kindergarten, nursery 31 Zurich, Christian Kerez kindergarten, primary school, sport Wolfswinkel apartments Zurich, EM2N commercial space, market, mixed-use development Zurich, Maier Hess Architekten GmbH housing Leutschenbach School 33 Zurich, Romero & Schaefle commercial space, government, office Zurich, EM2N community centre Glattalbahn Light Rail station Zurich, Holzer Kobler Architekturen exposition space, museum, university Zurich, Theo Hotz industry 25 Zurich, baumschlager & eberle office 24 Zurich, Phalt education, workshop, youth house Zurich, Kai Flender bus station, shelter, train station Zurich, Bétrix & Consolascio football stadium, sport 23 Home for a Priest 41 Zurich, Frei + Saarinen Architekten apartment, religion 32 St Josef Vicarage 42 Zurich, Frei + Saarinen Architekten religion 2

3 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 Project is public! 2006 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 3

4 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 Project is public! 2006 Artist 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 4

5 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 Project is public! Main designer, Landscape architect 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 5

6 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 Project is public! Floor area/size m² Supplier Supplier Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler Architekten Glas Trösch AG MTV Villmergen City of Zürich Kirsten_Hannema 6

7 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 Project is public! Floor area/size m² 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 7

8 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 Project is public! 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 8

9 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 Project is public! 2004 huggen berger City Council of Zurich Axel_Simon Monday - Friday , tel:

10 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 Project is public! 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 10

11 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 Peter Märkli Christof Ansorge Gody Kühnis Hans Josephsohn Jakob Frischknecht Zulauf Seippel Schweingruber City of Zurich Axel_Simon 11

12 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 Project is public! photo: Roland Tännler 2006 Landscape designer Structural engineer 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 12

13 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 Project is public! 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) 13

14 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 Evolution Design Swiss Life aplust 14

15 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 15

16 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 Evolution Design EvolutionDesign Modular Lighting Swiss Life 16

17 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 Evolution Design EvolutionDesign photo: Martina Issler Mobimo 17

18 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 Project is public! Floor area/size m², Interior architect, Landscape architect Evolution Design EvolutionDesign Siemens Schweiz AG 18

19 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 Evolution Design EvolutionDesign Google Inc 19

20 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 Evolution Design EvolutionDesign Schaller 20

21 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 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 21

22 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 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 22

23 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 Public access unknown! 2007 GWJ Architekten davidb The Careum Centre is next to the Platte tram stop on lines 5 &

24 Stadion Letzigrund Badenerstrasse Zurich 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 Project is public! 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 24

25 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 Project is public! 2008 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 25

26 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 baumschlager & eberle Helbling Ingenieurunternehmung Vogt Landschaftarchitekten Wismer + Partner Senn BPM AG davidb 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 26

27 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 Public access unknown! 1985 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 27

28 '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 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 28

29 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 Project is public! 2000 Services engineer Structural engineer EM2N Amstein+Walthert Tragwerk Bauingenieure GmbH City of Zurich Department of Social Welfare davidb The project is located in Backeranlage Park The number 8 tram stops here 29

30 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 Bus 62 towards Mühlacker, stop Aspholz 30

31 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 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 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 31

32 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 Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Landscape designer 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 32

33 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) Project is public! 2007 Cooperating designer Developer Developer 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) 33

34 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 Project is public! Floor area/size m² 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 34

35 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 Project is public! Floor area/size m² Associate architect 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 35

36 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 Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Main designer, Romero & Schaefle Hans von Meyenburg SIA Roderick Tram 8 to Bahnhof Selnau 36

37 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 Project is public! Contractor Landscape designer 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 37

38 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 Project is not public! Developer Landscape designer Novaron Halter Unternehmungen VIVO architecture & landscape Stiftung für Studentisches Wohnen ETH Zurich Roderick Tram 4 to stop Grünaustrasse or S9,S15 to Bahnhof Altstetten 38

39 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 Adrian Streich Architekten AG Bosshard und Partner AG Schmid Landschaftsarchitekten GmbH Stadt Zürich Roderick Tram 4 direction Werdhölzi to Grünaustrasse or S9,S15 to Bahnhof Altstetten 39

40 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 Project is not public! 2007 Artist Project manager Structural engineer Landscape designer 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' 40

41 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 41

42 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 Project is public! Floor area/size m², Interior architect Frei + Saarinen Architekten MS Catholic Church Zurich photo: Stefan Wülser & Nicolaj Bechtel Mon-Fri, 09AM-17PM 42